Challenger Games

Challenger Games, Inc. was an American video game developer based in. It was founded in August 1981 by Jerry Munoz as a subsidiary of his video rental store chain Metro Video Sales.

History
In 1979, Mexican-American entrepreneur Geraldo "Jerry" Munoz was the owner of pioneering video rental store chain Metro Video Sales. He knew nothing about the games industry, but after purchasing an for his children, he realized that there was money to be made. He began renting and selling Atari 2600, and  games at his stores, and after having success with that, made the decision to start marketing video games himself.

Instead of hiring away existing game designers from and, as some developers had done, Munoz placed an advertisement in the ', the ' and the .