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((short description|Electronic game of memory skill))
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((Infobox Toy
|image=Simon Electronic Game.jpg
|alt=The game is a circular disc divided into four quarter circle buttons each with a different color. In the center are the game mode controls
|name=''Simon''
|type=[[Electronic game]]
|from=1978
|to=present 
|inventor=[[Ralph H. Baer]] and [[Howard J. Morrison]]
|company=[[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]] (now [[Hasbro]])
|country=United States
|slogan=My Name Is Simon (1978-present)<br>Think fast! Simon says repeat my flashing LIGHTS and SOUNDS (1978-present)<br>Simon's a computer, Simon has a brain, you either do what Simon says or else go down the drain (1994-1998)<br> The Fun is in the Challenge! (1993)<br>Watch, Remember, Repeat! (2014-present)
))

'''''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]],<ref name=Patent>((cite patent
 | country = US
 | number = 4207087
 | status = patent
 | title =  Microcomputer controlled game
 | pubdate = 
 | fdate = 
 | gdate = 10 June 1980
 | pridate = 
 | inventor = [[Ralph H. Baer]]
 | invent1 =  
 | invent2 = [[Howard J. Morrison]]
 | assign1 = [[Marvin Glass and Associates]]
))</ref> 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 Company|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|reason=no valid source found for this addition in June 2013 by user 'FlipperPA'|date=December 2014)) 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 [[popular culture|pop culture]] symbol of the 1970s and 1980s.

==History==
[[Ralph H. Baer]] and [[Howard J. Morrison]]<ref name=Patent/> were introduced to [[Atari]]'s arcade game [[Touch Me (arcade game)|''Touch Me'']] at the Music Operators of America (MOA) trade show in 1976.<ref name="Building">((cite web |last=Edwards |first=Benj |title=Simon Turns 30 |url=http://www.1up.com/features/simon-turns-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004165531/http://www.1up.com/features/simon-turns-30 |archive-date=4 October 2012 |access-date=4 April 2011 |work=1up.com))</ref> Baer said of the product, "Nice gameplay. Terrible execution. Visually boring. Miserable, rasping sounds."<ref name=Building/> The prototype built by Baer used the low-cost [[Texas Instruments]] [[TMS 1000]] [[microcontroller]] chip, which was in many games of the 1970s. Lenny Cope,<ref name=Building/> who was one of Ralph H. Baer's partners, programmed the core of the game, titled ''Follow Me'' at the time. Baer developed the tones of the game, inspired by the notes of a [[bugle]]. When they pitched the demo, an 8-by-8-inch console, to the [[Milton Bradley Company]] the name of the game was changed to ''Simon''. Simon debuted in 1978 at a retail price of $24.95 (((Inflation|US|24.95|1978|r=0|fmt=eq))) and became one of the top-selling toys that [[Christmas and holiday season|Christmas shopping season]].<ref name="Building"/><ref>((cite web |author=Stulir |first=Mike |title=Ralph Baer |url=https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/ralph-baer |accessdate=13 December 2022 |publisher=Classic Arcade Museum |language=English))</ref> ((US Patent|4,207,087)): "Microcomputer controlled game", was granted in 1980.<ref name=Patent/> Milton Bradley soon capitalized on the original with both the smaller-sized ''Pocket Simon'' and the expanded, eight-button ''Super Simon''.

[[File:Vintage Pocket Simon Electronic Handheld Game by Milton Bradley, No. 4046, Copyright 1980, Made in the USA (8677934621).jpg|upright|thumb|''Pocket Simon'']]
Many variants of ''Simon'' have been made since [[Hasbro]] acquired Milton Bradley in the 1980s, building on the possibilities offered by advances in technology. The original ''Super Simon'' was reinvented in 2003 as a hexagonal unit with six buttons, which was only released in Europe. 2000 saw ''Simon Squared'' (or ''Simon<sup>2</sup>''), a unit with the four traditional buttons on one side, and a set of eight smaller buttons on the other. In 2004, Hasbro released the ''Simon Stix''. The game features two electronic sticks (modeled after drumsticks), an emphasis on the musical part of the game, and features four levels of play.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Simon_Stix.pdf|title=Simon Stix Game Instructions))</ref>

