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The one—and—only piece of software made for the Music Synthesizer. Too bad they cancelled the additional song cassettes mentioned in the instructions.

Graphics: 3 Sound: 3 Replay Value: 3 Notes: 1-player game; requires Music Synthesizer add-on and ECS Screen Shots

This game has yet to be reviewed.

A total of two Melody Blaster box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	4540	1983	Singapore	Gatefold box; plastic tray; copyright info on back cover; has bar code on back; no detailed part number
	Mattel Electronics	4540-0210	1983		Origin is not printed on box, but generic copyright info printed on back; opens on bottom flap—not a book-style box; has barcode on back

There are at least two different types of boxes for Melody Blaster. The traditional book-style box, and the flip-top box, which was common late in the life of the Intellivision at Mattel. It seems odd that such a late release would ever have had a book-type box.

In addition to the two box styles, the backs of the two different styles list different 'made in...' text in the lower left corner.

A total of three Melody Blaster manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	4540-0920 (L001)	1983	U.S.A.	Correction notice also enclosed; back cover of L001
	Mattel Electronics	4540-0920 (L002)	1983	Hong Kong	Correction notice also enclosed; back cover of L002 version
	Mattel Electronics	4540-0920	None		Italian translation; noted, and image contributed by Ignorama; see the back here

Supplemental Materials

The following supplemental materials have been found for Melody Blaster.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	4540-0270 (L001)	1983	U.S.A.	Describes cancellation of the cassette tapes referred to in the documentation and corrects errors in the manual
	Mattel Electronics	4540-0270	None	Hong Kong	Describes cancellation of the cassette tapes referred to in the manual and corrects various documentation errors; much more plain than the U.S.A. printing

A full accounting of the differences between the known version has not yet been carried out. The page the errata slip addresses is shown here. Special thanks to Classic Gamer for reporting that there was an errata slip for Melody Blaster.

Only one version of the overlays has been found for Melody Blaster.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	4540-4309	1983	U.S.A.	Overlay for left controller
	Mattel Electronics	4540-4319	1983	U.S.A.	Overlay for right controller

A total of two Melody Blaster label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1983	Singapore	Black background with blue letters; origin center-right; © M.E.I. 1983 lower right; ™ upper right; smaller label, rounded corners
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1983	Singapore	Black background with blue letters; origin center-right; © M.E.I. 1983 lower right; ™ upper right; larger label, rounded corners

	Title screen for Melody Blaster.
	Astrosmash! meets the ECS Music Synthesizer.

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