Please turn off the unit and remove the GameKey ™.” A logo of the required GameKey and controller type will also be displayed (ex.
#JAKKS MS PACMAN GAME KEY TV#
If you try to insert a GameKey into the incorrect controller, a splash screen will appear saying : “This GameKey ™ is only meant for use with the TV games controller. Although all GameKey have the same shape, they are product specific. Console detailed for about $20 while GameKey, when sold individually, detailed for $9.99. As most of these console were also released without this feature, this button and the GameKeys port are the only visual aids to differentiate the GameKeys Ready console that their non-GameKeys counterparts. It is also important to point out that some GameKeys compatible console has a “Game Key Ready” button. For example, all Star Wars consoles (compatibility code: SW) have the same built-in games while the Nickelodeon ones (compatibility code: NK) doesn’t. All console that share the same compatibility codes will be compatible with the same GameKeys, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that they share the same built-in games. JAKKS Pacifics released at least 22 different consoles that support the GameKeys. JAKKS Pacifics continued with its TV Games line, but the GameKeys were never used again. The packaging was changed and the GameKey logo was removed from the consoles. In mid-2006, all Gamekey development was stopped and products were no longer marketed for it. Sadly, the sales numbers were still insufficient to justify developing additional games. The Stand-Alone pack would not include anything but the system, the Super GameKey Combo Pack, would include one GameKey, the Super Value Gamekey Mega Pack would include 2 Gamekey while the Super Value Power Pack would include one Gamekey and a power supply. It was then decided to pack-in some of the GameKey in certain packages. And as they turn out to sell less than expected, merchants were not keen to let these consoles take shelves space. The systems were not selling and the Gamekeys were selling even less.
#JAKKS MS PACMAN GAME KEY SERIES#
JAKKS Pacifics had a lot of hope that the Nickelodeon series which included SpongeBob Squarepants, Dora the Explorer and Nicktoons would be a huge success, but it wasn’t. Released in July 2005, the Gamekeys had a rough start. By July, the company was ready to release their firsts GameKey-Ready consoles. GameKey were set to have additional games for TV Games units that features multiple games, or additional levels for TV Games units that feature only one game but with multiple levels.įrom February to July, JAKKS Pacifics contacted their licensee to negotiate the addition of the GameKey in their future release. Pac-Man, many of which would be GameKey-Ready.The goal of the key was allow additional content to be added to the system later on. The plan was to release 20 new TV Games units including Star Wars(R): Revenge of the Sith, Mortal Kombat, Jeopardy! and a Wireless version of Ms. In 2005, the company announced that they would expand their TV Games line with new TV Games technology, such as wireless versions, GameKey expansion packs and AC adapters. Their TV Games units were sold in more than 500 different retail customers in over 35 countries worldwide. By 2004, JAKKS Pacifics already had a dozen of their Plug It In & Play TV Games on the market and was becoming to be one of the stars amongst the JAKKS Pacific portfolio. In 2002, the company decided to venture in a domain by launching its first plug & play system, the Atari Classic 10-in-1 TV game. JAKKS Pacifics was founded b on Januby Jack Friedman, an American businessman who had previously founded LJN and THQ. Nelo Lucich, Jakks Pacific's Vice President of interactive Stephen Berman, president and COO of JAKKS Pacific Console Name: JAKKS Pacific GameKey SystemsĬountry of Origin: United States of America