In 2005, Hasbro released ''Simon Trickster''<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Simon_Trickster.pdf |title=Product info |website=www.hasbro.com ))</ref> (also known as ''Simon Tricks'' in [[Europe]] and in the [[UK]], and as ''Simon Genius'' in [[Brazil]]), which features four game modes, in a similar fashion to another Hasbro game, ''[[Bop It]]'', and colored lenses instead of buttons. "Simon Classic" mode plays up to 35 tones (notes). "Simon Bounce" is similar to "Simon Classic", but instead the colors of the lenses change. "Simon Surprise" is one of the most difficult games in the unit. Every lens becomes the same color and the player has to memorize the location. "Simon Rewind" requires the player to memorize the sequence backwards. During each game, the player is paid a compliment after a certain number of tones is completed. On reaching five and eleven tones, the computer will randomly choose "Awesome!", "Nice!", "Sweet!" or "Respect!". On reaching 18 tones, the game will play a victory [[melody]] three times. On reaching the ultimate 35 tones, the game will play the victory melody again and will say "Respect!". If the player fails to memorize the pattern or fails to press the right color within the time limit, the game will play a crashing sound and the game will say "Later!".

In 2011, Hasbro introduced ''Simon Flash''. In this version, the game is played with four cube-shaped electronic modules that the player must move around depending on the game mode.<ref>((cite web |last=Rubin |first=Ross |date=10 November 2017 |title=40 Years Of Simon, The Electronic Game That Never Stops Reinventing Itself |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40491956/40-years-of-simon-the-electronic-game-that-never-stops-reinventing-itself |work=Fast Company))</ref>

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.<ref>((Cite web |title=Playtime in New York |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/playtime-in-new-york/ |website=CBS News|date=19 February 2014 ))</ref> 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.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.hasbro.com/common/documents/3f4e2ca0206011ddbd0b0800200c9a66/775DC78D50569047F5D946E20DC30727.pdf|title=Hasbro 2014 Simon Swipe Instructions))</ref> 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.

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".<ref>((cite web |last=Beck |first=Kellen |date=11 February 2016 |title=Classic 90's Memory Game Simon Gets Hover-Technology in Design Reboot |url=https://mashable.com/2016/02/11/simon-air-touch-free/ |website=Mashable UK))</ref> 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''.

==Gameplay==
The device has four colored buttons, each producing a particular tone when it is pressed or activated by the device. A round in the game consists of the device lighting up one or more buttons in a random order, after which the player must reproduce that order by pressing the buttons. As the game progresses, the number of buttons to be pressed increases. (This is only one of the games on the device; there are actually other games on the original.)

''Simon'' is named after the simple children's game of [[Simon Says]], but the gameplay is based on [[Atari]]'s unpopular [[Touch Me (arcade game)|''Touch Me'' arcade game]] from 1974. Simon differs from ''Touch Me'' in that the ''Touch Me'' buttons were all of the same color (black) and the sounds it produced were harsh and grating.

''Simon'''s tones, on the other hand, were designed to always be harmonic,<ref name=Building/> no matter the sequence, and consisted of an A major triad in second inversion, resembling a trumpet fanfare:
* [[e (musical note)|E]] (blue, lower right);
* [[c♯ (musical note)|C♯]] (yellow, lower left);
* [[a (musical note)|A]] (red, upper right).
* [[E (musical note)|E]] (green, upper left, an [[octave]] lower than blue);

Some of the original 1978 models used an alternative set of tones, forming the B♭ minor triad:<ref>((cite web |title=A Review of the 1978 Original Simon Game! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02hCPXBrxbY&t=612s |website=YouTube |access-date=5 November 2022))</ref>
* [[B♭ (musical note)|B♭]] (blue, lower right);
* [[D♭ (musical note)|D♭]] (yellow, lower left);
* [[F (musical note)|F]] (red, upper right).
* [[B♭ (musical note)|B♭]] (green, upper left, an [[octave]] higher than blue);

[[Image:Simon game.jpg|thumb|250px|The 1997 rerelease of Simon with a new, clear design]]

