Developer: Piero Cavina

Piero Cavina is an Italian programmer from the early days of the Atari 2600 homebrew scene. His first game, Oystron, came out in 1997 as a free 4 KB program for the Starpath Supercharger and emulators, and was later issued on cartridge by XYPE. You shoot space oysters, collect the pearls they leave and guard them from thieves until the boss, Oystron, appears. Activision later included it in the Game Boy Advance version of Activision Anthology.
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Oystron

Oystron is a fast space shooter for the Atari 2600, written by Italian programmer Piero Cavina and first released in 1997. It was his first game and one of the earliest hobbyist-made games for the console, from the…

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