Xonox

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Xonox, a division of K-tel Software Inc., was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.

History

Xonox, based in Minnesota, started developing Atari cartridges during the height of the 2600's popularity.[1] They contributed many high quality games available for the early platforms. Xonox capitalized on the novelty and perceived value of "double-ender" cartridges. These could be inserted into the console on one of the two ends, each end offering a different game. Different double-ender configurations could package the same game with different counterparts. Xonox was not the first company to try this; Playaround did it earlier with their adult-themed titles.[2] Xonox eventually abandoned this idea and began releasing single versions of some of the titles previously offered as double-enders as well as a few new titles.

Xonox was one of many small video game companies to fold during the Video Game Crash of 1983.

Games released

For the Atari 2600

Standard cartridges

Double-enders

For the ColecoVision

Standard cartridges

Double-enders

For the Commodore 64

References

  1. ↑ Buchanan, Levi (August 27, 2008). "Xonox and the Double-Enders". IGN. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ Yarusso, Albert. "Companies - Xonox". AtariAge.
  3. ↑ "Atari 2600 - Xonox - Double Ender Label Variation". AtariAge. Retrieved January 26, 2012.