Entex Industries, Inc.[1] was an American toy and electronic game manufacturer based in Compton, California.
Its name was derived from taking Nicholas' and Tony's initials and adding an 'X' on the end to form NTX, which when spoken sounds like Entex.
[3] The company originally made model kits and Lego-like connectable toy bricks called Loc Blocs,[1] before later moving into the handheld and tabletop electronic game market.
[5] Entex produced LCD, LED and VFD-based electronic games, including 3-D Grand Prix, Blast It, Defender and Pac Man 2 amongst others.
In order to compete with video consoles,[3] Entex introduced two cartridge based tabletop electronic game systems in 1981–1982, called Select-A-Game and Adventure Vision.