The Arcade Machine

The Arcade Machine
PublisherBroderbund
DesignersDoug Carlston
Chris Jochumson
ProgrammerLouis Ewens (Atari)
PlatformsApple II, Atari 8-bit
Release1982
GenresGame 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.