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VSS, Inc. ("Video Software Specialists") was a development company in Dallas, Texas, United States, started by former Apollo employees Terry Grantham, George Kokoruda, Ed Salvo, and Mike Smith. Clients included CBS Electronics, Xonox, and Wizard Video Games. [1] It was incorporated on November 24, 1982. [2]
Publisher Sunrise Software was VSS's sister company. Terry Grantham later started publisher/contract developer/mail-order retailer Telegames.
Research Methods: Actual mentions, interviews, online resources (see Links)
2600
- Chuck Norris Superkicks (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Glacier Patrol (US Publisher: Telegames)
- Originally to be released by Sunrise Software
- Mountain King (US Publisher: CBS Electronics)
- Quest for Quintana Roo (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- Snowplow (unreleased) (Sunrise Software) [3]
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (US Publisher: Wizard Video Games)
- Universal Chaos (US Publisher: Telegames)
- Originally to be released by CBS as Targ, based on the Exidy arcade game
5200
- Quest for Quintana Roo (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
Atari 8-bit
- Astro-Grover (US Publisher: CBS Software)
- Quest for Quintana Roo (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
ColecoVision
- Amazing Bumpman (US Publisher: Telegames)
- Originally to be released by Sunrise Software as Number Bumper [4]
- Campaign '84 (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- Chuck Norris Superkicks (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Gust Buster (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- Motocross Racer (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Mountain King (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- Quest for Quintana Roo (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- Rolloverture (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- Sir Lancelot (US Publisher: Xonox)
Commodore 64
- Campaign '84 (unreleased?) (Sunrise Software) [5]
- Gust Buster (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- Rolloverture (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- Quest for Quintana Roo (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
Unknown
- Educational game with a penguin on ice (Sunrise Software)