The Arcade Machine
| The Arcade Machine | |
|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | Broderbund |
| Designer(s) | Doug Carlston Chris Jochumson |
| Programmer(s) | Louis Ewens (Atari) |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit |
| Release | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Game creation system, fixed shooter |
The Arcade Machine is a game creation system written by Chris Jochumson and Doug Carlston for the Apple II and published by Broderbund in 1982. Louis Ewens ported it to Atari 8-bit computers. Broderbund ran a contest from January–June 1984 where the best user-created game was awarded a prize of $1,500 in hardware and software. Jochumson also wrote Track Attack for Broderbund.