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PhonoGames
Games that Use Phonograph Records .
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PhonoGames
Games that Use Phonograph Records
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Doug Boilesen, 2021Edison's identified "Toys" as one of the thirteen probabilities for the phonograph in his 1878 article "The Phonograph and Its Future". Phonograph games can be considered one of those probabilities.
phonograph game
1. A game that is dependent on a phonograph record for playing the game, e.g., progress of the game, clues, instructions, movement.
2. A game that uses a phonograph record to provide sound effects or 'atmosphere' for the game.
3. A toy or game constituting an attachment for a flat disk phonograph and designed to convert the phonograph into a toy or game of chance or into a combined phonograph and game. Patented by C. H. MAIER on December 5, 1922. The invention specifically constitutes a continuation of the subject-matter defined in Maier's invention on roulettaphones, filed July 5 1917. See Patent No. 1437472.
Select from the gallery below or from the "PhonoGames" Table of Contents to see examples of a phonograph game.
Name that Tune, 1957
Gramogames, 1930's
Which Horse Wins? 1945
Voice of the Mummy, 1971
They're at the Post, 1971
Phonograph Games Table of Contents
Derby Winner Race Record - 78 RPM Record, 1945.
"Gramogames" - horse racing/gambling games use gramophone disc to control the play of the game, 1932.
Knuckle Busters, Ring-Side Sounds from 45 RPM Record, ©Hasbro, 1973.
K-Tel SuperStar Game - Board game with Chance-A-Tune 45 RPM Record, 1973.
London Murder Mystery Game - 33 1/3 RPM record for sound effects, 1985.
Name that TRIVIA - 33 1/3 RPM "party game" record.
"Name That Tune" - A Music BINGO Game, with 33 1/3 RPM Record, 1957.
Phon-O-Game - Roulette style game using phonograph, 1922.
"The Record Game" - Board game uses 33 1/3 RPM for rules, objectives and The Record Game Song, 1984.
"They're at the Post" - Horse racing game uses 4 records, 33 1/3 RPM, 1976.
"Voice of the Mummy" - Board game where players represent Explorers of the Mummy Tomb. Commands by the voice of the Mummy provide some movement instructions, 1971.
Which Horse Wins? horse race game/gambling record, 1945.
See Children's Phonographs and Popular Culture Characters for examples of children's phonographs.
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