Parker Brothers - wikipedia Parker Brothers For the American shotgun manufacturer, see Parker Bros. Parker Brothers logo designed by Arnold Ferdinand Arnold, 1964 Former type Division Industry Games Successor Hasbro Gaming Founded 1883 ; 135 years ago ( 1883 ) ( as George S. Parker Company ) Defunct 1998 ( company ) 2009 ( brand ) Headquarters Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S. Products Monopoly Ouija Cluedo / Clue Bop It Sorry ! Aggravation Probe Parent Hasbro Parker Brothers was an American toy and game manufacturer which later became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883. Among its products were Monopoly, Cluedo ( licensed from the British publisher and known as Clue in North America ), Sorry !, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, Bop It and Probe. The trade name is now defunct ; former products are marketed under the `` Hasbro Gaming '' label. Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External links History Parker Brothers was founded by George S. Parker. Parker 's philosophy deviated from the prevalent theme of board game design ; he believed that games should be played for enjoyment and did not need to emphasize morals and values. He created his first game, called Banking, in 1883 when he was 16. Banking is a game in which players borrowed money from the bank and tried to generate wealth by guessing how well they could do. The game included 160 cards which foretold their failures or successes. The game was so popular among family and friends that his brother, Charles Parker, urged him to publish it. George approached two Boston publishers with the idea, but was unsuccessful. Not discouraged, he spent $40 to publish 500 sets of Banking. He eventually sold all but twelve copies, making a profit of $100. George Swinnerton, Charles Hanford and Edward Hegeman : The Parker Brothers Parker founded his game company, initially called the George S. Parker Company, in his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts in 1883. When George 's brother Charles joined the business in 1888, the company 's name was changed to its more familiar form. In 1898 a third brother, Edward H. Parker, joined the company. For many years, George designed most of the games himself, and wrote all the rules. Many games were based on important events of the day : Klondike was based on the Alaskan gold rush, and War in Cuba was based on the impending Spanish -- American War. The game industry was growing, and the company was becoming very profitable. In 1906, Parker Brothers published the game Rook, their most successful card game to this day, and it quickly became the best - selling game in the country. During the Great Depression, a time when many companies went out of business, Parker Brothers released a new board game called Monopoly. Although the company had originally rejected the game in 1934, they decided to publish it the next year. It was an instant success, and the company had difficulty keeping up with demand. The company continued to grow throughout the next several decades, producing such lasting games as Clue, Risk, and Sorry ! Parker Brothers marketed its first puzzle in 1887. The most highly sought of Parker puzzles are the wooden Parker Pastimes. Parker also produced children 's puzzles, as well as the Climax, Jig - A-Jig, Jig Wood, and Paramount lines. According to Jigsaw Puzzles : An Illustrated History and Price Guide, by Anne D. Williams, Parker Bros. closed the Pastime line in the 1950s and their die - cut puzzles were phased out in the late 1970s. Even after George Parker 's death, the company remained family - owned until 1968 when General Mills purchased the company. After this, Parker Brothers produced the first Nerf ball, which became another major national hit. In the UK during the 1970s, Parker Bros. was the games division of Palitoy ( also a General Mills company ), and produced a variety of releases such as Escape from Colditz. By the turn of the decade, the company relocated to Beverly, Massachusetts. The company began to produce electronic versions of their popular board games in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At this time, the company ventured into the toy market with the electronic action figure, Rom the Spaceknight, in 1977. Although the toy proved a failure, the licensed comic book published by Marvel Comics ran for years after the toy was discontinued. They also produced video games for various systems during the early 1980s, with home ports of many popular arcade games like Konami 's Frogger, Popeye, Gottlieb games like Q * bert and Reactor, the first video games based on the Star Wars movies, The Empire Strikes Back, Jedi Arena, and Death Star Battle, and more. In early 1983, Parker Brothers spent US $15 million establishing a book publishing branch ; their first titles featured the American Greetings franchises, Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake. The branch published twelve titles by February 1984 ; sales of these books totalled 3.5 million units. Parker Brothers also operated a record label around the same time ; one of its releases, based on Coleco 's Cabbage Patch Kids and involving Tom and Stephen Chapin titled Cabbage Patch Dreams, was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) in