Techno Source
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Techno Source concentrates primarily in the handheld electronic game
Handheld electronic game
----Handheld electronic games are very small, portable devices for playing interactive electronic games, often miniaturized versions of video games. The controls, display and speakers are all part of a single unit. Rather than a general-purpose screen made up of a grid of small pixels, they...

 and TV Game markets selling electronic toys, games and learning aids.

Based in Hong Kong with United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 offices in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, Techno Source is a privately owned company founded in 2000 by two toy industry veterans, Wayne Nathan and Rich Migatz.

Products

  • Intellivision
    Intellivision
    The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1979. Development of the console began in 1978, less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. The word intellivision is a portmanteau of "intelligent television"...

    : Techno Source was one of the pioneers of the 'retro gaming' market, creating TV Game systems that plug directly into your TV. Their products were one of the reasons for the increased "popularity of these devices from a 30 million dollar industry 4–5 years ago to over 500 million dollars" today. After entering into a licensing partnership with Intellivision in 2003, Techno Source introduced the Intellivision 25, which features 25 original Intellivision games in one plug-and-play unit. With the success of the Intellivision 25 and its follow-up, the Intellivision 10, Techno Source sold over 1,000,000 units and received the National Parenting Center Seal of Approval in 2004.

This line now includes the 2-player Intellivision X2 and the Intellivision 10 2nd Edition. According to the Blue Sky Rangers
Blue Sky Rangers
The Blue Sky Rangers are the group of Intellivision game programmers who once worked for Mattel back in the early 1980s.When the Intellivision first came out in 1978, its games were all developed by an outside firm, APh Technological Consulting. Realizing that potential profits are much greater...

, the original programmers of the Intellivision games, Techno Source has sold more Intellivision games today than Mattel Electronics originally sold in the 1980s.

  • Crayola
    Crayola
    Crayola is a brand of artists' supplies manufactured by Crayola LLC, which was founded in 1885 as Binney & Smith. It is best known for its crayons...

    : In 2003, Techno Source entered the preschool market by partnering with Crayola to create electronic handheld games and plug-and-play units. Two of their TV Game units, My First TV Play System and My First Electronic Coloring Book, won the National Parenting Center Seal of Approval in 2004 & 2005 as well as the Dr. Toy Smart Play Smart Toy Award in 2005. They were also featured as part of CBS Marketwatch's coverage of the Licensing Show in 2004.

  • Coleco
    Coleco
    Coleco is an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as "Connecticut Leather Company". It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its mass-produced version of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and its video game consoles, the Coleco Telstar and...

    : In 2005, the company partnered with Coleco to reintroduce their Head-to-Head handheld electronic games, which lets two players play against each other in football, basketball, baseball, and soccer simultaneously. Dr. Toy named Techno Source to its list of the 10 Best High-Tech Children's Products as well as one of the 100 Best Products for this assortment in 2005.

  • Sesame Street
    Sesame Street
    Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

    : Techno Source expanded their preschool line through a licensing partnership with Sesame Street in 2005, producing a series of handheld electronic games and TV Game items that promote both entertainment and educational learning. Several of these products won multiple awards, such as the Dr. Toy Smart Toy Award and the Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award in 2006.

  • Sudoku
    Sudoku
    is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9...

    : Techno Source has benefited from the recent success of its handheld Touch Screen Sudoku, which was nominated for Game of the Year by the Toy Industry Association in 2006. A high-end version encrusted with Swarovski crystals was featured in the celebrity 'swag' given out at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild
    Screen Actors Guild
    The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...

     Awards.

  • Rubik's
    Rubik's Cube
    Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...

    : On 19 June 2006 it was announced that Techno Source has partnered with Rubik’s to create a line of electronic games to complement the original Rubik’s Cube.

  • Activision
    Activision
    Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...

    : On 9 February 2006 it was announced that Techno Source has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) to develop and distribute products based on classic Activision properties from the 1980s, such as Pitfall 2, River Raid, Chopper Command, Barnstorming and Kaboom. The deal includes TV Plug and Play Systems and LCD-based handheld games, which were available at retail on September 2006.
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