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Xonox
Xonox (1982-84)(K-Tel (1983>))
Xonox USA
11311 Fifth Street S.
Hopkins, MN 55434
USA
Year Founded: 1982
Year Defunct: 1984
Xonox was a third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.
Xonox started developing Atari cartridges during the height of the 2600s popularity.
They contributed to the glut of low-quality games available for the early platforms.
Xonox attempted to capitalize on the novelty and perceived value of so-called "double-ender" cartridges.
These could be inserted into the console on one of the two ends, each end offering a different game.
Different double-ender configurations could package the same game with different counterparts.
Xonox was not the first company to try this. Playaround did it earlier with their adult-themed titles.
Xonox eventually abandoned this idea and began releasing single versions of some of the titles previously offered as double-enders as well as a few new titles.
Xonox was one of many small video game companies to fold during the Video Game Crash of 1983.
Became label of K-Tel
Xonox USA
11311 Fifth Street S.
Hopkins, MN 55434
USA
Year Founded: 1982
Year Defunct: 1984
Xonox was a third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980s.
Xonox started developing Atari cartridges during the height of the 2600s popularity.
They contributed to the glut of low-quality games available for the early platforms.
Xonox attempted to capitalize on the novelty and perceived value of so-called "double-ender" cartridges.
These could be inserted into the console on one of the two ends, each end offering a different game.
Different double-ender configurations could package the same game with different counterparts.
Xonox was not the first company to try this. Playaround did it earlier with their adult-themed titles.
Xonox eventually abandoned this idea and began releasing single versions of some of the titles previously offered as double-enders as well as a few new titles.
Xonox was one of many small video game companies to fold during the Video Game Crash of 1983.
Became label of K-Tel