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Exidy was one of the largest creators of arcade video games during the early period of video games, from 1974-1983. The company was founded by H.R."Pete" Kaufman. The name "Exidy" was a portmanteau of the words "Excellence in Dynamics." Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... “Computer and video games” redirects here. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...

Some of the notable games released by Exidy included Circus, Death Race, Star Fire, Venture, Pepper II, Mouse Trap, Targ, and Spectar. Star Fire was prominently featured in the 1980 film Midnight Madness, while Mouse Trap was the subject of a song on the 1982 Pac-Man Fever album. Many Exidy games can be played today on personal computers using MAME arcade emulation software. Death Race was a controversial arcade game, released by Exidy (whose name was a contraction of Excellence in Dynamics) in 1976. ... Star Fire was a groundbreaking arcade game by Exidy that brought a number of innovations to the market. ... Venture is a 1981 arcade game by Exidy. ... Mouse Trap is a 1981 arcade game released by Exidy similar to Pac-Man. ... Targ was a successful 1980 game by Exidy depicting vehicular combat in a future world. ... Spectar was a 1980 arcade game by Exidy depicting vehicular combat in a future world. ... Midnight Madness is a 1980 cult comedy film from Walt Disney Productions, starring David Naughton. ... Pac-Man Fever is a 1982 album recorded by Buckner & Garcia. ... MAME is an emulator application designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software, with the intent of preserving gaming history and preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten. ...

Exidy was most famous for its light gun games, beginning with the game Crossbow. These presented an unusual twist to the genre, where the goal is to protect characters walking through the screen by shooting down bullets and other things which are trying to kill the characters. These games were also the first to feature fully digitized sound, for all sound effects and for music (far more advanced than any other games up until the 16-bit generation). The most (in)famous game today from this series is the game Chiller. Other "C" series games include Cheyenne, Combat, Crackshot and Clay Pigeon. Chief designer for these games were Larry Hutcherson. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Crossbow was a video arcade game first released by Exidy in 1983. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... This article is about firearms projectiles. ... Digital audio comprises audio signals stored in a digital format. ... Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... In the history of video games, the 16-bit era was the fourth generation of video game consoles. ... Chiller was an Exidy light gun arcade game released in 1986. ...

Exidy also made a rarely-seen motion cabinet game with vector graphics called Vertigo. Chief game designer for this game was Vic Tolomei.

Another somewhat successful game from Exidy was a driving game named Top Secret. This game featured a spy car with advanced weaponry on a mission inside the Soviet Union to destroy a heavily-guarded Top Secret super weapon. Game designers for this game were Vic Tolomei, Larry Hutcherson and Ken Nicholson Top Secret is the codename of a Massively multiplayer online game directed by David Perry with Acclaim Games developing the game. ... Ken Nicholson is a video game developer and Windows graphics pioneer. ...

Exidy made a brief foray into the home computer market, with the Exidy Sorcerer. The Sorcerer was a modified S-100 bus based machine, but lacked the internal expansion system common to other S-100 systems. The Sorcerer also featured an advanced (for the era) text display that was capable of 64 characters per line, when most systems supported only 40 characters. Oddly, the Sorcerer did not support sound, color, or in some respects, graphics, which seems at odds with the company's video game background. The system was never very popular in North America, but found a following in Europe, notably Belgium. Children playing on a Amstrad CPC 464 in the 1980s. ... The Sorcerer was one of the early home computer systems, released by the videogame company, Exidy. ... For other uses, see S-100. ...

In 2006 it was announced that Mean Hamster Software acquired rights to develop new Exidy games. Mean Hamster Software, Inc. ...

External links

• Mean Hamster Exidy, Crossbow Press Release
• The Dot Eaters Article featuring a history of Death Race and Exidy

See also

• Category:Exidy games