The company was founded under the name Arcadia Corporation in 1981 by Alan Bayley, Robert Brown, and Craig Nelson.

As the video game console market collapsed Starpath's fortunes began to worsen.

Sales of their existing titles were in a steep decline as the console market flooded with games.

[3] Several development staff continued to work at Epyx after the merger and transitioned to making home computer games.

[6] Rechristened Summer Games it became a big hit for Epyx and resulting in a long succession of ports, sequels, and spinoffs.