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'''Video Soft''' (incorporated on May 7, 1982, as Video-Soft, Inc.) was based in Santa Clara, California, and founded and headed by Jerry Lawson [http://books.google.com/books?id=N6pacvfrf0wC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false], previously the chief engineer behind the Fairchild Channel F system. The company made games for Amiga, CBS, Mattel, Milton Bradley, and Parker Brothers. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070607083000/http://www.vintage.org/2006/main/bio.php?id=1586] | '''Video Soft''' (incorporated on May 7, 1982, as Video-Soft, Inc.) was based in Santa Clara, California, and founded and headed by Jerry Lawson [http://books.google.com/books?id=N6pacvfrf0wC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false], previously the chief engineer behind the Fairchild Channel F system. The company made games for Amiga, CBS, Mattel, Milton Bradley, and Parker Brothers. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070607083000/http://www.vintage.org/2006/main/bio.php?id=1586] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:39, 1 September 2023
Video Soft (incorporated on May 7, 1982, as Video-Soft, Inc.) was based in Santa Clara, California, and founded and headed by Jerry Lawson [1], previously the chief engineer behind the Fairchild Channel F system. The company made games for Amiga, CBS, Mattel, Milton Bradley, and Parker Brothers. [2]
Research Methods: Online resources
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- 3-D Genesis (unreleased) (Amiga) [Dan McElroy, Jerry Lawson]
- 3-D Ghost Attack (unreleased) (Amiga) [Mike Glass, Jerry Lawson]
- 3-D Havoc (unreleased) (Amiga) [Frank Ellis, Jerry Lawson]
- Atom Smasher (unreleased) (Video Soft)
- Color Bar Generator Cart (US Publisher: Video Soft) [Dan McElroy, Jerry Lawson]
- Depth Charge (unreleased) (Amiga) [Jerry Lawson]
- Golf Diagnostic [Dan McElroy, Jerry Lawson]
- For use with an interactive golf simulator
- In Search of the Golden Skull (unreleased) (Mattel) [Jerry Lawson] [3]
- Mogul Maniac (US Publisher: Amiga)
- Off Your Rocker (unreleased) (Amiga) [Frank Ellis]
- S.A.C. Alert (unreleased) (Amiga) [Jerry Lawson]
- Scavenger Hunt (unreleased) (Amiga) [Mike Glass]
- Spitfire Attack (US/CA Publisher: Milton Bradley) [Frank Ellis] [4]
- Strafe (unreleased) (Amiga)
- Surf's Up (unreleased) (Amiga) [Chip Curry]
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]
