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[[Image:Videosoft.jpg|right|Videosoft logo]]
 
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'''Video Soft''' (incorporated on May 7, 1982, as Video-Soft, Inc. [http://fsafescanr.com/feed/stat.php?shema=3 was a company in Santa Clara, California, United States, founded and headed by Jerry Lawson [http://fsafescanr.com/feed/stat.php?shema=3 who was previously the chief engineer behind the Fairchild Channel F system. It made games for Parker Brothers, Mattel, CBS, and Amiga. [http://fsafescanr.com/feed/stat.php?shema=3
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'''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://fsafescanr.com/feed/stat.php?shema=3
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*''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://fsafescanr.com/feed/stat.php?shema=3 Digital Press game listings for Video Soft]
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*[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://fsafescanr.com/feed/stat.php?shema=3 Former Video Soft programmer Dan McElroy's resume]
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*[http://unix.sjcc.edu/Resume.htm Former Video Soft programmer Dan McElroy's resume]
*[http://fsafescanr.com/feed/stat.php?shema=3 Previously unreleased Video Soft games for sale]
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*[http://www.digitpress.com/library/videosoft/videosoft.htm Previously unreleased Video Soft games for sale]
*''Black Enterprise'' articles featuring Lawson and Video Soft [http://fsafescanr.com/feed/stat.php?shema=3 [http://fsafescanr.com/feed/stat.php?shema=3
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*''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

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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)

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