Computer Magic
From Game Developer Research Institute
Computer Magic, Ltd. was a Long Island, New York-based software house incorporated on February 26, 1980. It is not to be confused with the Atari 2600 publisher Computer Magic Inc. (aka CommaVid) [1] or a publisher by the same name based in the UK. [2]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources
2600
- Robin Hood (US Publisher: Xonox)
7800
- California Games (unreleased) (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) (Atari)
- Impossible Mission (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) (US Publisher: Atari)
- One-on-One Basketball (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) (US Publisher: Atari)
- Summer Games (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) (US Publisher: Atari)
- Winter Games (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) (US Publisher: Atari)
Apple II
- Smart Eyes (US Publisher: Addison-Wesley) [3]
- Reading improvement program
Atari 8-bit
- Avoid (unreleased?) (Computer Magic)
- Horseword Derby (unreleased?) (Computer Magic)
- It-Is-Balloon (unreleased?) (Computer Magic)
- Kayos (US Publisher: Computer Magic)
- Mad-Netter (US Publisher: Computer Magic)
- Pogoman (US Publisher: Computer Magic)
- Tribomb (unreleased?) (Computer Magic)
ColecoVision
- Pogoman (unreleased) (Computer Magic) [4]
- Robin Hood (US Publisher: Xonox)
Mark Thompson worked on ColecoVision games at Computer Magic
Commodore 64
- Robin Hood (US Publisher: K-tel Software)
Computer Magic developed and sold Robot*Link, a software package compatible with Apple II, IBM, Atari 8-bit, and Commodore 64 computers that allowed you to program Tomy's toy robots. [5] [6]
Along with the Robot*Link, Computer Magic also promoted these accessories/accessory packs: Robotyx salespeople, Sonar Experimentors Kit, Verbot Basketball, Verbot Bowling, and Robot War. [7]
