brøderbund – Set Side B https://setsideb.com The Flipside of Gaming Wed, 06 Dec 2023 04:58:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://setsideb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-mascot512-32x32.png brøderbund – Set Side B https://setsideb.com 32 32 Retro365: Apple Galaxian, Star Craft and the Beginnings of Brøderbund https://setsideb.com/retro365-apple-galaxian-and-the-beginnings-of-broderbund/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://setsideb.com/?p=6457 Continue reading "Retro365: Apple Galaxian, Star Craft and the Beginnings of Brøderbund"]]> Pretty dry today, a tale on the blog Retro365 about the creation of Apple Galaxian, early action gaming hit for the Apple II, and how it helped establish classic computer publisher Brøderbund, who’d licensed it from the Japanese company Star Craft. It was sold in Ziploc bags, and was an immediate hit.

Here’s what Apple Galaxian looked like in action:

Brøderbund would go on to release many more wonderful programs for home computers, eventually publishing Lode Runner and Myst. Star Craft was still in operation in Japan until 1995. Anyway, please follow the link, it’ll help make up for me having to enter the crossed-o in Brøderbund’s name so many times!

Apple Galaxian: The Vital Japanese Connection (Retro365)

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