Cavalier Computer

Cavalier Computer

Booth at West Coast Computer Faire
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	1980
Founder	Jim Nitchals Barry Printz
Fate	Defunct
Headquarters	Del Mar, California , United States

Cavalier Computer, later Cavalier Computer Corporation, is a defunct software company that produced video games for the Apple II. ^[1] The company was founded in 1981 by high school classmates Jim Nitchals and Barry Printz ^[2] and achieved an early success with Bug Attack, a game similar to Centipede that ranked among the top 30 software titles of 1982. ^[3] Jim Nitchals died at age 36 in 1998. ^[4]

Software

• Asteroid Field by Jim Nitchals (1980)
• Bug Attack by Jim Nitchals (1981)
• Microwave by Jay P. Zimmerman and Jim Nitchals (1982)
• Raiders of the lost Ring, sometimes called Ring Raiders, by Jim Nitchals (1981). A clone of Star Castle .
• Star Thief by Jim Nitchals (1981)
• Teleport by Mike Abbott and Jim Nitchals (1982)

References

1. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers" . Retrieved 2008-11-04.
2. Wiegner, Kathleen K. (1982). "New Stars, New Firmament". Forbes, Vol. 129. p. 48.
3. "Most Popular Software of 1982". Softalk. 1982. p. 48. Archived from the original on 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
4. Scoblionkov, Deborah (June 8, 1998). "Jim Nitchals, Net Crusader, Dies". Wired.

External links

• Game Designers Remembered: Jim Nitchals