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| − | '''Technology Associates''' was a consulting firm founded in 1981 by Joe Jacobs, an engineer at the Jerrold cable television division of General Instrument, which developed the PlayCable service for the Intellivision. Jacobs and a colleague, Dennis Clark, figured out how to develop games for the console in their off-hours and wrote a ''Pac-Man'' clone called ''Clone-Man'' as a demonstration. They showed it to Mattel Electronics and eventually secured a deal to develop | + | '''Technology Associates''' was a consulting firm founded in 1981 by Joe Jacobs, an engineer at the Jerrold cable television division of General Instrument, which developed the PlayCable service for the Intellivision. Jacobs and a colleague, Dennis Clark, figured out how to develop games for the console in their off-hours and wrote a ''Pac-Man'' clone called ''Clone-Man'' as a demonstration. They showed it to Mattel Electronics and eventually secured a deal to develop the Intellivision version of ''Bump 'n' Jump''. [https://forums.atariage.com/topic/324889-technology-associates-and-the-story-of-intellivision-bump-%E2%80%98n%E2%80%99-jump/] |
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'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Online resources | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Online resources | ||
===Intellivision=== | ===Intellivision=== | ||
| − | *''Bump 'n' Jump'' (US Publisher: Mattel Electronics) | + | *''Bump 'n' Jump'' (US Publisher: Mattel Electronics) [Joe Jacobs, Dennis Clark] |
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:41, 19 April 2024
Technology Associates was a consulting firm founded in 1981 by Joe Jacobs, an engineer at the Jerrold cable television division of General Instrument, which developed the PlayCable service for the Intellivision. Jacobs and a colleague, Dennis Clark, figured out how to develop games for the console in their off-hours and wrote a Pac-Man clone called Clone-Man as a demonstration. They showed it to Mattel Electronics and eventually secured a deal to develop the Intellivision version of Bump 'n' Jump. [1]
Research Methods: Online resources
Intellivision
- Bump 'n' Jump (US Publisher: Mattel Electronics) [Joe Jacobs, Dennis Clark]
