Merlin the Electronic Wizard - The Christmas Album!

I got my old Merlin The Electronic Wizard Vintage 1970's game working and decided to make a video using it's raw Music Machine power. Enjoy!
00:00 Intro
00:11 Jingle Bells
00:20 Silent Night
00:37 We Three Kings
00:52 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
01:07 Outro
From the wikipedias
Merlin has the form of a rectangular device about nine and a half inches long and three inches wide. The play area of the game consists of a matrix of 11 buttons; each button contains a red LED. These buttons can either light up or flash. The array is encased in a red plastic housing, bearing a slight resemblance to an overgrown touch-tone telephone. Four game-selection and control buttons are also placed at the bottom of the unit; a speaker takes up the top section. Supporting electronics (including a simple microprocessor) are contained within the shell of the game.
Merlin's simple array of buttons and lights supported play of six different games, some of which could be played against the computer or against another person. The games that can be selected are:
Tic tac toe
Music machine
Echo, a game similar to Simon
Blackjack 13
Magic square, a pattern game similar to Lights Out
Mindbender, a game similar to Mastermind
The music machine game functions as a musical instrument; in this mode, each key is assigned a musical note, and sequences of notes can be recorded and played back. This makes Merlin one of the earliest digital sequencers as well as an early consumer-level electronic synthesizer.
In 1978, Merlin appeared with Milton Bradley's Simon on the cover of the Christmas issue of Newsweek and the October issue of Boston.
Merlin was Parker Brothers's most successful product in terms of units and revenue until Frogger in 1982. The Toy Manufacturers of America named Merlin the best selling toy and game item (SKU) in America in 1980 with 2.2 million sold.
In its lifetime, it sold more than 5 million units.

[@pauljeffrey1181]

I missed this stunning gift idea in 2023 but will be sharing it on Christmas Eve next Christmas.

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I had one of these as a kid and I was gutted it stopped working. Great to hear those bleepy songs again. Oh Shenandoah, anyone?