Mall Madness
A shopping-themed board game with electronic voice gameplay.
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Mall Madness is a shopping-themed board game released by Milton Bradley in 1988. It is notable for being one of the early electronic voice board games, featuring a computerized unit that directed gameplay, announced sales, and processed credit card transactions. The game has seen multiple redesigns and special editions, maintaining a presence in pop culture for over three decades.
Background
Mall Madness was first released in 1988 by Milton Bradley. The game's objective is to be the first player to purchase six items on a shopping list and return to the parking lot or final destination, though this objective varied across editions.
The original 1988 version used a paper 'credit card' system with a magnetic stripe reader (no paper cash); later editions introduced paper cash and simplified mechanics. Redesigns were released in 1996, 2004, and 2020. The 2020 edition features a simplified flat board, not a three-dimensional one.
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- Wikipedia: Mall Madness (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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