Softie

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Softie, Inc. (incorporated on April 18, 1985 [1]) was a software company based in Phoenix, Arizona. It developed many video game versions of television game shows and acted as the licensing agent for Mark Goodson Productions (Family Feud) and Merv Griffin Productions (Jeopardy!). [2]

Arnold Zaler was president of Softie. Prosecutors alleged the company was a pyramid scheme and in 1996, Zaler was convicted of 50 counts of fraud. Originally sentenced to 14 years in prison, he was released on parole after six. [3]

Apple II

  • Card Sharks (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Family Feud (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Jeopardy! (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Super Password (US Publisher: GameTek)
  • Win, Lose or Draw (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
  • Win, Lose or Draw: Second Edition (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
  • Wipeout (US Publisher: ShareData)

Commodore 64

  • Card Sharks (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Classic Concentration (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Classic Concentration: 2nd Edition (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Double Dare (graphics) (US Publisher: GameTek)
  • Jeopardy! (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Win, Lose or Draw (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
  • Win, Lose or Draw: Second Edition (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)

DOS

  • The All New Family Feud (US Publisher: Softie)
  • Card Sharks (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Classic Concentration (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Classic Concentration: 2nd Edition (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • Double Dare (graphics) (US Publisher: GameTek)
  • Family Feud (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • The Flintstones: Dino: Lost in Bedrock (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
  • Harlem Globetrotters (US Publisher: Gametek)
  • Jeopardy! (US Publisher: ShareData)
  • The Jetsons: By George, in Trouble Again (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
  • Super Password (US Publisher: GameTek)
  • Tom & Jerry: Yankee Doodle's CAT-astrophe (graphics) (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
  • Win, Lose or Draw (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
  • Wipeout (US Publisher: ShareData)

Famicom/NES

  • Classic Concentration (US Publisher: GameTek)
  • Harlem Globetrotters (US Publisher: GameTek)

Various

  • Play It on MTV (unreleased) [4]