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Playaround
PlayAround was an American video game developer founded by Joel H. Martin, co-founder of American Multiple Industries, the first distinctly pornographic video game company. PlayAround purchased the rights to American Multiple Industries' titles through the latter's bankruptcy during the video game crash of 1983, and re-released them as extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end, named "double-enders".2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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PlayAround was an American video game developer founded by Joel H. Martin, co-founder of American Multiple Industries, the first distinctly pornographic video game company. PlayAround purchased the rights to American Multiple Industries' titles through the latter's bankruptcy during the video game crash of 1983, and re-released them as extra-long cartridges that had a different game on each end, named "double-enders".2
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- 1WikidataPlayaround on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPlayaround on Wikipedia