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Title |
Electronic Arts (EA) Ray Tobey's Skyfox,1984. |
Object Name |
Game, Computer |
Description |
Electronic Arts (EA) Ray Tobey's Skyfox,1984. Ray Tobey's Skyfox video game features square format box with full color image of Skyfox fighter with armor straddling a fighter plane. Text superimponsed on image at top in orange and yellow inks, "Ray Tobey's / Skyfox". |
Date |
1984 |
Creator |
Electronic Arts (EA) |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2006.107.001 |
Dimensions |
H-8.75 W-8.75 D-0.25 inches |
Dimension Details |
8.75 x 8.75 x .25 |
Collection |
3D - Game Equipment |
Inscription Text |
"Ray Tobey's / Skyfox" (at top in yellow and orange inks) |
Provenance |
Ray Tobey of Belmont designed this flight simulation game for the Apple II computer, whihc Electronic Arts published in 1984. |
Notes |
"Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the designers and programmers responsible for its games as "software artists". EA published numerous games and some productivity software for personal computers, all of which were developed by external individuals or groups until 1987's Skate or Die!. The company shifted toward internal game studios, often through acquisitions, such as Distinctive Software becoming EA Canada in 1991. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts] "Skyfox is a combat flight simulation game developed by Ray Tobey for the Apple II and published by Electronic Arts in 1984. Ariolasoft published the game in Europe. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Macintosh in 1985, to the Amiga and Atari ST in 1986, and to the PC-88 in 1988. "The 1987 sequel, Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict, was developed for the Commodore 64 by Dynamix without Tobey's involvement..."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyfox_(1984_video_game)] |
Search Terms |
Computer Computer Industry Computer Technology Game Hawkins, Trip Technology Technology, Video Games, Computer Games War |
Subjects |
Computer games industry Computer Industry Electronic games industry Fighter pilots Fighter planes Games Technology War games |
People |
Hawkins, Trip |
Credit line |
Courtesy of the Chaban Family |