First Star Software

First Star Software
IndustryVideo games
Founded1982
Defunct2018[1]
HeadquartersNew York City, U.S.
Area served
Global
Websitewww.firststarsoftware.com

First Star Software, Inc. was a Chappaqua, New York based video game development, publishing and licensing company,[2] founded by Richard Spitalny (who remains the company's president), Billy Blake, Peter Jablon, and Fernando Herrera in 1982. It is best known for the series Boulder Dash,[3] which began on the Atari 8-bit computers, and Spy vs. Spy, which first appeared on the Commodore 64. Games were ported to or written for home computers, consoles, and later for Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, and portable devices. Millions of units have been sold in both the Boulder Dash and Spy vs. Spy series of games.

  1. ^ NYS Department of State Corporation and Business Entity Database. New York State
  2. ^ "Stocks". Archived from the original on October 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Boulder Dash by First Star Software".