InterAct Accessories

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InterAct Accessories Inc.
Type Former subsidiary of Recoton
Founded 1936 (Record Town)
1952 (Recoton)
1991 (InterAct)
Closed in 2001
Headquarters United States
Key people Todd Hays, founder (InterAct)
Industry Video games
Products GameShark
Number of people Not disclosed
Website N/A

InterAct Accessories Inc. was an American video game peripheral manufacturer.

Record Town

Record Town was founded in 1936.

Recoton

Record Town was shortened to Recoton in 1952.

Interact

Founded in 1991 by Todd Hays, Interact was acquired by Recoton in 1995.

They manufactured and published GameShark video game cheat devices. They were licensed versions of Datel's Action Replay devices that were published in North America under the GameShark brand name.

Closure

Recoton went bankrupt in 2001, and its subsidiaries, including InterAct, were closed. After the closure of Interact, Mad Catz acquired the rights to the GameShark brand name.