Difference between revisions of "Axlon"
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*''Secret Quest'' (US Publisher: Atari) [Steve DeFrisco*] | *''Secret Quest'' (US Publisher: Atari) [Steve DeFrisco*] | ||
*''Shooting Arcade'' (unreleased) (Atari) | *''Shooting Arcade'' (unreleased) (Atari) | ||
| − | :<small>Tod Frye claims to have programmed this, but | + | :<small>Tod Frye claims to have programmed this, but the version available online was apparently written by Agustin Ortiz Valdiviezo at Mexican firm Heuristica.</small> |
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Steve DeFrisco was an employee at Axlon, but he later left and became a contractor. Tod Frye was also a contractor. | <nowiki>*</nowiki> Steve DeFrisco was an employee at Axlon, but he later left and became a contractor. Tod Frye was also a contractor. | ||
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*[http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/steve_defrisco/interview_steve_defrisco.html Atari Compendium interview with Steve DeFrisco] | *[http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/steve_defrisco/interview_steve_defrisco.html Atari Compendium interview with Steve DeFrisco] | ||
*[http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/john_vifian/interview_john_vifian.html Atari Compendium interview with John Vifian] | *[http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/john_vifian/interview_john_vifian.html Atari Compendium interview with John Vifian] | ||
| + | *[http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-174-tod-fry-asteroids ANTIC interview with Tod Frye] | ||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:41, 17 April 2018
Axlon Incorporated was a company started by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell and former Atari engineer/product manager John Vurich that mainly produced robotic toys. It was incorporated on March 26, 1980. In 1988, Axlon was contracted to develop 2600 games for Atari Corp. [1]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources
2600
- The Adventures of Max (unreleased) (Atari) [John Vifian]
- MotoRodeo (US Publisher: Atari) [Steve DeFrisco*]
- Off the Wall (US Publisher: Atari) [John Vifian]
- Save Mary (unreleased) (Atari) [Tod Frye*]
- Secret Quest (US Publisher: Atari) [Steve DeFrisco*]
- Shooting Arcade (unreleased) (Atari)
- Tod Frye claims to have programmed this, but the version available online was apparently written by Agustin Ortiz Valdiviezo at Mexican firm Heuristica.
* Steve DeFrisco was an employee at Axlon, but he later left and became a contractor. Tod Frye was also a contractor.
