
Wonder Wizard and Gulliver
were trademarks used by General Home Products for selling video games
manufactured by Magnavox.
The first game in the line was called Triple Challenge (model 7701) and
sold under the Gulliver trademark. All later models were sold under the
Wonder Wizard trademark. One of the most interesting is model 7702. It was sold
in 1976 and contains a Magnavox Odyssey 300
circuit board housed into a derivate of the 1972 Odyssey
case. The bottom part of the case is identical, only the top differs and was made
in two versions: one with silver knobs and woodgrain only in the section containing
the "Wonder Wizard" name, and one (as pictured) with black knobs and woodgrain
everywhere. Like Odyssey 300, this system used a 3-position switch to choose one
of three predefined combinations of difficulties, avoiding the need to change the
ball speed, ball angle and bat size separately. Few systems used this design and
most others used individual skill level switches.
The Bulls Eye (model 7704) and Sharp Shooter (model 7705) had a rather
unique metal case which allowed it to be attached to the left or right side of
the TV set. The Model 7704 played only four games; the model 7705 added two target
shooting games with a light gun. They both used the same AY-3-8500
game chip.
The Scoreboard (model 7706) was a clone of the 1976 Gamatic 7600 (Japan),
which was sold under many brand names all over the world (Univox in France, Intel in
Germany -short name of Interelectric-, Grandstand in England, etc.)
The model 7709 apparently closed the line. It was designed in a flat case
and decorated similarly to model 7702; it played the six games of the AY-3-8500 chip.
Finally, David Winter discovered an unreleased model in a 1976 sales
brochure: Desert Fox (model 7707), a Tank Battle system playing
four games using the General Instruments AY-3-8700 chip. Model 7708 was
neither included in the 1976 brochure nor reported so far. It is believed that
it has been planned later like model 7709 and included another dedicated
game chip like Car Racing, Motocross, Submarine or others. It is likely that we
will never know.
Models known to exist:
