Cavalier Computer
Moby ID: 3970
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Cavalier Computer, later "Cavalier Computer Corporation", was founded approximately 1981 in San Diego, California, by high school classmates James Nitchals and Barry Printz. Under their leadership, and with contributions by other programmers, they published several well-selling games over the next few years for the Apple II platform.
Most notable among their games were Bug Attack, Microwave, and Star Thief. Bug Attack, based on the popular arcade game Centipede became the top-selling game in the nation. Microwave is generally credited as being the first game to incorporate music *during* the action of the game, rather than just in cut-scenes.
Credited on 6 Games from 1980 to 1982
| Microwave (1982 on Apple II) |
| Teleport (1982 on Apple II) |
| Ring Raiders (1981 on Apple II) |
| Bug Attack (1981 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, SMC-777...) |
| Star Thief (1981 on Apple II) |
| The Asteroid Field (1980 on Apple II) |
History +
- 1982
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Company founded
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Address
Company's location (c.1982):
P.O. Box 2032
Del Mar, CA 9204
(714) 755-8143
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 1 game with Comptiq
- 1 game with Sony Corporation
- 1 game with Graformations, Inc.
- 1 game with Bear's Corporation
- 5 games with Jim L. Nitchals
- 3 games with J. G. Landoni
- 1 game with Jay P. Zimmermann
- 1 game with David Mann
- 1 game with Alan Hashimoto
- 1 game with Elise Rosenthal
- 1 game with Barry E. Printz
- 1 game with Alan Daniels
- 1 game with Michael Abbot
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