citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message first star software inc. industry video games founded 1982 headquarters new york city u.s. area served global website first star software first star software inc. is a chappaqua new york computer game development publishing and licensing company 1 founded by richard spitalny who remains the company s president and fernando herrera in 1982 . it is best known for its classic boulder dash franchise 2 and spy vs. spy titles originally written for 8 bit home computers like the apple ii atari 400 800 and commodore 64 . millions of units have been sold in both the boulder dash and spy vs. spy series of games with boulder dash appearing in the coin operated arcades four times . the company s games were also licensed to be ported to several video game consoles such as the nintendo entertainment system nes and the sega master system . from 2002 on first star software has published its games for pcs ; portable devices like pdas handheld game consoles mobile phones and smartphones and tablets . boulder dash rocks for the nintendo ds was released in november 2007 3 while another sequel boulder dash xl 3d for the nintendo 3ds was released in october 2012 . other games recently released include spy vs spy for iphone ipod touch and ipad in partnership with robots & pencils . released in late july 2012 the app quickly became the 1 top paid app for iphone ipod touch and ipad in the united states and many other countries . citation needed boulder dash xl was released for microsoft windows and xbox live arcade in 2011 as well as boulder dash the collection for android smartphones and tablets . boulder dash pirate s quest was released in 2010 on windows and macos computers across numerous leading game portals . list of first star software games edit astro chase boing boulder dash bristles flip & flop millenium warriors omnicron conspiracy panic button rent wars security alert spy vs. spy superman the game u.s. adventure references edit http investing.businessweek.com research stocks private snapshot.asp privcapid 22126694 http www.c64.com games 84 http www.pocketgamer.co.uk r ds boulder dash rocks review.asp c 4967 external links edit official website this united states video game corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title first star software & oldid 742480503 categories video game companies of the united statesvideo game development companiesunited states video game company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2012all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2015all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 00 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view