The Image Producers, Inc.
Moby ID: 9370
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The Image Producers started out as an advertising agency, founded by Bill Moulds in Indiana. Later relocating to Northbrook, Illinois, Bill decided to get into the fledgling software market, and hired Dick Ainsworth and Al Baker as the creative and technical heads for the new software division. Al Baker was also a columnist with Kilobaud magazine in the late 1970's, and is still active in software to this day (see http://www.albaker.com).
One of their first products was Typing Tutor, which was sold/ported for multiple systems in the late 1970's/early 1980's, including Microsoft and Tandy/Radio Shack. Soon, other programmers and designers joined, including Glenn Sogge, Del Ogren, and others.
In early 1980, The Image Producers got chosen as one of the few programming firms to write the very first programs for the yet to be announced TRS-80 Color Computer. After signing NDA's, etc., they started work on designing and programming some of the initial ROM paks around February, 1980, and programming/porting (Typing Tutor being one of the projects) in early spring. Several of their cartridges were available when the TRS-80 Color Computer was first announced in July, 1980. They produced other cartridges over the next few years, until 1983.
Their games publishing division was Image Computer Products, Inc..
Credited on 19 Games from 1979 to 1982
| Castle Guard (1982 on TRS-80 CoCo) |
| Monster Maze (1982 on TRS-80 CoCo) |
| Color Robot Battle (1981 on TRS-80 CoCo) |
| Crosswords (1981 on TRS-80 CoCo) |
| Galactic Attack (1981 on TRS-80 CoCo) |
| Space Assault (1981 on TRS-80 CoCo) |
| Tennis (1981 on TRS-80 CoCo) |
| Amazing Maze / Tic-Tac-Toe (1979 on Bally Astrocade) |
| Bally Pin (1979 on Bally Astrocade) |
| Grand Prix / Demolition Derby (1979 on Bally Astrocade) |
| Roman Checkers (1979 on Atari 8-bit, TRS-80 CoCo) |
| Star Battle (1979 on Bally Astrocade) |
| The Market (1979 on Exidy Sorcerer, TRS-80, Sol-20...) |
| Wildcatting (1979 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A...) |
| Brickyard / Clowns (1978 on Bally Astrocade) |
| Dog Patch (1978 on Arcade, Bally Astrocade) |
| Football (1978 on Bally Astrocade) |
| Red Baron / Panzer Attack (1978 on Bally Astrocade) |
| Sea Wolf / Missile (1978 on Bally Astrocade) |
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 9 games with Astrocade, Inc.
- 9 games with Tandy Corporation
- 7 games with Dave Nutting Associates, Inc.
- 2 games with Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- 1 game with Computer Cablevision, Inc.
- 1 game with Cascade Enterprises
- 1 game with Realsoft
- 1 game with Image Computer Products, Inc.
- 1 game with GRT Corporation
- 1 game with Level IV Products, Inc.
- 4 games with Bob Ogdon
- 4 games with Scot L. Norris
- 4 games with Rickey J. Spiece
- 3 games with Al Baker
- 3 games with Dick Ainsworth
- 2 games with Leah O'Conner
- 1 game with Bill Jahnke
- 1 game with Lew Harp
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