Radica Games

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Radica Games Limited NASDAQ: RADA is a company that produces electronic games. On October 3, 2006, Mattel, Inc. (NYSE:MAT) announced the acquisition completion of Radica. Radica was originally founded in 1983. It began by producing electronic souvenir games for casinos. In the late 1990s, it became famous for its Bass Fishin line of games. While Radica still produces many electronic handheld games based on casio or card games, it has also branched out into other types of toys, board games, and video game accessories.

Their "Arcade Legends" brand re-releases classic games from Sega and popular vintage franchises like Space Invaders and Tetris on small, handheld controllers.

Radica marketed a line of games for a while called Play TV. Featuring such hits as PlayTV Football,Skateboarding, and Baseball.

Radica is also the creator of the game Skannerz. Radica also produces the electronic toy version of 20Q.