Quantum (video game)

Quantum
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)General Computer Corporation
Publisher(s)Atari, Inc.
Designer(s)Betty Ryan
Composer(s)Patty Goodson
Platform(s)Arcade
ReleaseNovember 1982
Genre(s)Action
Arcade systemAtari Vector[1]

Quantum is a color vector arcade video game developed at General Computer Corporation for Atari, Inc. and released in November 1982.[2] It was designed by Betty Ryan (née Tylko) who was the first female developer at GCC.[3] The premise of the game is related loosely to quantum physics; the player directs a probe with a trackball to encircle atomic "particles" for points, without touching various other particles. Once the particles are surrounded by the probe's tail they are destroyed.

  1. ^ "System 16 - Atari Vector Hardware (Atari)".
  2. ^ Product: Total Build (PDF). Atari Games. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Betty Ryan". Atari Women. 13 May 2019.