''Simon'' was later re-released by Milton Bradley &ndash; now owned by [[Hasbro]] &ndash; in its original circular form, though with a translucent case rather than plain black. It was also sold as a two-sided ''Simon Squared'' version, with the reverse side having eight buttons for head-to-head play, and as a keychain (officially licensed by Fun4All) with simplified gameplay (only having Game 1, Difficulty 4 available). Other variations of the original game, no longer produced, include ''Pocket Simon'' and the eight-button ''Super Simon'', both from 1980. [[Nelsonic]] released an official wristwatch version of ''Simon''.<ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nLhiBwAAQBAJ&dq=%22the+nelsonic+simon+watch%22&pg=PA90 |title=Collecting Gadgets and Games from the 1950s to the 1990s  |author=Blythe, Daniel |date=13 December 2011 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books|page=90|isbn=9781844681051 |access-date=14 May 2020  ))</ref>

Later versions of the game included a pocket version of the original game in a smaller, yellow, oval-shaped case. Another iteration, ''Simon Trickster'', plays the original game as well as variations in which the colors shift around from button to button (''Simon Bounce''), the buttons have no colors at all (''Simon Surprise'') and the player must repeat the sequence backwards (''Simon Rewind'').<ref>((cite web | url = http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=ps_results&product_id=17326 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929105529/http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=ps_results&product_id=17326 | archive-date = 29 September 2007 | title = Simon Trickster | publisher = Hasbro.com | access-date = 6 September 2008 ))</ref> A pocket version of ''Simon Trickster'' was also produced.

In the 2014 version of ''Simon'' called ''Simon Swipe'', the notes are as follows: 
* [[g (musical note)|G-note]] (blue, lower right);
* [[c (musical note)|C-note]] (yellow, lower left);
* [[e (musical note)|E-note]] (red, upper right).
* [[G (musical note)|G-note]] (green, upper left, an [[octave]] higher than blue)

The swiping sounds are presented with sliding between notes. The bigger the slide, the bigger the swipe will be. The exact notes and sound effects were also used for a smaller version called ''Simon Micro Series''. The sounds were then recreated for ''Simon Air'' and ''Simon Optix''.

==Clones==
As a popular game, ''Simon'' inspired many imitators and knockoffs. [[Atari]] released a handheld version of [[Touch Me (arcade game)|''Touch Me'']] in 1978, with multicolored buttons and pleasant musical tones. Though named for the older arcade game, the handheld ''Touch Me'' contained ''Simon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s three game variations and four difficulty levels, albeit with limits of 8, 16, 32 and 99 instead of 8, 14, 20 and 31. Even its button layout mirrored that of ''Simon'' (though upside-down), with blue in the upper left, yellow in the upper right, red in the lower left and green in the lower right. Its only unique features were an LED score display, similar to that of its arcade counterpart, and its small size, similar to that of a [[pocket calculator]].

Other clones include:
* ''Monkey See, Monkey Do'', which featured a similar casing as that of ''Simon'', except that the buttons were oval-shaped.
* [[Tiger Electronics]]' ''Copy Cat'' in 1979, re-released with a transparent case in 1988 and using buzzers. 
** Repackaged and released by [[Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears]] as ''Follow Me''.
** Released as ''Copy Cat Jr.'' in 1981, and as ''Pocket Repeat'' by [[Tandy Computers]] and [[Radio Shack]].
* Castle Toy's ''Einstein'' in 1979.
* ''Genius'', launched in the 80s in Brazil, by Brinquedos Estrela.<ref>((cite web|title=Brinquedos Estrela
|url=https://www.estrela.com.br/))</ref><ref>((cite web |last=Vicente |first=Marcos |title=Back to the Eighties (in Portuguese) |url=http://www.autobahn.com.br/brinquedos/genius.html |access-date=30 May 2020))</ref>
* ''Space Echo'' by an unknown company.
* [[Makezine]] has a [[DIY]] version that requires soldering.<ref>((cite web |date=17 November 2014 |title=Two Player Simon Memory Game With External Switches |url=http://makezine.com/projects/two-player-simon-memory-game-with-external-switches/ |access-date=21 June 2015 |website=Make:Projects |publisher=Make: Magazine))</ref>
* Another DIY version called ''Electronic Memory Game'' based on [[ARM Cortex]] microcontrollers<ref>((cite web
|url=https://www.hwhardsoft.de/english/projects/simon-says
|access-date=14 May 2020
|website=wwwhwardoft.de
|title=Simon says with LPC810
|date=22 January 2019
|publisher=Harmut Wendt
))</ref>
* The "Game A" mode of the second game in the [[Game & Watch]] handheld series ''[[Flagman (Game & Watch)|Flagman]]'' (Silver, 5th Jun 1980). "Game B" is the same, but doesn't play in a sequence, while the player has a limited time to press the corresponding number lit up.
* ''R2-D2 Ditto Droid'', a ''[[Star Wars]]'' version featuring [[R2-D2]] sounds and ''Star Wars''-themed graphics by [[Tiger Electronics]], 1997.
* [[VTech]]'s ''Wizard.''
* A side quest in both the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|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.
* Soviet [[Electronika|Elektronika]] IE-01 Ivolga, nearly an exact visual replica of ''Simon''.
*[[Oddworld]] games, in which the playable character must progress by completing certain puzzles with a sequence of sounds.

