Developer: Cheshire Engineering

Cheshire Engineering is the outside studio that handled the Atari 2600 conversion of Beamrider for Activision. Dave Rolfe had created the game for the Intellivision in 1983, and the 2600 version arrived the following year. Squeezing it onto the weaker console meant some cuts, such as the Space Station control panel and two of the later enemy types, but the beams stretching towards the horizon survived.
Beamrider is the only game on the site credited to Cheshire Engineering, and you can play it in your browser below.

Beamrider

Beamrider is a space shooter published by Activision. Dave Rolfe designed it for the Intellivision in 1983, and the Atari 2600 version followed in 1984. Your ship slides between beams of light that stretch towards the horizon, and…

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