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Russian electronic company

Elektronika (Russian: Электроника, "Electronics"; also Romanized Electronika, Electronica), is the brand name used for many different electronic products built by factories belonging to the Soviet Ministry of Electronic Industry, including calculators, electronic watches, portable games, and radios. Many Elektronika designs were the result of efforts by Soviet engineers, who were working for the Soviet military–industrial complex but were challenged with producing consumer goods that were in great shortage in the Soviet Union.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Elektronika (Russian: Электроника, "Electronics"; also Romanized Electronika, Electronica), is the brand name used for many different electronic products built by factories belonging to the Soviet Ministry of Electronic Industry, including calculators, electronic watches, portable games, and radios. Many Elektronika designs were the result of efforts by Soviet engineers, who were working for the Soviet military–industrial complex but were challenged with producing consumer goods that were in great shortage in the Soviet Union. The brand is still in use in Belarus by Technochas.2

Products and brands

Most Elektronika-branded electronic toys were Nintendo Game & Watch clones. These used the KB1013VK1-2 microprocessor, a Soviet clone of the Sharp SM-5A used in Game & Watch consoles.

The vast majority of the Elektronika electronic toys had model names that start with IM (ИМ – Игра Микропроцессорная, a Russian acronym for "microprocessor based game").

Some model names for Elektronika branded clones start with IE (ИЭ – Игра Электронная, a Russian acronym for "electronic game").

The Elektronika electronic toys that had model names beginning with MG were manufactured by Angstrem and were designed for export with English packaging and inserts.

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The known models include:

IM-01 Chess computer (1986) – designed and manufactured by Svetlana.

IM-01T Chess computer (1992) – improved version of the IM-01, designed and manufactured by Svetlana.

IM-02 Well, Just You Wait! (1984) – Nintendo EG-26 Egg, a variation of Mickey Mouse without the Disney license.

IM-03 Mysteries of the Ocean (1986) – Nintendo OC-22 Octopus

IM-04 Merry Cook (1989) – Nintendo FP-24 Chef

IM-05 Chess computer (1989) – improved version of the IM-01, designed and manufactured by Svetlana.

MG-09 Space Bridge (1989) – Nintendo FR-27 Fire

IM-10 Ice Hockey (1988) – ice hockey-themed clone of Nintendo EG-26 Egg

IM-11 Lunokhod (1983) – Milton Bradley Big Trak programmable battery-powered toy tank

IM-12 Winnie the Pooh (1991) – Nintendo CJ-93 Donkey Kong Jr. panorama

MG-13 Explorers of Space, also known as Space Scouts (1989)

IM-15 Electronic Football – Tomy World Cup Soccer

IM-18 Fowling (1989)

IM-19 Biathlon

IM-22 Monkey Goalkeeper, also known as Merry Footballer (1989)

IM-23 Autoslalom (1989) / Car Slalom (1991)

24-01 Mickey Mouse (1984) – Nintendo MC-25 Mickey Mouse

IM-26 Interchangeable, display cartridges included IM-02 Well, Just You Wait!, IM-22 Merry Footballer, IM-23 Autoslalom, IM-10 Ice Hockey, and IM-32 Cat Fisherman (1991) – Bandai Digi Casse

IM-27 Space game

IM-28 Electronic quiz game

IM-29 Chess Partner (1991) – Mattel Electronics Computer Chess

IM-30 Orpheus synthesizer (1991) – designed and manufactured by Svetlana.

IM-32 Cat Fisherman / Fisher Tom-Cat (1991)

IM-37 Football

IM-45 English learning computer

IM-50 Space Flight (1992)

MG-50 Amusing Arithmetics (1989)

IM-55 Basketball

Post-1992 versions:

I-01 Car Slalom

I-02 Merry Cook

I-03 Space Bridge

I-04 Fisher Tom-Cat

I-05 Naval Combat

I-06 Just You wait!

I-07 Frog boaster

I-08 Fowling

I-09 Explorers of Space

I-10 Biathlon

I-11 Circus

I-12 Hockey

I-13 Merry Footballer

I-14 Night Thiefes

I-15 Mysteries of the Ocean

I-20 (option 1) Air Shooting Range (1994) – Nintendo BU-201 Spitball Sparky

I-20 (option 2) Supercubes (1994) – Tetris

From Wikipedia’s article on Elektronika, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Ministry of electronics industry (USSR)

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