The same gameplay also appears on multi-game handhelds such as:
*[[Tiger Electronics]]' ''[[Brain Warp]]'' and ''[[Brain Shift]]'' games: instead of tones, the game unit issues a recorded voice that calls out colors and numbers in Game 4 - Memory Match. ''Brain Shift'' has two memory games, Game 2 (''Memory Shift'') and Game 3 (''Who Shift's It?''), that call out colors. 
* [[Mego Corporation]]'s ''Fabulous Fred'' (Game 3, ''The Memory Game'').
* [[Parker Brothers]]' [[Merlin (game)|''Merlin'']] (Game 3, ''Echo'').
* Atari also included a nine-button version of ''Touch Me'' as game variations 1-4 (out of 19) on the 1978 ''Brain Games'' cartridge for the [[Atari 2600]].
* A fan-made version of ''Simon'' was unofficially made available for [[Mod (video gaming)|modded]] [[Wii]]s in 2008.
* A [[Harry Potter]] wand released in 2001 called ''Harry Potter Magic Spell Challenge'' had Simon gameplay and voice commands: "Wingardium" (to tilt the wand down) and "Leviosa" (to tilt the wand up.).<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/magicins.PDF  Harry Potter Magic Spell Challenge Instruction]</ref>
* Toytronic's GOTCHA!, a similar handheld with 8 buttons instead of 4, produced in a rounded "big" version and a smaller, "pocket" one

==Audio==
Some versions of the game have tones that play as long as the button is depressed, but others have a constant sound duration. Some versions feature audio themes, such as animals (cat/dog/pig/cow), xylophone, football and space sounds, some of which make the game easier to play. Some versions also have a sound on/off setting, which can make the game harder with only visual cues.

