Exidy
Sign in to saveExidy, Inc. was an American developer and manufacturer of coin-operated electro-mechanical and video games which operated from 1973 to 1999. They manufactured many notable titles including Death Race (1976), Circus (1978), Star Fire (1978), Venture (1981), Mouse Trap (1981), Crossbow (1983), and Chiller (1986). They were also the creators of the Exidy Sorcerer (1978) home computer platform.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Exidy, Inc.
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.founded
- 1973
- Company.defunct
- 1999
- Company.hq_location_city
- Palo Alto, California
- Company.hq_location_country
- U.S.
- Company.products
- Arcade games
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- inception
- 1974-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1996-00-00
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- First Star Software games
- Unreleased prototypes
- Notes
- References
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Exidy, Inc. was an American developer and manufacturer of coin-operated electro-mechanical and video games which operated from 1973 to 1999. They manufactured many notable titles including Death Race (1976), Circus (1978), Star Fire (1978), Venture (1981), Mouse Trap (1981), Crossbow (1983), and Chiller (1986). They were also the creators of the Exidy Sorcerer (1978) home computer platform.
==History== Harold Ray “Pete” Kauffman had worked in the technological field at Data Disc Corporation with Charles McEwan and John Metzler. When the two broke off to form the graphics terminal company Ramtek Corporation in Sunnyvale, California, Kauffman joined them as a marketing executive. In late 1972, Kauffman was one of a handful of engineers sent to examine the prototype of Atari Inc’s Pong (1972) in the Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale. Kauffman recalled of the experience: