Tigervision was a subsidiary of
Tiger Toys which produced
video game
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s for the
Atari 2600
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,
Atari 8-bit family
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,
TI-99/4A
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,
VIC-20
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and
Commodore 64. Most of their games were ports. ''
Polaris
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'' and ''
River Patrol'' were originally arcade games from
Taito
is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It ...
and Orca, respectively. ''Marauder'', ''Threshold'', and ''
Jawbreaker'' were originally computer games from
Sierra On-Line
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. ''
Miner 2049er
''Miner 2049er'' is a platform game created by Bill Hogue that was released in 1982 by Big Five Software. It was developed for the Atari 8-bit family and widely converted to other systems. The title "Miner 2049er" evokes a 21st-century take on t ...
'' was first published for the
Atari 8-bit family
The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 as the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The series was successively upgraded to Atari 1200XL , Atari 600XL, Atari 800XL, Atari 65XE, Atari 130XE, Atari 800XE ...
by
Big Five Software. While the Atari 8-bit version contained ten levels, it was split into two cartridges for the 2600, each sold as a separate game containing three levels.
Games
The following games were released for the Atari 2600:
*Espial
*''
Jawbreaker''
*''
King Kong
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''
*''Marauder''
*''
Miner 2049er
''Miner 2049er'' is a platform game created by Bill Hogue that was released in 1982 by Big Five Software. It was developed for the Atari 8-bit family and widely converted to other systems. The title "Miner 2049er" evokes a 21st-century take on t ...
''
*''Miner 2049er Volume II''
*''
Polaris
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''
*''
River Patrol''
*''Springer''
*''Threshold''
Unreleased
*''Changes''
*''Intuition''
*''Matterhorn''
*''Scraper Caper''
*''Sky Lancer''
*''Super Crush''
References
{{Atari 2600
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Atari 2600