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Hallmark Cards
« on: January 04, 2009, 09:15:49 pm »
While I was out to the local Walgreen's to pick up some cards, I found that Hallmark Shoebox Greetings has some arcade themed audio cards.  Galaga, Pacman and Tetris.  I tried to locate some images to attach to this post but to no avail (besides, we all know what Galaga, Pacman and Tetris look like ;) )  They play the game start audio.  Kind of neat!   :applaud:
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Re: Hallmark Cards
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2009, 10:20:59 pm »
I saw the Pacman one at Walgreens the other day. I wasn't aware there were more.
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Re: Hallmark Cards
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2009, 10:31:53 pm »
Jeez. With all the Christmas ornaments, t shirts, remakes, and now cards, its almost as is these games were popular at some point!  ;D If I run into those cards Ill have to pick one up just to have.
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Re: Hallmark Cards
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2009, 12:03:09 pm »
Thing I want to know is, what manufacturer or distributor do these card makers get the audio unit off of, and is it Eprom or Rom made in factory. Would be a fun gag item to slip into someone's book and give a custom message. :D (Imagine slipping one of these halfway through a book and have it say in a raspy voice "We know where you live, Mr/Ms xxxx" ;)
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Re: Hallmark Cards
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2009, 07:55:09 pm »
How much are these things, anyway?

Quote from: protokatie on January 05, 2009, 12:03:09 pm
Thing I want to know is, what manufacturer or distributor do these card makers get the audio unit off of, and is it Eprom or Rom made in factory. Would be a fun gag item to slip into someone's book and give a custom message. :D (Imagine slipping one of these halfway through a book and have it say in a raspy voice "We know where you live, Mr/Ms xxxx" ;)

Ive seen those record-your-own versions in Wal Mart. I've always been tempted to record something into random cards on the shelf, but I wasn't sure if the recording was permanent or not...
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Re: Hallmark Cards
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2009, 08:58:58 pm »
Quote from: Mauzy on January 05, 2009, 07:55:09 pm
Ive seen those record-your-own versions in Wal Mart. I've always been tempted to record something into random cards on the shelf, but I wasn't sure if the recording was permanent or not...
I had the same thought, but I think the card makers have headed us off.  I saw a tab on the card that you needed to remove to make the greeting last (semi-)permanently.  Otherwise the recorded greeting plays back only once, or gets wiped after some short amount of time.   I guess you could remove the tab, but the hallmark police might be watching!
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