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

Standard cartridges

Double-enders

For the ColecoVision

Standard cartridges

Double-enders

For the Commodore 64

References

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