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* '' Akalabeth: World of Doom'' by Richard Garriott (1979)
* '' Apple-oids'' by Tom Luhrs (1980)
* ''
software
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company that published games and related software for the Apple II
The Apple II (stylized as ) is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. It was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak; Jerry Manock developed the design of Apple II's foam-mold ...
family of computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s. California Pacific is best known as the publisher of the first installment of Richard Garriott
Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux ('' né'' Garriott; born July 4, 1961) is an American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut. Although both his parents were American, he maintains dual British and American citizenship by birth ...
's popular '' Ultima'' game series, and for ''Super Invader
''Super Invader'' (also called ''Super Invasion'' and ''Apple Invader'') is a video game written by Japanese programmer M. Hata for the Apple II and published by Creative Computing Software in 1979. ''Super Invader'' is a clone of ''Space Invad ...
'', a ''Space Invaders
is a 1978 shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado. It was manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and licensed to the Midway division of Bally for overseas distribution. ''Space Invaders'' was the first fixed shooter and ...
'' clone voted the most popular software of 1978–80.
Software
* '' Akalabeth: World of Doom'' by Richard Garriott (1979)
* '' Apple-oids'' by Tom Luhrs (1980)
* ''Super Invader
''Super Invader'' (also called ''Super Invasion'' and ''Apple Invader'') is a video game written by Japanese programmer M. Hata for the Apple II and published by Creative Computing Software in 1979. ''Super Invader'' is a clone of ''Space Invad ...
'' by M. Hata (1980), later renamed to ''Cosmos Mission''
* ''Bill Budge's Space Album
''Bill Budge's Space Album'' is a collection of four Apple II action games written by Bill Budge
Bill Budge (born August 11, 1954) is a retired American video game programmer and designer. He is best known for the Apple II games '' Raster Bl ...
'' (1980), collection of four games
* ''Fender Bender''
* ''Trilogy of Games'' by Bill Budge (1980): ''Night Driver'', ''Pinball'', ''Space War''
* '' Ultima'' by Richard Garriott (1981)
* ''3-D Game Tool'' by Bill Budge (1981)
* ''Brainteaser Boulevard'' by Chuck Bueche (1982), ''Frogger
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'' clone
* ''Lady Tut'' by Greggy (1983)
See also
*Steve Gibson (computer programmer)
Steven "Steve Tiberius" Gibson (born March 26, 1955) is an American software engineer, security researcher, and IT security proponent. In the early 1980s, he worked on light pen technology for use with Apple and Atari systems, and in 1985, ...
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