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[gr8gonzo]

Never mind that. Did you know that Lights Out was an electronic game released by Tiger Toys in 1995? The game consisted of a 5 by 5 grid of lights. When the game started, a random number or a stored pattern of these lights was switched on. Pressing any of the lights would toggle it and the four adjacent lights. The goal of the puzzle was to switch all the lights off, preferably in as few button presses as possible.

A similar electronic game Merlin was released by Parker Brothers in the 1970s with similar rules on a 3x3 grid. Another similar game was produced by Vulcan Electronics in 1983 under the name XL-25. Tiger Toys also produced a cartridge version of Lights Out for its Game.com handheld game console in 1997, shipped free with the console. A number of new puzzles similar to Lights Out have been released, such as Lights Out 2000, Lights Out Cube, and Lights Out Deluxe.

[Mikey]

& a track by UFO

[owen]

& a track by UFO

which was supposedly a song about throwing off shackles/ The Man, etc, which came as a shock to their keyboard player, who assumed it was about a power cut

[JimD]

I love the UFO song but I've never fathomed out what it's about.

[Mooncat]

Lights Out Cube

Surely Jem would have had a hand in this one?

[BrendanGee]

Gr8gonzo, I totally have that game in my house!

It reminds me of a piece of tech that Jem had in one of the Frost* Reports, though I forget the name. It was a 16x16 sort of pad thing that you could make rhythm patterns on the horizontal and melody on the vertical.

Anyone remember?

[Mikey]

What you mean the errr.....

thingymajig........

began with a T, I think

[Mikey]

Tenori on ?

[rogerg]

yep, he used it at ROSFest.

[gr8gonzo]

Yep, Tenori On. Used it on Snowman to very cool effect.

I also had the Lights Out game once upon a time, but whenever I hear the term, I immediate think of THIS

[Rook]

Lol. I think of Savatage

[tigermoth]

Lights Out. This is great. Listening now and it's an instant grabber.

[Mordwin]

Lol. I think of Savatage

The "Year: 1993" bit makes me feel old though

[Drarok]

Only just got around to getting back to this place, really like Lights Out.

Also, hello!

[L33VEY]

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