Private company

Xonox

Logo: Xonox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American game cartridge manufacturer

Xonox, a division of K-tel Software, was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, and VIC-20 in the early 1980s. Xonox was one of many small video game companies to fold during the video game crash of 1983.2 It ceased to exist in 1984.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersMinnesota1

Xonox, a division of K-tel Software, was an American third-party manufacturer of cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, and VIC-20 in the early 1980s. Xonox was one of many small video game companies to fold during the video game crash of 1983.2

The story

Xonox, based in Minnesota, started developing Atari cartridges during the height of the 2600's popularity. Xonox capitalized on the novelty and perceived value of "double-ender" cartridges. These could be inserted into the console on one of the two ends, each end offering a different game. Different double-ender configurations could package the same game with different counterparts. Xonox was not the first company to try this; Playaround did it earlier with their adult-themed titles. Xonox eventually abandoned this idea and began releasing single versions of some of the titles previously offered as double-enders as well as a few new titles.

From Wikipedia’s article on Xonox, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Standard cartridges

Artillery Duel

Chuck Norris Superkicks

Ghost Manor

Motocross Racer

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Robin Hood

Sir Lancelot

Spike's Peak

Tomarc The Barbarian

Double-enders

Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks

Artillery Duel/Ghost Manor

Artillery Duel/Spike's Peak

Chuck Norris Superkicks/Ghost Manor

Chuck Norris Superkicks/Spike's Peak

Ghost Manor/Spike's Peak

Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot

Motocross Racer/Tomarc the Barbarian

Standard cartridges

Artillery Duel

Chuck Norris Superkicks

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

Motocross Racer

Robin Hood

Sir Lancelot

Slurpy

Tomarc the Barbarian

Word Feud

Double-enders

Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks

Motocross Racer/Tomarc the Barbarian

Robin Hood/Sir Lancelot

Commodore Vic-20

Artillery Duel

Chuck Norris Superkicks

Ghost Manor

Motocross Racer

Robin Hood

Sir Lancelot

Spike's Peak

Tomarc the Barbarian

From Wikipedia’s article on Xonox, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1984Dissolved Dissolved1

Sources

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