Xonox

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Xonox, a division of K-tel Software Inc., was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s. Xonox was one of many small video game companies to fold during the Video Game Crash of 1983.

History[]

Xonox, based in Minnesota, started developing Atari cartridges during the height of the 2600's popularity.^[1] Xonox capitalized on the novelty and perceived value of "double-ender" cartridges. These could be inserted into the console on one of the two ends, each end offering a different game. Different double-ender configurations could package the same game with different counterparts. Xonox was not the first company to try this; Playaround did it earlier with their adult-themed titles.^[2] Xonox eventually abandoned this idea and began releasing single versions of some of the titles previously offered as double-enders as well as a few new titles.

Games released[]

For the Atari 2600[]

Xonox "double-ender" cartridge

Xonox "double-ender" cartridge (top row, middle) compared to single title cartridges

Inside view of a Xonox "double-ender" cartridge

Standard cartridges[]

Double-enders[]

Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks
Artillery Duel/Ghost Manor
Artillery Duel/Spike's Peak
Chuck Norris Superkicks/Ghost Manor
Chuck Norris Superkicks/Spike's Peak
Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak
Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot^[3]
Motocross Racer/Tomarc the Barbarian

For the ColecoVision[]

Standard cartridges[]

Double-enders[]

Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks
Motocross Racer/Tomarc the Barbarian
Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot

For the Commodore 64[]

Artillery Duel
Chuck Norris Superkicks
Ghost Manor
Motocross Racer
Robin Hood
Sir Lancelot
Spike's Peak
Tomarc the Barbarian

References[]

^ Buchanan, Levi (August 27, 2008). "Xonox and the Double-Enders". IGN. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
^ Yarusso, Albert. "Companies - Xonox". AtariAge. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
^ "Atari 2600 - Xonox - Double Ender Label Variation". AtariAge. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

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[IGN-1] Buchanan, Levi (August 27, 2008). "Xonox and the Double-Enders". IGN. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

[AACompany-2] Yarusso, Albert. "Companies - Xonox". AtariAge. Retrieved January 28, 2016.

[AALabel-3] "Atari 2600 - Xonox - Double Ender Label Variation". AtariAge. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

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