Interactive Picture Systems, or IPS, was a

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located in

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from 1982 to 1985. The company was run by partners Guy Nouri of NYC and Eric Podietz of Philadelphia. Staff included Jimmy Snyder, Mark Scott, Ken Appleman, Bob Svihovec, and Chip Kaye. IPS developed educational and creativity software initially for the

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, then for the

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, and Commodore 64. '' Movie Maker'' (1984) allows users to build elaborate animated sequences for the Atari 8-bit computers which can then be distributed as standalone files. It was initially released by Reston Publishing, then later by

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along with Commodore 64 port.

Software

Creativity

*PAINT! (1982, Atari 8-bit, Reston) *'' Movie Maker'' (1984, Atari 8-bit, Reston) also published by

in 1985

Educational

*Trains (1983, Atari 8-bit, Spinnaker) *Aerobics (1984, Atari 8-bit, Spinnaker) *Grandma's House (1984, Atari 8-bit, Spinnaker) *Operation Frog (1984, Apple II & C64, Scholastic) virtual-dissection software; introduced at the 1984 Summer CESScott Mace,
Games Exhibit Innovations.
' InfoWorld, July 9, 1984, p. 37.

References

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