Cavalier Computer
Defunct American video game company
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1980 |
Founder | Jim Nitchals Barry Printz |
Fate | Defunct |
Headquarters | Del Mar, California , United States |
Cavalier Computer, later Cavalier Computer Corporation, is a defunct software company that produced games for the Apple II series of computers.[1] The company was founded in 1981 by high school classmates Jim Nitchals and Barry Printz[2] and achieved an early success with Bug Attack, a game similar to Centipede that ranked among the top 30 software titles of 1982.[3] Jim Nitchals died at age 36 in 1998.[4]
Software
- Asteroid Field by Jim Nitchals (1980)
- Bug Attack by Jim Nitchals (1981)
- Microwave by Jay P. Zimmerman and Jim Nitchals (1982)
- Raiders of the lost Ring, sometimes called Ring Raiders, by Jim Nitchals (1981). A clone of Star Castle.
- Star Thief by Jim Nitchals (1981)
- Teleport by Mike Abbott and Jim Nitchals (1982)
References
- ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ Wiegner, Kathleen K. (1982). "New Stars, New Firmament". Forbes, Vol. 129. p. 48.
- ^ "Most Popular Software of 1982". Softalk. 1982. p. 48. Archived from the original on 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ Scoblionkov, Deborah (June 8, 1998). "Jim Nitchals, Net Crusader, Dies". Wired.
External links
- Game Designers Remembered: Jim Nitchals
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