Editing First Star Software (section)

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| name             = First Star Software
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| foundation       = 1982
| defunct          = 2018<ref>[https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/corpsearch.entity_search_entry NYS Department of State Corporation and Business Entity Database]. [[New York (state)|New York State]]</ref>
| location         = [[New York City]], [[United States|U.S.]]
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| area_served      = Global
| industry         = [[Video games]]
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| homepage         = {{URL|http://www.firststarsoftware.com/}}
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'''First Star Software, Inc.''' was a [[Chappaqua, New York]] based [[video game]] development, publishing and licensing company,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22126694 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20141017190917/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22126694 | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 17, 2014 | title=Stocks }}</ref> founded by [[Richard Spitalny]] (who remains the company's president), Billy Blake, Peter Jablon, and Fernando Herrera in 1982. It is best known for the series ''[[Boulder Dash (video game)|Boulder Dash]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.c64.com/games/84|title=Boulder Dash by First Star Software}}</ref> which began on the [[Atari 8-bit computers]], and ''[[Spy vs. Spy (1984 video game)|Spy vs. Spy]]'', which first appeared on the [[Commodore 64]]. Games were ported to or written for [[home computer]]s, consoles, and later for [[Macintosh]], [[Microsoft Windows]], and portable devices. Millions of units have been sold in both the ''Boulder Dash'' and ''Spy vs. Spy'' series of games.