July 1984. In 1985, General Mills merged the company with their subsidiary Kenner ; this new company, Kenner Parker Toys Inc., was acquired by Tonka in 1987. Tonka, including Parker Brothers, was bought in 1991 for about $516 million by Hasbro which also owned the Milton Bradley Company. Following the acquisition, Parker Brothers continued to have its corporate offices in Beverly, but production of the games were moved to Milton Bradley 's headquarters in East Longmeadow. In 1998, Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley were consolidated at the new Hasbro Games campus ( based in Parker Brother 's former headquarters ). See also Children 's literature portal Cluedo Monopoly My Monopoly Probe Risk Scrabble Waddingtons References Jump up ^ `` Parker Brothers ''. Facebook. Retrieved July 11, 2013. ^ Jump up to : The History of Toys Archived 2007 - 10 - 12 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ 90 Years of Fun, 1883 - 1973 : the History of Parker Brothers. 1973. Jump up ^ Monopoly Board Game -- Parker Brothers Archived June 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Risk Online Game Reviews ''. Retrieved 25 April 2016. ^ Jump up to : Wojahn, Ellen ( 1988 ). `` Fold ''. Playing by Different Rules. American Management Association ( amacom ). p. 217. ISBN 0 - 8144 - 5861 - 0. Jump up ^ Dougherty, Philip H. ( February 8, 1983 ). `` Parker Bros. adding book publishing line ''. The Miami News. New York Times News Service. p. 8A. Retrieved August 5, 2010. ^ Jump up to : Gorov, Linda ( February 9, 1984 ). `` Parker Brothers giving ( children 's ) music market a spin ''. The Boston Globe. The New York Times Company. Retrieved September 21, 2010. ( Registration required ( help ) ). Parker 's move comes on the heels of it 's 1983 entry into children 's books. Its 12 books about Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake sold an unprecedented 3.5 ( million units ). Jump up ^ Ramirez, Anthony ( 1991 - 02 - 01 ). `` Tonka Accepts Offer From Hasbro ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 14. Jump up ^ `` New Document ''. toyhistory.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Hasbro : Investor Relations : News Release ''. corporate-ir.net. Retrieved 3 February 2017. Further reading From Hostility to Reverence : 100 Years of African - American Imagery in Games Don Kader, `` Collecting Black Memorabilia '', Collectors ' Showcase ( September / October 1982 ), 16. External links The Game Makers, a book by Philip Orbanes, chronicles the history of Parker Brothers. Vintage Parker Brothers and other games Parker Brothers on the History Channel The story of Parker 's early games The General Mills / Parker Brothers Merger : Playing by Different Rules, a book by Ellen Wojahn, chronicles how incompetent and visionless management destroyed the company in just a few years. New York Historical Society owns many examples of Parker Bros. games, such as : The Good Old Game of Corner Grocery, 1887 Chivalry : The Greatest Modern Board Game of Skill Round the World Joe Young People 's Geographical Game. Salem, MA : Parker Bros., ca. 1890 Parker Brothers game listings and information in the Association for Games & Puzzles International 's Game Catalog Parker Brothers game listings and information at BoardGameGeek Monopoly History History of Monopoly Chance and Community Chest cards Game designers and early publishers Elizabeth `` Lizzie '' Magie Scott Nearing Charles Darrow Related games Anti-Monopoly The Landlord 's Game Easy Money Finance Hasbro Monopoly and licensees Monopoly Parker Brothers Milton Bradley Hasbro Waddingtons Winning Moves Get Out of Jail Free card Rich Uncle Pennybags Monopoly money Modern variants Licensed and localized editions My Monopoly Monopoly : The Mega Edition Monopoly City Spin - off games Board / dice games Monopoly Junior Advance to Boardwalk Do n't Go to Jail ( Monopoly Express ) Card games Free Parking Waterworks Monopoly : The Card Game Express Monopoly Monopoly Deal Monopoly on television 1990 game show Monopoly Millionaires ' Club Family Game Night Monopoly metaphors and idioms `` Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. '' `` Get Out of Jail Free card '' `` Monopoly money '' See also Ralph Anspach McDonald 's Monopoly Late for the Sky Pinball game Monopoly Tycoon Monopoly Party Video games London Monopoly locations Monopoly City Streets The Mad Magazine Game Monopoly Millionaires ' Club Hasbro Intellectual properties currently managed by Hasbro Toys Action Man Baby Alive Blythe Easy - Bake Oven Furby G.I. Joe Glo Worm Gobots Hanazuki Jem Koosh Kre - O Lite - Brite Littlest Pet Shop Micronauts Mighty Muggs Mr. Potato Head My Little Pony Nerf Play - Doh Pound Puppies Power Rangers Rubik 's Cube Sit ' n Spin Spirograph Stickle Bricks Stretch Armstrong Super Soaker Tinkertoy Tonka Transformers Weeble Games Acquire Aggravation Axis & Allies Barrel of Monkeys Battleship Boggle Bop It Buckaroo ! Candy Land Catch Phrase Chutes & Ladders Clue Connect 4 Cootie Cranium Crocodile Dentist Designer 's World Duel Masters Dungeons & Dragons Elefun Gator Golf Girl Talk Guess Who ? Hi Ho ! 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Question: who was the founder of the parker brothers
Answer: George S. Parker