MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY

The 'Milton Bradley Company' is an American game company established by Milton Bradley in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1860. In 1920 it absorbed the game production of McLoughlin Brothers, formerly the largest game manufacturer in the United States and in 1987 it purchased Selchow and Righter, makers of Parcheesi and Scrabble.
Milton Bradley was taken over by Hasbro, Inc. in 1984. Now wholly owned by Hasbro, it is still retained as one of Hasbro's brands, similar to the manner in which Parker Brothers is one of Hasbro's brands. It is a board game and sometimes video game publisher. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Milton Bradley marketed a series of games in North America that were developed in the United Kingdom by Games Workshop (GW) that drew heavily from GW's Warhammer Fantasy universe, albeit without explicit reference to the Warhammer product line.
Milton Bradley was sued by two men who claimed to have presented the original concept for Dark Tower to Milton Bradley in the late Seventies, at which point, MB declined to pursue it, but thereafter "independently" developed the game. As part of the resolution of the lawsuit, Milton Bradley pulled the game off the market, and it was never republished.
James J. Shea was the board chairman of the Milton Bradley Company who rescued the company from going into bankruptcy. ^[1]

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References

Some board games produced by Milton Bradley

Handheld and electronic games

Some home versions of television game shows

Video games

Video game consoles

External links

References

1. James J. Shea, 87, Dies; Rescued Milton Bradley From Brink of Bankruptcy

Some board games produced by Milton Bradley

★ 13 Dead End Drive (1995)

★ Animorphs The Invasion Game (1998)

★ Ants in the Pants (1969)

★ Bargain Hunter (1981)

★ Barrel of Monkeys (1965)

★ Battle Masters (1992), produced in conjunction with Games Workshop

★ Battleship (1931)

★ Bermuda Triangle

★ Breaker19 (1976)

★ Buckaroo

★ Candyland (1949)

★ Catnip (1996)

★ Chicken Limbo (1994)

★ Connect Four (1974)

★ Conspiracy

★ Cootie (1927)

★ Crocodile Dentist (1990)

★ Crossfire (1971)

★ The Dark Crystal Game (1982)

★ The Dark Tower (game) (1981)

★ Don't Break the Ice (1968)

★ Downfall (1973)

★ Easy Money (1966)

★ Fireball Island (1986)

★ Fraggle Rock Game (1984)

★ Fraidy Cats (1994)

★ The ''American Heritage'' historical wargame series:

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★ Battle Cry, American Civil War (1961)

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★ Broadside, War of 1812 naval (1962)

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★ Dogfight, World War I aerial (1963)

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★ Hit the Beach, World War II amphibious (1965)

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★ Skirmish, American Revolution (1975)

★ The Gamemaster series:

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★ Axis and Allies (1984)

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★ Broadsides and Boarding Parties (1984)

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★ Conquest of the Empire (1984)

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★ Fortress America (1986)

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★ Shogun (1986)

★ The Game of Life:

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★ The Checkered Game of Life (1860)

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★ Game of Life 100th Anniversary Game (1963)

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★ Game of Life (1978)

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★ Game of Life (1992)

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★ Game of Life (2000)

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★ Game of Life - A Jedi's Path (2002)

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★ Game of Life - Pirates of the Caribbean (2004)

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★ Game of Life - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

★ Game Of The States (Copyright 1940)

★ Go To The Head Of The Class (1936)

★ The Goonies (game) (1985)

★ Guess Who? (1987)

★ Hands Down (1990)

★ The Harlem Globetrotters Game (1971)

★ HeroScape (2004)

★ HeroQuest (1989), produced in conjunction with Games Workshop

★ Hotels (Board Game)

★ Hungry Hungry Hippos (1966)

★ Jenga (1986)

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★ Jenga Casino (2001)

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★ Jenga Jacks (2002)

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★ Jenga Truth-or-Dare (2000)

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★ Jenga Ultimate (1995)

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★ Jenga Xtreme (2003)

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★ Throw 'n Go Jenga (1986)

★ KerPlunk (1967)

★ King Oil (1974)

★ Littlest Pet Shop (game) (1993)

★ Mall Madness (1993)

★ Marvel Comics Super Heroes Strategy Game (1980)

★ Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Game (1994)

★ Mouse Trap (1963)

★ Mr. T (game) (1983)

★ My Little Pony Game (1988)

★ Mystery Date (1965)

★ New Kids on the Block Game (1990)

★ Omega Virus (1992)

★ Operation (game) (1965)

★ Park and Shop (game) (1954)

