Starpath Supercharger
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The Starpath Supercharger (originally called the Arcadia Supercharger) is an expansion peripheral cartridge created by Starpath, for playing cassette-based proprietary games on the Atari 2600 video game console.[2][3][4][5]
The device consists of a long cartridge with a handle on the end, and an audio cassette cable. It adds 6
Games
All Supercharger games were developed by Starpath.[7][8]
- Initial releases
Listed in order of release:
- Phaser Patrol
- Communist Mutants from Space
- Fireball
- Suicide Mission
- Escape from the Mindmaster (prototype is called Labyrinth)
- Dragonstomper (prototype is called Excalibur)
- Killer Satellites
- Rabbit Transit
- Frogger, The Official
- Party Mix
- Mail order releases
These games were available only via mail order after Starpath declared bankruptcy.
- Sword of Saros
- Survival Island [9]
- Prototypes
- Sweat: The Decathlon Game[10]
- Going Up??
Compatibility
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Starparth.jpg/220px-Starparth.jpg)
The Supercharger is compatible with
Due to the shape of the Supercharger, it does not normally fit into the ColecoVision's Expansion Module #1, which is an adapter that allows the ColecoVision to play Atari 2600 games. However, if the cover of the expansion module is removed or an extender is used, the Supercharger will work. Extenders were sent to customers who called Starpath about such issues.[11]
The Supercharger does not work on many
Reception
Legacy
The complete library of games, including the prototype Sweat, was also released on audio CD as Stella Gets A New Brain by CyberPuNKS (Jim Nitchals, Dan Skelton, Glenn Saunders and Russ Perry Jr.). There are two releases, both sanctioned by
References
- ^ a b Upgrades Atari Capacity:Arcadia Sets 'Supercharger Unit, By John Sippel, Page 32, Billboard, 21 Aug 1982, ...comes to market later this month...
- ^ Yarusso, Albert. "Companies: Starpath". AtariAge. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ISBN 1-931836-31-0.
- ISBN 0-596-00917-8.
- ISBN 0-9643848-2-5.
- ^ Games Department: Atari VCS, By Dan Gutman, ANTIC VOL. 2, NO. 2 / MAY 1983
- ^ Advertisement:Silica shop:Supercharger Page 19, Computer and Video Games Magazine Issue 021, Published July 1983
- ^ Article:Surpercharge a VCS and load up games from cassette tapes Page 20-21, Computer and Video Games Magazine Issue 021, Published July 1983
- YouTube
- ^ The Dot Eaters - Epyx | The Dot Eaters, Scott Nelson, one of the former Starpath programmers, had created a decathlon game for the Supercharger called Sweat!, but when the company merges with Epyx the project is shelved.
- ^ Goodman, Danny (June 1983). "Starpath's Supercharger for Atari". Radio-Electronics. Vol. 54, no. 6. pp. 65–67.
- ISBN 1-932266-83-6.
- ^ Goodman, Danny (Spring 1983). "Home Video Games: Video Games Update". Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games. p. 32.
- ^ "Suicide Mission". Atariprotos.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Dragonstomper". Atariprotos.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
External links
- STARPATH/ARCADIA FAQ, last modified 1/5/1995
- GENERAL STARPATH SUPERCHARGER QUESTIONS, CYBERPUNKS" Project FAQ, last modified 3/5/2000 by Glenn Saunders