Difference between revisions of "Video Soft"

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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)

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• 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)
• Golf Diagnostic

For use with an interactive golf simulator

• 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]