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'''APh Technological Consulting''' was an engineering firm based in Pasadena, California. It was formed in 1974 as a limited partnership by two California Institute of Technology (Caltech) students, Glenn Hightower and John Denker. [https://newspaperarchive.com/star-news-sep-16-1974-p-15/] (APh is an abbreviation for applied physics. [http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/31865216/])

In 1976, APh was hired by Mattel to help design the Intellivision system. They also developed the operating system and the first games. [http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/companies.html]

Several members of APh left in 1982 and started [[Cheshire Engineering]] after a dispute over profits from developing Mattel's "M Network" line of Atari 2600 games. [http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/companies.html]

'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Online resources

===2600===
*''Adventures of Tron'' [Hal Finney, Glenn Hightower]
*''Air Raiders'' [Larry Zwick]
*''Armor Ambush'' [Hal Finney]
*''Astroblast'' [Hal Finney]
*''Dark Cavern'' [Hal Finney]
*''Frogs and Flies'' [David Rolfe]
*''International Soccer'' [Kevin Miller]
*''Lock 'n' Chase'' [Bruce Pedersen]
*''Sea Battle'' / ''High Seas'' (unreleased) [Larry Zwick, Bruce Pedersen]
*''Sharp Shot'' (unreleased) [Jeff Ronne]
*''Space Attack'' [Hal Finney, Bruce Pedersen]
*''Super Challenge Baseball'' [David Rolfe]
*''Super Challenge Football'' [Ken Smith]
*''Tron Deadly Discs'' / ''Deadly Discs'' [Jeff Ronne, Brett Stutz]

===Intellivision===
*''ABPA Backgammon'' / ''Backgammon'' [Kevin Miller]
*''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain'' [Tom Loughry]
*''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasures of Tarmin'' [Tom Loughry]
*''Adventures of Tron'' (unreleased) [Peter Kaminski]
*''Air Battle'' (unfinished)
*''Air Strike'' (unfinished) [Peter Kaminski]
*''Arcade'' (unfinished)
*''Armor Battle'' [Chris Kingsley]
*''Auto Racing'' [Larry Zwick]
*''Baseball II'' / ''All-Star Major League Baseball'' (became ''World Championship Baseball'', an INTV release prepared by Quicksilver Software) [Dan Dickerson]
*''Basketball II'' (unfinished) [Scott Bishop]
*''Boxing'' [Tom Loughry]
*''Brickout!'' (unreleased) [Rich O'Keefe]
*''Checkers'' / ''Draughts'' [David Rolfe]
*''Demo Cartridge'' (1980)
*''Demo Cartridge'' (1982)
*''The Electric Company: Math Fun'' [Kimo Yap]
*''The Electric Company: Word Fun'' [Kevin Miller, Don Bacon]
*''Explorer'' (unfinished)
*''Frog Bog'' [Peter Kaminski, Tom Soulanille]
*''Horse Racing'' [Chris Hawley]
*''Land Battle'' (unreleased) [Glyn Anderson]
*''Las Vegas Craps'' (unreleased)
*''Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack'' [David Rolfe]
*''Las Vegas Roulette'' [Walter Bright, John Brooks]
*''Major League Baseball'' / ''Baseball'' [David Rolfe]
*''More of Theirs'' (unreleased) [John Brooks]
*''NASL Soccer'' / ''Soccer'' [Kevin Miller]
*''NBA Basketball'' / ''Basketball'' [Ken Smith]
*''NFL Football'' / ''Football'' [Kevin Miller, Ken Smith, Glyn Anderson (instant replay feature)]
*''NHL Hockey'' / ''Hockey'' [Ken Smith]
*''PGA Golf'' / ''Golf'' [Scott Bishop]
*''Reversi'' [Greg Favor]
*''Royal Dealer'' [Rich O'Keefe]
*''Sea Battle'' [Ken Smith]
*''Sharp Shot'' [Frank Evans]
*''Space Armada'' [John Brooks, Chris Hawley]
*''Space Battle'' [Hal Finney]
*''Star Strike'' [Hal Finney, Brett Stutz]
*''Sub Hunt'' [Tom Loughry]
*''Takeover'' / ''Empire'' (unreleased) [Jeff Ronne]
*''Tennis'' [Gavin Claypool, Chris Lutz]
*''Test Cartridge''
*''TV Powww!'' games (later released as ''Sharp Shot'')
*''Triple Action'' [Rich O'Keefe]
*''U.S. Ski Team Skiing'' / ''Skiing'' / ''Alpine Skiing'' [Scott Reynolds, Terry Ligocki]

===Intellivision Keyboard Component===
*''BASIC Programming Language'' [Ken Smith]
*''Chartcraft Stock Analysis'' (unreleased) [Jon Buss, Bill Chapman, Kevin Miller, Scott Reynolds]
*''Conversational French'' [credits here: [https://youtu.be/Yo673L5o8lk?t=112]]
*''Demo Cassette'' [Ken Smith, Hal Finney]
*''Jack LaLanne's Physical Conditioning'' [Robby Butler, Tom Loughry, Hal Finney, John Brooks, Mark Stroberg]
*''Jeane Dixon Astrology'' (unreleased) [Kevin Miller, Greg Favor]
*''Spelling Challenge''

===VIC-20===
*''Mission X'' (unreleased)

==Links==
*[https://history.blueskyrangers.com/index.html Blue Sky Rangers Intellivision History website]
*[https://forums.atariage.com/topic/340017-bi-tape-20-for-the-keyboard-component/ ''Demo Cassette'' easter egg featuring credits]
*[http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/david_rolfe/interview_david_rolfe.html Scott Stilphen interview with programmer David Rolfe]
*[http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/hal_finney/interview_hal_finney.html Scott Stilphen interview with programmer Hal Finney]

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