Difference between revisions of "Action Graphics"
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Latest revision as of 23:21, 22 September 2021
Action Graphics, Inc. was a development company based in South Barrington, Illinois, United States [1] (originally Cary? [2]), spun off of Bally to develop games for the Bally Astrocade. It was headed by Bob Ogdon [3], software manager for Dave Nutting Associates [4]. It was incorporated on September 18, 1981 [5], and folded in 1985 [6] during the development of Winter Games. [7]
Ogdon went on to found Ogdon Micro Design and Mammoth Micro Productions. [8] Former Action Graphics employees Elaine Hodgson and Richard Ditton went on to start Incredible Technologies [9], which found great success with Golden Tee Golf.
Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources, print
2600
- Artillery Duel (US Publisher: Xonox) [Michael Schwartz (programmer); David Thiel (sound)]
5200
- Beamrider (US Publisher: Activision) [David Thiel (sound)]
Adam
- Family Feud (US Publisher: Coleco) [Elaine Hodgson (programmer); David Thiel (sound)]
- Jeopardy! (US Publisher: Coleco)
- Richard Scarry's Best Electronic Word Book Ever! (US Publisher: Coleco)
Amiga
- MasterType (US Publisher: Scarborough Systems)
Astrocade
- Cosmic Raiders (US Publisher: Astrocade)
- The Incredible Wizard (US Publisher: Astrocade)
- Solar Conqueror (US Publisher: Astrocade)
Atari 8-bit
- Beamrider (US Publisher: Activision) [David Thiel (sound)]
- Pitstop (US Publisher: Epyx) [Richard Ditton (programmer?); David Thiel (sound)]
ColecoVision
- The Activision Decathlon (US Publisher: Activision)
- Artillery Duel (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Beamrider (US Publisher: Activision) [David Thiel (sound)]
- Pitfall! (US Publisher: Activision)
- Credited as "The Game Weavers" in the manual
- Pitstop (US/CA Publisher: Coleco) [Richard Ditton (programmer?); David Thiel (sound)] ORIGINAL VERSION
- Rock n' Bolt (US Publisher: Telegames) [Carl Norgren (programmer); David Thiel (sound)] ORIGINAL VERSION
- Zenji (US Publisher: Activision)
Commodore 64
- The Activision Decathlon (US Publisher: Activision)
- Artillery Duel (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Beamrider (US/UK Publisher: Activision) [David Thiel (sound)]
- Family Feud (US Publisher: Coleco, ShareData)
- Pitstop (US Publisher: Epyx) [Jamie Faye Fenton (programmer); David Thiel (sound)]
- Rock n' Bolt (US Publisher: Activision) [John Jaugilas (programmer); David Thiel (sound)]
- Winter Games (US Publisher: Epyx) [Richard Ditton (programmer); David Thiel (sound)] ORIGINAL VERSION
PCjr
- Artillery Duel (unreleased?) (Xonox?)
VIC-20
- Artillery Duel (US Publisher: Xonox) [Jerry Brinson]