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PARKER BROS

Retro Gamer

Issue 263

BY USING ITS CONTACTS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR AND FORMIDABLE MARKETING CLOUT, PARKER BROTHERS BROUGHT TITLES LIKE STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, SPIDER-MAN AND FROGGER TO THE ATARI 2600 AND ITS RIVALS. RETRO GAMER HIGHLIGHTS THE FIRM’S BEST RELEASES

- Rory Milne

From its earliest releases onwards, Parker Brothers set its stall out as a producer of licence-based videogames. Parker started 1982 with convincing Atari 2600 adaptations of the hit Konami coin-ops Amidar and Frogger. Its other titles for the year included the hugely successful Star Wars shooter for the 2600 and Intellivision The Empire Strikes Back, and a popular videogame adaptation of Spider-Man.

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