★ Pass the Pigs (1977)

★ Perfection (1973)

★ Pretty Pretty Princess

★ Rack-O (1956)

★ Real Ghostbusters Game (1984)

★ Rock-Jocks (1994)

★ Scattergories (1988)

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★ Scattergories Junior (1989)

★ Scotland Yard (game) (1985)

★ Sealab 2020 (game) (1973)

★ Shark Attack (1988)

★ Shrunken Head Apple Sculpture (1975)

★ The Smurf Game (1981)

★ Space Crusade (1990), produced in conjunction with Games Workshop

★ Spider-Man (game) (1995)

★ Splat! (1990)

★ Square Mile (1962)

★ Star Trek Game (1979)

★ Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Klingon Challenge (1993)

★ Star Wars Epic Duels

★ Stratego

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★ Classic Edition

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★ Star Wars Edition (2005)

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★ Lord of the Rings Edition (2004)

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★ Chronicles of Narnia Edition

★ Street Fighter II (game) (1994)

★ T.H.I.N.G.S. Totally Hilarious Incredibly Neat Games of Skill (1987)

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★ Astro-Nots (1987)

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★ Dr.Wack-O (1987)

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★ E-E-Egor (1987)

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★ Eggzilla (1987)

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★ Flip-O-Potamus (1987)

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★ Go-Rilla (1987)

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★ Grabbit (1987)

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★ Jack B. Timber (1987)

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★ Sir Ring-A-Lot (1987)

★ Thundercats (game) (1985)

★ Trouble (1965)

★ Twister (1966)

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★ Animal Twister (1967)

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★ Bratz Twister (2005)

★ What Did Grandma Peterson Do To The Cat? (1976)

★ Where's The Beef? (game) (1984)

★ Why (1958)

★ Yahtzee (1956)

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★ Casino Yahtzee (1986)

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★ Jackpot Yahtzee (1980)

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★ Mickey Mouse Yahtzee (1988)

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★ Showdown Yahtzee (1991)

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★ Triple Yahtzee (1972)

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★ Word Yahtzee (1978)

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★ Yahtzee Jr. (2002)

Handheld and electronic games

★ Merlin (game) (1978)

★ Simon (game) (1978)

★ Star Bird (1978)

★ Electronic Stratego (1982)

★ Bigtrak (1979)

★ Electronic Battleship

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★ Mr. Bucket (1992)

★ Gator Golf (????)
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Some home versions of television game shows

★ Beat the Clock (1969 - Two Editions)

★ Blockbusters (1982)

★ Break the Bank (1977)

★ Concentration (50s Era) (1958) (24 Editions)

★ Eye Guess (1966) (4 Editions)

★ Family Feud (1976) (8 Editions)

★ High Rollers (Alex Trebek Era) (1975) (2 Editions)

★ Hollywood Squares (Marshall & Davidson Eras) (1980 & 1986)

★ Jackpot (1974)

★ Jeopardy! (Art Fleming Era) (1964) (13 Editions)

★ The Joker's Wild & Joker Joker Joker (1973 & 1979)

★ Let's Make a Deal (1964)

★ Match Game (1963 - 6 Editions) (1974 - 3 Editions)

★ Name That Tune (1957 - 2 Editions)

★ Now You See It (1975)

★ Password (1962) (24 Editions)

★ Password Plus (1979 - 3 Editions)

★ The Price is Right (Current Version) (1964) (1973 - 3 Editions) (1986)

★ Pyramid (70s Era) (1974) (8 Editions)

★ Sale of the Century (1970) (2 Editions)

★ Three on a Match (1972)

★ Wheel of Fortune (70s Era) (1975) (2 Editions)

★ The Who, What or Where Game (1970) (2 Editions)

★ Win, Lose or Draw (1987) (Many Editions)

★ You Don't Say! (1963)

Video games

★ Survival Run (1983) for the Atari 2600

★ Spitfire Attack (1983) for the Atari 2600

★ Abadox (1990) for the NES

★ Cabal (1990) for the NES

★ California Games (1989) for the NES

★ Captain Skyhawk (1990) for the NES

★ (1989) for the NES

★ Marble Madness (1989) for the NES

★ Time Lord (1990) for the NES

★ World Games (1989) for the NES

Video game consoles

★ Vectrex

★ Microvision

External links

★ Milton Bradley Company history on Hasbro's website

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★ Cornell Exhibit on Games with MB Kindergarten Curriculum

★ Predecessor Company McLoughlin Bros. History

★ Milton Bradley Games Information and parts at Gamepart.com