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Cinematronics: History & Companies

Cinematronics Inc. was an American video game publisher that primarily released arcade video games. Cinematronics and Atari, Inc. released vector-display games, which offered a distinctive look and a greater graphic capability (at the time), at the cost of being only black and white (initially). Cinematronics also published Dragon's Lair in 1983, the…

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Cinematronics topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Cinematronics.

Related topics
70
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
74
Extracted relationships
195
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
74

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 48 topics
Coin-operated games · 15 topics
Overview · 7 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
April 1, 1975
Industry
Video games
Headquarters
El Cajon, California
Defunct
October 21, 1987
Fate
Dissolved. Tradewest purchased the assets and established The Leland Corporation to house them.
Key people
Jim Pierce (co-founder) Thomas Stroud Fred Fukumoto

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Coin-operated games

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Cinematronics connects Entity context

The extracted context around Cinematronics shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Cinematronics → Advanced Microcomputer Systems, All, Alley Master, Also, American, April, Armor Attack, August, Barrier, Boxing Bugs, Brix, Centuri, Cerberus, Cosmic Chasm, Danger Zone, December, Developed, Dragon's Lair, Embargo, Exidy Another extracted example is Cinematronics → Advanced Microcomputer Systems, After, AMS, Bankruptcy, Chapter, Cosmic Chasm, Don Bluth Productions, Dragon’s Lair, Finance, Former Vice President, Fred Fukumoto, Fukumoto, Fukumoto's, Galaxian, Giantkiller, In August, Jack, January, Japanese, Jim Pierce. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Cinematronics

Top relations

related to Coin-operated games · 69
Cinematronics → Advanced Microcomputer Systems, All, Alley Master, Also, American, April, Armor Attack, August, Barrier, Boxing Bugs, Brix, Centuri, Cerberus, Cosmic Chasm, Danger Zone, December, Developed, Dragon's Lair, Embargo, Exidy
related to Bankruptcy and LaserDisc Games · 32
Cinematronics → Advanced Microcomputer Systems, After, AMS, Bankruptcy, Chapter, Cosmic Chasm, Don Bluth Productions, Dragon’s Lair, Finance, Former Vice President, Fred Fukumoto, Fukumoto, Fukumoto's, Galaxian, Giantkiller, In August, Jack, January, Japanese, Jim Pierce
related to Raster Games and Cinemat System · 21
Cinematronics → Arcade Video Games, Capcom's CPS, Cerberus, Cinemat, Embargo, Freeze, Golden Age, In, Many, Neo Geo, Nintendo VS System, Part, San Diego, Sega/Gremlin, Starting, Still, The, The Season, Their, They
related to Vector Games · 20
Cinematronics → America, Amusement, At, Atari Inc, Bill Cravens, Ken Beuck, Larry Rosenthal, Music Operators, October, Partee's, Rosenthal, San Diego, Space Wars, Spacewar, Stroud, The, They, Thomas, To, TTL-based
related to history · 17
Cinematronics → April, California, Cinematronics Inc, Dennis Partee, Embargo, Flipper Ball, Garrison, Gary Garrison, Jim, Jimmie Dale, Pierce, Pong, Ralph Clarke, San Diego, San Diego Chargers, The, Their
related to Legacy · 13
Cinematronics → Atari, Atari's Battlezone, Developments, Dragon’s Lair, In, Large, Laserdisc, Midway, Sega/Gremlin, Space Ace, Space Wars, Subsequent, Though
related to External links · 10
Cinematronics → History, Killer List, KLOV, Laser Disc, Space WarsHistory, The Dot Eaters, The Dragon's Lair Project, Tim Skelly, Vectorbeam, Videogames
related to Bibliography · 2
Cinematronics → Tim Skelly's History, Vectorbeam Retrieved Jul
Defunct · 1
Cinematronics → October 21, 1987
Fate · 1
Cinematronics → Dissolved. Tradewest purchased the assets and established The Leland Corporation to house them.

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

game games company developed vector vectorbeam video skelly lair space 1982 first tradewest 1979 arcade released inc rosenthal tim bankruptcy

Cinematronics relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 195 structured relationships around Cinematronics. Examples in this analysis include Cinematronics → Defunct → October 21, 1987 and Cinematronics → Fate → Dissolved. Tradewest purchased the assets and established The Leland Corporation to house them.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CinematronicsDefunctOctober 21, 19871.00infobox
CinematronicsFateDissolved. Tradewest purchased the assets and established The Leland Corporation to house them.1.00infobox
CinematronicsFoundedApril 1, 19751.00infobox
CinematronicsHeadquartersEl Cajon, California1.00infobox
CinematronicsIndustryVideo games1.00infobox
CinematronicsKey peopleJim Pierce (co-founder) Thomas Stroud Fred Fukumoto1.00infobox
CinematronicsProductsSpace Wars Star Castle Dragon's Lair World Series: The Season1.00infobox
CinematronicsSubsidiariesCinematronics International1.00infobox
CinematronicsSuccessorThe Leland Corporation1.00infobox
Space WarsHistory of Cinematronicsinstance ofHistory of Cinematronics and the development of early games0.80text
Vectorbeam by Tim Skellyinstance ofHistory of Cinematronics and the development of early games0.80text
Cinematronicsrelated to Bankruptcy and LaserDisc GamesFormer Vice President0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Cinematronics bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Game, Games and Vectorbeam. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Cinematronics
    • Game
    • Games
    • Vectorbeam
    • Vector
    • Lair
    • Space
    • Skelly
    • Inc
    • Wars
    • Developed
    • Bankruptcy
    • Rosenthal
  • cinematronics
    • Game
    • Games
    • Vectorbeam
    • Vector
    • Lair
    • Space
    • Skelly
    • Inc
    • Wars
    • Developed
    • Bankruptcy
    • Rosenthal
  • video game publisher
    • Video
    • First
    • Vector
    • Laserdisc
    • Lair
    • Skelly
    • Developed
    • Rights
    • Wars
    • Company
    • Bankruptcy
    • Released
  • arcade video games
    • Vector
    • Midway
    • Series
    • World
    • Games
    • Video
    • System
    • Inc
    • Rights
    • Game
    • Time
    • Skelly
  • warner bros. games
    • Vector
    • Midway
    • Video
    • System
    • Inc
    • Rights
    • Time
    • Skelly
    • Company
    • Laserdisc
    • Series
    • World
  • midway games
    • Rights
    • Vector
    • Midway
    • Video
    • System
    • Inc
    • Time
    • Tradewest
    • Skelly
    • Tim
    • Space
    • Company
  • laserdisc game
    • Video
    • First
    • Vector
    • Laserdisc
    • Lair
    • Skelly
    • System
    • Rights
    • Developed
    • Bankruptcy
    • Wars
    • Company
  • golden age of arcade video games
    • Vector
    • Midway
    • Series
    • World
    • Games
    • Video
    • System
    • Inc
    • Rights
    • Game
    • Time
    • Skelly

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Cinematronics, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Cinematronics with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Cinematronics — History · splits 25 ⟂ 50
Cinematronics — Coin-operated games · splits 59 ⟂ 16
Cinematronics — Overview · splits 67 ⟂ 8

Map overview Semantic statistics

Cinematronics

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples195
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Cinematronics to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Cinematronics · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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