Starpath
| Former type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video game |
| Founded | Livermore, California, USA June 1981 |
| Founder(s) | Alan Bayley Robert Brown Craig Nelson |
| Defunct | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, California, USA |
| Key people | Dennis Caswell, programmer Steve Hales, programmer Stephen Landrum, programmer Jon Leupp, programmer Brian McGhie, programmer Scott Nelson, programmer Kevin Norman, programmer |
| Products | Starpath Supercharger 12 games (see list) |
| Owner(s) | Epyx (1983-1993) Bridgestone Multimedia Group (1993-present) |
Starpath was a U.S. company known for creating the Starpath Supercharger in 1982. The company was founded in 1981 under the name Arcadia Corporation, but it changed its name to Starpath shortly after for trademark reasons (Emerson Radio Corporation had released a video game console named the Emerson Arcadia 2001). It was founded by Alan Bayley, Robert Brown, and Craig Nelson.
The Starpath Supercharger was an add-on for the Atari 2600 video game console that expanded the machine capabilities by adding more RAM, allowing for higher resolution graphics and larger games, and by providing a connector to which a regular cassette player could be connected, thus permitting larger games, stored on tape, to be loaded. The Supercharger was connected to the Atari's cartridge slot.
Starpath merged with Epyx in 1983. Rights to Starpath games are currently[update] owned by Bridgestone Multimedia, a religious multimedia company.
Contents |
[edit] Starpath Games
[edit] Official Releases
Listed in order of release:
- Phaser Patrol
- Communist Mutants from Space
- Fireball
- Suicide Mission
- Escape From The Mindmaster
- Dragonstomper
- Killer Satellites
- Rabbit Transit
- Frogger, The Official
- Party Mix
[edit] Mail Order Only
These games were available only via mail order after Starpath declared bankruptcy.
[edit] Prototypes
- Labyrinth (early version of Escape From The Mindmaster)
- Excalibur (early version of Dragonstomper)
- Sweat: The Decathlon Game
[edit] References
- "Third Party Profile: Starpath". Atari Gaming Headquarters. http://www.atarihq.com/2678/3party/starpath.html. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
- Saunders, Glenn; Perry, Jr., Russ; Skelton, Dan (1999). Stella Gets a New Brain!, Version 2.0. Cyberpunks.
