Difference between revisions of "VSS"
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| − | + | '''VSS''' ("Video Software Specialists") was a Dallas, Texas-based company started by four former Apollo employees including Ed Salvo, Terry Grantham, and Mike Smith. The company developed games for CBS Electronics, Xonox, Sunrise Software, and Wizard Video Games. [http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_ed_salvo.html] | |
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]) | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]) | ||
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*''Quest for Quintana Roo'' (US Publisher: Sunrise Software) | *''Quest for Quintana Roo'' (US Publisher: Sunrise Software) | ||
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*Educational game with a penguin on ice (Sunrise Software) | *Educational game with a penguin on ice (Sunrise Software) | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_ed_salvo.html Digital Press Interviews Ed Salvo] | *[http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_ed_salvo.html Digital Press Interviews Ed Salvo] | ||
| − | *[http://www.steverd.com/what26/ | + | *[http://www.steverd.com/what26/what26.htm Development system sold by VSS] |
Revision as of 12:27, 26 March 2009
VSS ("Video Software Specialists") was a Dallas, Texas-based company started by four former Apollo employees including Ed Salvo, Terry Grantham, and Mike Smith. The company developed games for CBS Electronics, Xonox, Sunrise Software, and Wizard Video Games. [1]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources (see Links)
2600
- Chuck Norris Superkicks (US Publisher: Xonox)
- Glacier Patrol (US Publisher: Telegames)
- Halloween (US Publisher: Wizard Video Games)
- Subcontracted to fellow ex-Apollo programmers Tim Martin and Robert Barber, who used the contract to fund the founding of MicroGraphicImage. [2]
- Mountain King (US Publisher: CBS Electronics)
- Quest for Quintana Roo (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- Snowplow (unreleased) (Sunrise Software) [3]
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (US Publisher: Wizard Video Games)
ColecoVision
- Campaign '84 (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
- 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)
