Difference between revisions of "Video Soft"
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[[Image:Videosoft.jpg|right|Videosoft logo]] | [[Image:Videosoft.jpg|right|Videosoft logo]] | ||
− | '''Video Soft''' (incorporated on May 7, 1982, as Video-Soft, Inc. [http:// | + | '''Video Soft''' (incorporated on May 7, 1982, as Video-Soft, Inc. [http://california.14thstory.com/video-soft-inc.html]) was a company in Santa Clara, California, United States, founded and headed by Jerry Lawson [http://books.google.com/books?id=N6pacvfrf0wC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false], who was previously the chief engineer behind the Fairchild Channel F system. It made games for Parker Brothers, Mattel, CBS, and Amiga. [http://www.vintage.org/2006/main/bio.php?id=1586] |
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]) | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]) | ||
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*''Color Bar Generator'' (US Publisher: Video Soft) | *''Color Bar Generator'' (US Publisher: Video Soft) | ||
*''Depth Charge'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | *''Depth Charge'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | ||
− | *''In Search of the Golden Skull'' (unreleased) (Mattel) [http:// | + | *''In Search of the Golden Skull'' (unreleased) (Mattel) [http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/goldenskull/goldenskull.htm] |
*''Mogul Maniac'' (US Publisher: Amiga) | *''Mogul Maniac'' (US Publisher: Amiga) | ||
*''Off Your Rocker'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | *''Off Your Rocker'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | *[http:// | + | *[http://guide.digitpress.com:8080/DP/cmf/listing.cmf?developer=Video%20Soft Digital Press game listings for Video Soft] |
*[http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545 2009 interview with Jerry Lawson (Vintage Computing and Gaming)] | *[http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545 2009 interview with Jerry Lawson (Vintage Computing and Gaming)] | ||
− | *[http:// | + | *[http://unix.sjcc.edu/Resume.htm Former Video Soft programmer Dan McElroy's resume] |
− | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.digitpress.com/library/videosoft/videosoft.htm Previously unreleased Video Soft games for sale] |
− | *''Black Enterprise'' articles featuring Lawson and Video Soft [http:// | + | *''Black Enterprise'' articles featuring Lawson and Video Soft [http://books.google.com/books?id=N6pacvfrf0wC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false] [http://books.google.com/books?id=kV8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA109#v=onepage&q&f=false] |
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] |
Revision as of 19:19, 5 January 2012
Video Soft (incorporated on May 7, 1982, as Video-Soft, Inc. [1]) was a company in Santa Clara, California, United States, founded and headed by Jerry Lawson [2], who was previously the chief engineer behind the Fairchild Channel F system. It made games for Parker Brothers, Mattel, CBS, and Amiga. [3]
Research Methods: Online resources (see Links)
2600
- 3D Genesis (unreleased) (Amiga)
- 3D Ghost Attack (unreleased) (Amiga)
- 3D Havoc (unreleased) (Amiga)
- Atom Smasher (unreleased) (Video Soft)
- Color Bar Generator (US Publisher: Video Soft)
- Depth Charge (unreleased) (Amiga)
- In Search of the Golden Skull (unreleased) (Mattel) [4]
- Mogul Maniac (US Publisher: Amiga)
- Off Your Rocker (unreleased) (Amiga)
- S.A.C. Alert (unreleased) (Amiga)
- Scavenger Hunt (unreleased) (Amiga)
- Strafe (unreleased) (Amiga)
- Surf's Up (unreleased) (Amiga)
Links
- Digital Press game listings for Video Soft
- 2009 interview with Jerry Lawson (Vintage Computing and Gaming)
- Former Video Soft programmer Dan McElroy's resume
- Previously unreleased Video Soft games for sale
- Black Enterprise articles featuring Lawson and Video Soft [5] [6]