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<p>Imagic was an American <a href="/facts/Video_game_developer/6gbHyvDu">video game developer</a> and <a href="/facts/Video_game_publisher/VIhF1r4J">publisher</a> that created games initially for the <a href="/facts/Atari_2600/wSTCRAvp">Atari 2600</a>. Founded in 1981 by <a href="/facts/Corporate_alumni/tEko1Xgv">corporate alumni</a> of <a href="/facts/Atari,_Inc./CQh1gphs">Atari, Inc.</a> and Mattel, its best-selling titles were <i><a href="/facts/Atlantis_(video_game)/xDGhw3Nb">Atlantis</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Cosmic_Ark/T5K035Mx">Cosmic Ark</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Demon_Attack/Dtmaeq9F">Demon Attack</a></i>. Imagic also released games for <a href="/facts/Intellivision/tAp8QDU6">Intellivision</a>, <a href="/facts/ColecoVision/m6GreuwA">ColecoVision</a>, <a href="/facts/Atari_8-bit_computers/aT04N5zR">Atari 8-bit computers</a>, <a href="/facts/TI-99/4A/9YWyzBhp">TI-99/4A</a>, <a href="/facts/IBM_PCjr/Jd6byBEW">IBM PCjr</a>, <a href="/facts/VIC-20/bLE8KkRE">VIC-20</a>, <a href="/facts/Commodore_64/3TPcKDbb">Commodore 64</a>, <a href="/facts/TRS-80_Color_Computer/KISXB65L">TRS-80 Color Computer</a>, and <a href="/facts/Magnavox_Odyssey%C2%B2/AgvmMWVj">Magnavox Odyssey²</a>. Their Odyssey² ports of <i>Demon Attack</i> and <i>Atlantis</i> were the only <a href="/facts/Third-party_developer/6gbHyvDu">third-party</a> releases for that system in America. The company never recovered from the <a href="/facts/Video_game_crash_of_1983/dvAcwzmf">video game crash of 1983</a> and was liquidated in 1986. </p>