Software Projects
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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Matthew Smith, Alan Maton[1] |
| Headquarters | Bear Brand Complex, Allerton Road, Woolton, Liverpool L25 7SF |
| Key people | Matthew Smith, Alan Maton, Tommy Barton,[2] Colin Roach |
| Products | Computer games |
Software Projects was a computer game development company which was started by Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith, Alan Maton and Liverpool businessman Tommy Barton. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance contract.[1] Software Projects was then able to market and publish the ZX Spectrum hit game separately from Bug-Byte. Their logo was a Penrose triangle.
In 1987, Software Projects released Special FX Software's first title Hysteria.[3]
Released games
[edit]- Anaconda
- Astronut[4]
- BC's Quest for Tires[5]
- Binky[6]
- Crazy Balloon[7]
- Crypt Capers[8]
- Dinky Doo[9]
- Dodo Lair[10]
- Dragon's Lair[11]
- Dragon's Lair Part II - Escape from Singe's Castle[11]
- Ewgeebez[12]
- Fatty Henry
- Galactic Gardener[13]
- Harvey Smith Showjumper[14]
- Hunchback at the Olympics
- Hysteria
- Jet Set Willy[1]
- Jet Set Willy II
- Karls Kavern[15]
- Learning with Leeper
- Ledgeman
- Legion
- Lode Runner[16]
- McKensie
- Manic Miner
- Nutcraka[17]
- Ometron[18]
- Orion
- Project Graphics Language
- Push Off
- Space Swarm
- Space Joust
- Star Paws
- The Perils of Willy
- Thrusta[19]
- Tribble Trubble[20]
In 1984 and 1985 they released a number of budget titles at £2.99 on the Software Supersavers label.[21]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Graham Taylor (April 1984). "And pigs will fly... Graham Taylor talks to Matthew Smith and Alan Maton of Software Projects". Popular Computing Weekly.
- ↑ "Bug-Byte loses claim to fame". Popular Computing Weekly. No. 49. Sunshine Publications. 8 December 1983. p. 5. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ↑ "NEWS". Crash. Newsfield. March 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ↑ "World of Spectrum - Astronut".
- ↑ "BC's Quest for Tires".
- ↑ "Amstrad Action-001-Binky-AMS.JPG".
- ↑ "Crazy Balloon (1983 Software Projects) [388]". 1983.
- ↑ "Crypt Capers - Software - Game - Computing History".
- ↑ "Dinky Doo - Software - Game - Computing History".
- ↑ "Dodo Lair - Software - Game - Computing History".
- 1 2 "Commodore User Magazine Issue 41". February 1987.
- ↑ "Ewgeebez - Software - Game - Computing History".
- ↑ "Galactic Gardener - Software - Game - Computing History".
- ↑ "Harvey Smith Showjumper - Software - Computing History".
- ↑ "Karls Kavern - Software - Game - Computing History".
- ↑ "Lode runner". Archived from the original on 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "Nutcraka".
- ↑ "Ometron - Software - Game - Computing History".
- ↑ "Personal Computer Games Issue15".
- ↑ "Tribble Trubble | Retro Gamer". 23 December 2008.
- ↑ "More at less". ZX Computing. Argus Specialist Publications: 82. February–March 1985.
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