Brain Warp
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Brain Warp is an electronic audio game
made by Tiger Electronics
and released in 1996. Players follow the spoken instructions of the game unit by choosing the correct number or color. Its catch phrase is "If you don't keep up with me, you're finished!".
The spherical unit has six colored knobs - purple, red, green, white, orange and yellow - with numbers on them, and a blue base. A second version was released in 2002 with a translucent black base. The voice calls out a color, a number, or both, depending on the game selected, and the player flips the unit so that the correct knob is facing upwards. After every four points, the game becomes faster. If the player responds incorrectly, the round is ended and the unit will make a laughing sound. There are six games in total - three where the player has to follow the command, one memory game that uses a combination of colors and numbers, a code buster game and a game called Pass Attack where players have to make up their own pattern.
The game was the most popular in Duracell's Kids' Choice National Toy Survey in 1996.
at the same time allowed the company to concentrate its marketing on Brain Shift. This game has two different versions of startup up. It either says "Ok, listen up" or "Alright!" followed by its catchphrase, "Get your brain in gear and let's play Brain Shift." This game has 6 different colors: red, green, yellow, blue, orange and white. The game will then say "Now choose your game" and There are six different games:
Some newer units of Brain Shift had a 'Tiger recommends Duracell
' sticker attached to the retail packaging and where the batteries are inserted. This was because at that time, Tiger was allowed to promote Duracell batteries on their games.
Audio game
An audio game is an electronic game played on a device such as a personal computer. It is similar to a video game save that the only feedback device is audible rather than visual....
made by Tiger Electronics
Tiger Electronics
Tiger Electronics is an American toy manufacturer, best known for its handheld LCD games, the Furby, and Giga Pets. When Tiger was an independent company, Tiger Electronics Inc., its headquarters were in Vernon Hills, Illinois....
and released in 1996. Players follow the spoken instructions of the game unit by choosing the correct number or color. Its catch phrase is "If you don't keep up with me, you're finished!".
The spherical unit has six colored knobs - purple, red, green, white, orange and yellow - with numbers on them, and a blue base. A second version was released in 2002 with a translucent black base. The voice calls out a color, a number, or both, depending on the game selected, and the player flips the unit so that the correct knob is facing upwards. After every four points, the game becomes faster. If the player responds incorrectly, the round is ended and the unit will make a laughing sound. There are six games in total - three where the player has to follow the command, one memory game that uses a combination of colors and numbers, a code buster game and a game called Pass Attack where players have to make up their own pattern.
The game was the most popular in Duracell's Kids' Choice National Toy Survey in 1996.
Brain Shift
In 1998, Tiger Electronics released a sister game to Brain Warp, a tabletop audio game called Brain Shift. Players move a 'stick shift' in response to voice commands to complete color and sound patterns, and the game becomes increasingly fast. The game requires close attention, and teaches children to recognize and replicate patterns. It came second in the 1998 Duracell Kids' Choice National Toy Survey, and gained a "Seal of Approval" from the US-based National Parenting Center. The hype around the release by Tiger Electronics of the FurbyFurby
A Furby was a popular electronic robotic toy resembling a hamster/owl-like creature which went through a period of being a "must-have" toy following its launch in the holiday season of 1998, with continual sales until 2000...
at the same time allowed the company to concentrate its marketing on Brain Shift. This game has two different versions of startup up. It either says "Ok, listen up" or "Alright!" followed by its catchphrase, "Get your brain in gear and let's play Brain Shift." This game has 6 different colors: red, green, yellow, blue, orange and white. The game will then say "Now choose your game" and There are six different games:
- Stick Shift - Players must respond to the color that the voice commands. The player will receive a shift on every deep voice they respond to.
- Memory Shift - The game calls out three colors to start with and the game adds on a color to the sequence each time. Each sequence is random.
- Who Shifts it? - This game is an alternative version to Memory Shift and a random player is selected.
- Ear Shift - The player has to remember six different vehicle sounds and if they shift all 6, they win.
- Secret Shift - This is a single-player game; the player has to find a 5 shift pattern in 60 seconds and if they do, the total will be increased to 6 shifts.
- Shift Around - Two or more players have to make up a 20 shift pattern. On reaching 20 shifts, the game automatically stops. If the player fails to respond, they will crash and loose the game. In the multiplayer game, if all players crash the round is repeated.
Some newer units of Brain Shift had a 'Tiger recommends Duracell
Duracell
Duracell is a brand of batteries manufactured by Procter & Gamble.Additionally, Duracell owns the Procell professional-use brand.-Products:Duracell manufactures alkaline batteries in many common sizes, such as AAA, AA, C, D, and 9V...
' sticker attached to the retail packaging and where the batteries are inserted. This was because at that time, Tiger was allowed to promote Duracell batteries on their games.
External links
- Review and demonstration on YouTube
- Brain Warp instructions from HasbroHasbroHasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
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