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Comment: Vague and superficial analysis such as Publicly accessible sources clearly document BBG Software from 1984 to at least 1989. Its later corporate history is unclear from currently available public sources
is characteristic of LLM usage; ideally you should remove all prose from the draft and start over from a blank slate without LLMs. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 03:06, 21 June 2026 (UTC)
| Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski Software | |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Software |
| Headquarters | Ahrensburg , West Germany |
| Products | Video games, programming tools, technical books |
BBG Software (also written as BBG-Software and Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski Software) was a German software developer and publisher based in Ahrensburg, West Germany. The company was active in the mid- and late 1980s and is documented in connection with software for the Sharp MZ, MSX and Schneider CPC home-computer markets.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]In 1984, BBG Software advertised itself as a supplier of software for the Sharp MZ series from Schimmelmannstr. 90, D-2070 Ahrensburg.[1] By 1986, contemporary magazine sources were using the expanded company name Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski Software and listing the address as Beimoorweg 2–4, D-2070 Ahrensburg, with the telephone number 04102/43940.[2] A 1989 software-industry directory still listed the company at Beimoorweg 2–4 in Ahrensburg.[3]
The full name Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski Software', with business seat in Ahrensburg, is also recorded in later German library authority data.[4]
BBG Software was also active as a publisher of technical books for Sharp home computers. In 1984, Happy Computer reviewed Alles über den MZ 700, described as a 114-page book issued by BBG Software-Verlag.[5] A 1985 German National Library record also lists BBG-Software and Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski-Software, Ahrensburg in connection with the book Alles über den MZ 800.[6]
Products
[edit]Among the company's documented software products was Othello for Schneider computers, reviewed by Aktueller Software Markt in 1986.[2] Specialist software databases also associate BBG Software with MSX products including MSX-BASIC Compiler, MSX-Fortran and AIP-Logo.[7][8]
BBG Software is also remembered for the Sharp MZ platform game Advoka, which preservation archives attribute to the company as publisher.[9]
Legacy
[edit]Publicly accessible sources clearly document BBG Software from 1984 to at least 1989.[1][2][3] Its later corporate history is unclear from currently available public sources.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "HC Mein Home Computer 1984-08". Internet Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Aktueller Software Markt – Ausgabe 1986/03". Internet Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Aktueller Software Markt – Ausgabe 1989/05". Internet Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski-Software (Ahrensburg)". Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Happy Computer N12.1984.10". Internet Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Alles über den MZ 800 : [d. grosse Buch zum Sharp MZ-800-Personalcomputer]". Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "BBG Software company information". Generation MSX. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "All BBG Software software that they developed / published". Generation MSX. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Advoka – Sharp MZ Software Archive". Sharp MZ Software Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
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