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Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that developed games for the Atari 2600, Intellivision and other video game consoles in the early 1980s. Founded in 1981 by Atari and Mattel Intellivision expatriates, its best-selling titles included ''Atlantis'', ''Cosmic Ark'', ''Demon Attack'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Atari Age )〕 and billiards game ''Trick Shot''. ==History== Prior to 1980, software for video game consoles was published exclusively by the makers of the systems for which the games were designed. For example, Atari was the only publisher of games for the Atari 2600. The developers of the games received no extra money for games that sold well, and no credit for their games. Some Atari game designers left to join or form third-party game publishers for game consoles. Activision was the first,〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Classic Gaming Expo )〕 and Imagic was the second. Imagic founders included Bill Grubb, Bob Smith and Denis Koble from Atari, Inc.,〔 Jim Goldberger and Brian Dougherty from Mattel,〔http://www.livevideo.com/video/7B3359CD66794A01A02F14942198B12A/making-of-atlantis-video-game-part-1-imagic.aspx〕 as well as Mark Bradley and Rob Fulop() from Atari.〔 Atari sued Imagic over ''Demon Attack'' because of its resemblance to ''Phoenix'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Atari Times )〕 to which Atari had the exclusive home-version rights. The case was settled out of court. Despite initial success and sales greater than projections, the company's fortunes reversed after the stock market dumped videogame stocks in late 1982, scuttling Imagic's initial plan to become a publicly traded company.〔http://www.livevideo.com/video/151AF95D9F4D4AD0B23A7123E2B65C0C/making-of-atlantis-video-game-part-3-imagic.aspx〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Imagic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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