Zimag (stylized as ZiMAG) was the name used by Magnetic Tape International to market consumer products, including video games and blank audio cassettes, VHS tapes, and floppy disks.[1] Magnetic Tape International was a wholly owned subsidiary of Intermagnetic Corporation.[1] The company released games for the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers in 1982 and 1983. The 2600 games are from Bit Corporation ported from PAL to NTSC and with different names.[2] The Atari 8-bit games were developed by Syncro, Inc.[3]

Zimag's four Atari 2600 releases received more promotion than the relatively obscure computer games, but they were released during the video game crash of 1983.

Games

Atari 2600[4]

Atari 8-bit family

  • Cat Nap (1983)
  • Collision Course (1982, originally promoted as Space Mines)
  • Moon Beam Arcade (1983)
  • Nineball (1982)
  • River Rat (1982)

Unreleased

  • Bail Out
  • Caverns of Oz
  • Kerplop (Atari 8-bit)
  • Pizza Chef (2600)
  • Quest for Inca Gold (Atari 8-bit)

The Zimag catalog lists the following games beneath a "Spring '83" heading: Outpost, Meltdown, Moving Day, Car Jockey, Tally Ho, Immies and Aggies, Conrad, Dinograms, Cake Bake, and Evac.[5] None of these were released.

References

  1. ^ a b Pace, Eric (August 31, 1982). "ADVERTISING; Zimag Goes to E.J.L." The New York Times.
  2. ^ Santulli, Joe (2003). "Full text of Digital Press psychOpedia". archive.org.
  3. ^ "Syncro, Inc". AtariMania.
  4. ^ "Companies - Zimag". Atari Age.
  5. ^ "ZiMAG Catalog".
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimag
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