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'''VSS''' ("Video Software Specialists") was a company in Dallas, Texas, United States, started by four former Apollo employees including Ed Salvo, Terry Grantham, and Mike Smith. It developed games for CBS Electronics, Xonox, Sunrise Software, and Wizard Video Games. [http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_ed_salvo.html]
 
'''VSS''' ("Video Software Specialists") was a company in Dallas, Texas, United States, started by four former Apollo employees including Ed Salvo, Terry Grantham, and Mike Smith. It developed games for CBS Electronics, Xonox, Sunrise Software, and Wizard Video Games. [http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_ed_salvo.html]
  
May have become Telegames CDG.
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May have become [http://www.telegames.com/contract.htm Telegames CDG].
  
 
'''[[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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*''Glacier Patrol'' (US Publisher: Telegames)
 
*''Glacier Patrol'' (US Publisher: Telegames)
 
*''Halloween'' (US Publisher: Wizard Video Games)
 
*''Halloween'' (US Publisher: Wizard Video Games)
:<small>Subcontracted to fellow ex-Apollo programmers Tim Martin and Robert Barber, who used the contract to fund the founding of [[Company:MicroGraphicImage|MicroGraphicImage]]. [http://cashfoley.com/default,date,2008-01-17.aspx]</small>
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:<small>Subcontracted to fellow ex-Apollo programmers Tim Martin and Robert Barber, who used the contract to fund the founding of [[MicroGraphicImage]] [http://cashfoley.com/default,date,2008-01-17.aspx]</small>
 
*''Mountain King'' (US Publisher: CBS Electronics)
 
*''Mountain King'' (US Publisher: CBS Electronics)
 
*''Quest for Quintana Roo'' (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
 
*''Quest for Quintana Roo'' (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
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===ColecoVision===
 
===ColecoVision===
 
*''Amazing Bumpman'' (US Publisher: Telegames)
 
*''Amazing Bumpman'' (US Publisher: Telegames)
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:<small>Originally to be released by Sunrise Software as "Number Bumper" [http://www.colecovision.dk/unreleased.htm]</small>
 
*''Campaign '84'' (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
 
*''Campaign '84'' (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
 
*''Chuck Norris Superkicks'' (US Publisher: Xonox)
 
*''Chuck Norris Superkicks'' (US Publisher: Xonox)
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*[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/what26.htm Development system sold by VSS]
 
*[http://www.steverd.com/what26/what26.htm Development system sold by VSS]
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Revision as of 14:27, 24 April 2010

VSS ("Video Software Specialists") was a company in Dallas, Texas, United States, started by four former Apollo employees including Ed Salvo, Terry Grantham, and Mike Smith. It developed games for CBS Electronics, Xonox, Sunrise Software, and Wizard Video Games. [1]

May have become Telegames CDG.

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources (see Links)

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  • 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

  • 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)
  • Mountain King (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
  • Quest for Quintana Roo (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
  • Rolloverture (US Publisher: Sunrise Software)
  • Sir Lancelot (US Publisher: Xonox)

Unknown

  • Educational game with a penguin on ice (Sunrise Software)

Links