APh Technological Consulting was an outside company that developed games for Mattel Electronics, including the Intellivision game Frog Bog. When Mattel began selling Atari 2600 cartridges under its M Network label in 1982, several of those games were converted to the 2600, and APh is credited on a number of the conversions.
The site lists thirteen games under APh. The sports games are among the clearest credits: International Soccer, programmed by Kevin Miller, with its tilted view and scrolling pitch, and the two-player Super Challenge Football by Ken Smith and Super Challenge Baseball. Hal Finney programmed the tank battle Armor Ambush and designed Adventures of Tron, one of two Tron games here. The other, Tron: Deadly Discs, was converted by APh with Jeff Ronne and Brett Stutz as programmers.
For some titles on this list, such as Astroblast, Dark Cavern and Air Raiders, the APh credit could not be confirmed, and other sources give Mattel’s own programmers. Frogger, a Parker Brothers game, also appears here by mistake.
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Astroblast is Mattel's 1982 Atari 2600 version of Astrosmash, one of the best-selling Intellivision games, released under Mattel's M Network label. You move a laser base along the ground and shoot rocks, bombs and guided missiles falling from…
Play ▸Tron: Deadly Discs is an arena action game based on Disney's 1982 film Tron. It started life on Mattel's Intellivision, and this Atari 2600 version came out under Mattel's M Network label in early 1983. The conversion was…
Play ▸Super Challenge Baseball is the 1982 Atari 2600 version of Mattel's Intellivision game Major League Baseball, originally designed by David Rolfe. Mattel sold it under its M Network label, which brought Intellivision games to Atari's console, and the…
Play ▸Super Challenge Football is the Atari 2600 version of Mattel's Intellivision game NFL Football, released in 1982 under M Network, the label Mattel used for its games on Atari's console. It was programmed by Ken Smith at APh…
Play ▸Space Attack is the Atari 2600 version of the Intellivision game Space Battle, released by M Network, Mattel's label for Atari 2600 cartridges. AtariAge credits Bruce Pedersen and Hal Finney as its programmers. It mixes a strategy map…
Play ▸Lock 'n' Chase is a cops-and-robbers maze game for the Atari 2600, published by Mattel Electronics in 1982 under its M Network label. It is a home version of Data East's 1981 arcade game, and it plays a…
Play ▸International Soccer is a two-player football game released by Mattel Electronics under its M Network label in November 1982. It was developed by APh Technological Consulting and programmed by Kevin Miller, and it is the Atari 2600 version…
Play ▸Frogs and Flies is a 1982 Atari 2600 game from M Network, the label Mattel Electronics used for its 2600 cartridges. It is the 2600 version of the Intellivision game Frog Bog. Two frogs sit on lily pads…
Play ▸Dark Cavern is a 1982 maze shooter released by Mattel Electronics under its M Network label for the Atari 2600. It is the 2600 adaptation of Mattel's Intellivision game Night Stalker: you roam the tunnels of an underground…
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