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Simon is an electronic game of short-term memory skill invented by Ralph H. Baer and Howard J. Morrison, working for toy design firm Marvin Glass and Associates, [1] with software programming by Lenny Cope. The device creates a series of tones and lights and requires a user to repeat the sequence. If the user succeeds, the series becomes progressively longer and more complex. Once the user fails or the time limit runs out, the game is over. The original version was manufactured and distributed by Milton Bradley and later by Hasbro after it took over Milton Bradley. Much of the assembly language code was written by Charles Kapps, [ citation needed] who taught computer science at Temple University and also wrote one of the first books on the theory of computer programming. Simon was launched in 1978 at Studio 54 in New York City and was an immediate success, becoming a pop culture symbol of the 1970s and 1980s.A side quest in both the SNES and Game Boy Advance versions of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! that involves freeing creatures called "Banana Birds" using buttons on each system's controller. Blythe, Daniel (13 December 2011). Collecting Gadgets and Games from the 1950s to the 1990s. Pen & Sword Books. p.90. ISBN 9781844681051 . Retrieved 14 May 2020. In the It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia episode "A Very Sunny Christmas", Mac finds the game in his closet and Charlie finds it extremely difficult. Some of the original 1978 models used an alternative set of tones, forming the B♭ minor triad: [10]

In 2013, Hasbro reinvented Simon once again with Simon Swipe. The game was demonstrated at the New York Toy Fair 2014 and released that summer. [7] The game is a circular unit that looks like a steering wheel. It has been extended from four buttons to eight touchscreen buttons, which are flattened out on the unit. [8] The game features four game modes, called "Levels" (the main game), "Classic", "Party" and "Extreme". The player has to go through all sixteen levels to beat the game. "Classic", "Party" and "Extreme" levels focus on one pattern getting longer and longer until the player is out. A smaller version of the game, called Simon Micro Series, was introduced in the fall of 2014. This version has only two game modes called "Solo" and "Pass It" and features 14 levels and four buttons. There is also a version of Simon created by Basic Fun known as the Touch Simon. This version has an LCD screen and plays melodies at specific parts of the game. If the sound effects of the game bothers you, you can mute the sound thanks to the button located at the top right corner of the game. Edwards, Owen (September 1, 2006). "Simonized: In 1978 a new electronic toy ushered in the era of computer games". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on November 11, 2006 . Retrieved September 13, 2006.This was carry on until there was only one player left standing, and they would be deemed the winner. Since the original release in the late 1970s, the company Milton Bradley have now been taken over by Hasbro, and so the game has been re-released on numerous occasions. The player is eliminated if he executes an instruction although the sentence doesn't begin with "Simon says" and he's also eliminated when he doesn't execute an action although the sentence begin with "Simon says". The electronic memory game Simon was the invention of Ralph H. Baer, Howard J. Morrison and was programmed by Lenny Cope, and first saw the light of day in 1978. The game was manufactured by Milton Bradley. An asymmetric cooperative puzzle game, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, from 2015, as one of its puzzles, has a puzzle named "Simon Says", which is based on a concept of Simon (including 4 coloured buttons with flashes and sound), but with extra contrived rules required to make it not easy to solve without the help of other game players.

The unit had four different coloured lights, these were green, yellow, red and blue. The objective of simon was simple, the player or players had to follow the sequence of lights that the computer sets. The more the game went on, the longer these set sequences were. In 2016, Hasbro launched the follow-up to Simon Swipe with Simon Air. The game was announced at a Hasbro press conference before the 2016 New York Toy Fair. This version of Simon uses motion sensors, similar to those in Mattel's Loopz line of games. The game has three game modes: "Solo", "Classic" and "Multiplayer". [9] A button-pressing version of Simon was also released in the US, with an aesthetic recalling that of the 1970s and 1980s models. Recently, Hasbro has released Simon Optix, a headset game with a motion sensor technology similar to Simon Air. Simon's tones, on the other hand, were designed to always be harmonic, [2] no matter the sequence, and consisted of an A major triad in second inversion, resembling a trumpet fanfare:In 2013, Hasbro innovated with its Simon Swipe ® circular shaped, lokkling like a steering wheel with 8 tactile buttons, therefore player didn't have to press the keyboard keys anymore, he justs touch it. At the beginning of the game, one of the 4 keys lights up randomly producing simultaneously a sound associated to the key.