Data Age

Data Age
Industry Video games
Founded April 1982 (1982-04)
Headquarters California
Products Journey Escape
Frankenstein's Monster

Data Age was a California-based video game company that developed and published titles for the Atari 2600 platform in the mid-1980s. Among their more well-known titles were Journey Escape (a tie-in with the band Journey) and Frankenstein's Monster, both published in 1982.

Titles

Data Age released fewer than a dozen games of varying quality. Frankenstein's Monster has been cited as a standout among Atari 2600 games by several game reviewers,[1] while Sssnake and Warplock (both 1982) were included on a list of the ten worst games for the 2600.[2] Journey Escape also received poor reviews and weak sales, despite a $4.5 million marketing campaign, which combined with heavy licensing fees and helped lead to the company's failure.[3]

Other games released by Data Age include Airlock, Bermuda Triangle, featuring a title treatment and box cover illustration by Marc Ericksen, Bugs, and Encounter at L-5 (all 1982).[3] Secret Agent along with Mr. Bill's Neighborhood, Smokey Bear, and Mr. T, were also developed but all of them were unreleased and only prototype of Secret Agent had been found.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Agnello, Anthony John (November 19, 2013). "Back from the dead: 9 modern games for obsolete consoles". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ Oleniacz, Kevin. "The Worst of the Atari 2600". Digital Press. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
  3. 1 2 Yarusso, Albert. "Companies - Data Age". AtariAge. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ Yarusso, Albert. "Atari 2600 - Secret Agent (Data Age)". AtariAge. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
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