Funtastic was a small software design company that operated in the early 1980s. Funtastic produced and published games mainly for the Apple II and IBM PC platforms. It operated from the Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania home of founder Dan Illowsky (previously of Datamost) who collaborated with programmer Michael Abrash. Abrash later contributed to id Software's Quake.
Funtastic's software projects included:
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