==In popular culture==
* In the 1987 Stephen King novel ''[[The Tommyknockers]]'', a forgotten ''Simon'' game left in the back seat of a reporter's car activates itself and, in an accelerated color-switching frenzy, overheats and melts its casing, scorching the seat beneath. The surprised driver then knocks it to the floor before it goes up in flames.
* 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.
* In an episode of ''[[Little Miss Gamer]]'', ''Simon'' causes the title character to meet [[Tom Green]] and Blackwolf the Dragon Master.
* In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Perfect Castaway]]", Stewie plays with ''Simon'' and makes up his own song lyrics to the random key sequences.
* In the ''[[American Dad!]]'' episode "[[The One That Got Away (American Dad!)|The One That Got Away]]", the family becomes addicted to the game, playing it for days without moving.
* In the film 2009 ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)|Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'', Flint, the main character, has to click the correct sequence on a ''Simon'' to get into his lab.
* In the 2012 [[List of Cougar Town episodes#Season 3 (2012)|''Cougar Town'']] episode "You Can Still Change Your Mind", Ellie uses the game to taunt "Jelly Bean" (Laurie) about her intellectual shortcomings.
* In the 2014 film ''[[Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones]]'', a Simon game is possessed by a demon and works as a mock [[ouija|ouija board]].
* In a ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch, Dick Cheney's heart is replaced with a ''Simon'', in a parody of ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]''.
* The concept was used as the bonus round in the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[game show]] ''[[Ant & Dec's Push the Button]]'', with 5 colours, an extra being purple, and having the name "Dave" (Dynamic Audio-Visual Endgame).
* A [[minigame]] resembling ''Simon'' appeared in the 2002 video game ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]: Potion Commotion'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]].
* A ''Simon'' game signed by Baer is on permanent display at the [[American Computer & Robotics Museum]] in [[Bozeman, Montana]].
* In the 2014 video game ''[[South Park: The Stick of Truth]]'', the player plays ''Simon'' to rescue [[Randy and Sharon Marsh|Randy Marsh]] from an alien probe.
* The [[quick time event]] mechanic in the 2005 video game ''[[Indigo Prophecy]]'' was modeled after the toy.
* ''Simon'' was among the bounty stolen by the 18th-century pirates from the sailboat in the 1980 film (and Peter Benchley screenplay) ''[[The Island (1980 film)|The Island]]'', with the pirates becoming frustrated by not being able to figure out how it worked.
* ''Simon'' was used in the 2017 film ''[[Monster Trucks (film)|Monster Trucks]]'' to demonstrate training the sea creatures captured by Terravex energy.
* In ''[[Despicable Me 3]]'', villain Balthazar Bratt, who has an arsenal of 1980s-themed gadgets, uses ''Simon'' as his alarm system.
* In ''[[Verónica (2017 Spanish film)]]'', the game is seen bleeping by itself.
* In Season 6 of ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]'', Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti spends days playing ''Simon'' during working hours at the Business Incubator, and unwittingly internalizes Jian-Yang's SSH key by singing the key's characters along with the lit colors in the game.
* 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.
* In late 2020, the popular game ''[[Among Us]]'' featured a mini-game loosely based on the design of ''Simon''.<ref>((cite web |last=Cuevas |first=Zackery |date=3 October 2020 |title=Among Us: The Skeld tasks guide |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/among-us-task-guide-skeld |access-date=14 October 2020 |website=Android Central))</ref> However, most players mistakenly referred to it as "Simon Says."
* In the ''[[Hart to Hart]]'' episode "[[List of Hart to Hart episodes#Season 2 (1980–81)|'Tis the Season to Be Murdered"]]", the Harts play with a toy resembling ''Simon'' while trying new toys they had been given at Mr. Hart's toy company.

==Reception==
''[[Games (magazine)|Games]]'' magazine included ''Simon'' in their "Top 100 Games of 1980", praising it as "the original electronic 'follow the leader' game" with ''Simon'' as "a cheerful fellow" who "talks to you in sequences of musical tones and lights".<ref name=games100>((cite magazine | date=November–December 1980 |title=Top 100 Games of 1980  | magazine=[[Games (magazine)|Games]] | issue=20 | pages=55 ))</ref>

==Reviews==
*''[[Games (magazine)|Games]]'' #8<ref>((cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/games-8-1978-november/page/48/mode/2up | title=GAMES Magazine #8 | date=November 1978 ))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==Bibliography==
* ((Cite journal|last=Edwards |first=Owen |url=http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2006/september/object.php |title=Simonized: In 1978 a new electronic toy ushered in the era of computer games |journal=[[Smithsonian Magazine]] |date=September 1, 2006 |access-date=September 13, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061111115352/http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2006/september/object.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = November 11, 2006))
* ((cite press release
  | title = Simon: 'The Electronic Game that Started it All' Turns 25
  | publisher = [[Hasbro]]
  | date = February 10, 2003
  | url = http://www.hasbro.com/simon/pl/page.newscelebrate/dn/default.cfm
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060527173859/http://www.hasbro.com/simon/pl/page.newscelebrate/dn/default.cfm| archive-date=May 27, 2006| access-date = September 13, 2006))
* US patent for the game's ((US patent|D253,786|Electronic game housing|gdate=25 December 1979|fdate=Apr 13, 1978|inventor=Douglas P. Montague|assignee=[[Marvin Glass & Associates]]))

==External links==
((commons cat))
* [https://www.hasbro.com/en-us/product/simon-game:6B0A06E3-5056-9047-F532-6A891FAEBA15 Hasbro] is the current maker of Simon

((Milton Bradley))
((Hasbro))

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