Cinematronics

Cinematronics Incorporated was a pioneering arcade game developer that had its heyday in the era of vector display games. While other companies released games based on raster displays, early in their history, Cinematronics and Atari released vector-display games, which offered a distinctive look and a greater graphic capability (at the time), at the cost of being only black and white (initially). Cinematronics Inc. was founded in 1975 by Jim Pear... More

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Cinematronics Headquarters

El Cajon California

Ceased Operations:

  • 1987
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