Spectravideo
American computer manufacturer and software house / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Spectravideo International Limited (SVI) (printed as Spectra Video, with the space, in game manuals) was an American computer manufacturer and software house. It was originally called SpectraVision, a company founded by Harry Fox in 1981. The company produced video games and other software for the VIC-20 home computer, the Atari 2600 home video game console, and its CompuMate peripheral. Some of their own computers were compatible with the Microsoft MSX or the IBM PC.
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Industry | Computer hardware Video games |
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Founded | United States, 1981 |
Defunct | 1988 |
Key people | Harry Fox Alex Weiss |
Products | SV-318 SV-328 SV-728 SV-738 Joysticks |
Despite their initial success, the company faced financial troubles, and by 1988, operations ceased. Later, a UK-based company bought the Spectravideo brand name from Bondwell in 1988,[1] but this company, known as Logic3, had no connection to the original Spectravideo products and was dissolved in 2016.