Private company
Cavalier Computer
Defunct American video game company
Cavalier Computer, later Cavalier Computer Corporation, is a defunct software company that produced video games for the Apple II. The company was founded in 1981 by high school classmates Jim Nitchals and Barry Printz and achieved an early success with Bug Attack, a game similar to Centipede that ranked among the top 30 software titles of 1982. Jim Nitchals died at age 36 in 1998.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Cavalier Computer, later Cavalier Computer Corporation, is a defunct software company that produced video games for the Apple II. The company was founded in 1981 by high school classmates Jim Nitchals and Barry Printz and achieved an early success with Bug Attack, a game similar to Centipede that ranked among the top 30 software titles of 1982.2
Products and brands
Asteroid Field by Jim Nitchals (1980)
Bug Attack by Jim Nitchals (1981)
Microwave by Jay P. Zimmerman and Jim Nitchals (1982)
Raiders of the lost Ring, sometimes called Ring Raiders, by Jim Nitchals (1981). A clone of Star Castle.
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Star Thief by Jim Nitchals (1981)
Teleport by Mike Abbott and Jim Nitchals (1982)
From Wikipedia’s article on Cavalier Computer, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Timeline
- 1981Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaCavalier Computer
- WikidataQ5054766
Sources
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- 1WikidataCavalier Computer on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCavalier Computer on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsCavalier Computer photo by Golden Empire Publications, Public domain