Difference between revisions of "Action Graphics"
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Revision as of 14:38, 3 January 2011
Action Graphics 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 (DNA) [4], and folded in 1985. [5] According to former Astrocade employee Tom Meeks, Ogdon formed the company with John Perkins. [6]
Ogdon went on to found Ogdon Micro Design. [7] Former Action Graphics employees Elaine Hodgson and Richard Ditton went on to start Incredible Technologies, which found great success with Golden Tee Golf. [8] [9]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources, print
2600
- Artillery Duel (US Publisher: Xonox)
5200
- Beamrider (US Publisher: Activision)
Adam
- Family Feud (US Publisher: Coleco)
- 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)
- Incredible Wizard, The (US Publisher: Astrocade)
- Solar Conqueror (US Publisher: Astrocade)
Atari 8-bit
- Beamrider (US Publisher: Activision)
- Pitstop (US Publisher: Epyx)
ColecoVision
- Activision Decathlon, The (US Publisher: Activision)
- Artillery Duel (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Beamrider (US Publisher: Activision)
- Pitfall! (US Publisher: Activision)
- Credited as "The Game Weavers" in the manual
Commodore 64
- Activision Decathlon, The (US Publisher: Activision)
- Artillery Duel (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Beamrider (US/UK Publisher: Activision)
- Family Feud (US Publisher: Coleco, ShareData)
- Pitstop (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Rock n' Bolt (US Publisher: Activision)
- Winter Games (US Publisher: Epyx)
PCjr
- Artillery Duel (unreleased?) (Xonox?)