Big Five Software

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Big Five Software
IndustryVideo games
Founded1980s
HeadquartersVan Nuys, California, United States
Key people
Bill Hogue
Jeff Konyu
ProductsMiner 2049er
Bounty Bob Strikes Back!
Websitehttp://www.bigfivesoftware.com/

Big Five Software (a.k.a. Big 5 Software) was an American video game developer of the 1980s founded by Bill Hogue and Jeff Konyu.[1][2] The company released games for the Tandy TRS-80 and later the Atari 8-bit family. Most of its TRS-80 games were clones of arcade games of the time, such as Galaxy Invasion (Galaxian), Super Nova (Asteroids), Defense Command (Missile Command), and Meteor Mission (Lunar Rescue).[3] Their most successful[4] release was original: the 10-stage platform game Miner 2049er, released for the Atari 8-bit family in 1982 and widely ported to other systems.

Big Five also sold an Atari joystick interface called TRISSTICK which was popular with TRS-80 owners.[5]

Games[]

See also: Category:Big Five Software games

TRS-80[]

Atari 8-bit[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Big Five Software". Trs-80.org. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  2. ^ Giles, Robert H., ed. (28 March 1982). "Call them 'microteens'". Democrat and Chronicle. Vol. 3, no. 13. Rochester, NY: Gannet Co. Inc. pp. 1F, 7F – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Hawken, Kieren (2016). Jones, Darran (ed.). "Big Five Software". Retro Gamer. No. 157. Bournemouth, UK: Imagine Publishing. pp. 70–75. ISSN 1742-3155.
  4. ^ "The Company". Big Five Software. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  5. ^ Reed, Matthew. "TRISSTICK". TRS-80.org.
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