Difference between revisions of "Video Soft"
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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 | + | '''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, 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] |
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*[http://guide.digitpress.com:8080/DP/cmf/listing.cmf?developer=Video%20Soft Digital Press game listings for Video Soft] | *[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/vcg-interview-jerry-lawson-black-video-game-pioneer 2009 interview with Jerry Lawson (Vintage Computing and Gaming)] |
*[http://unix.sjcc.edu/Resume.htm Former Video Soft programmer Dan McElroy's resume] | *[http://unix.sjcc.edu/Resume.htm Former Video Soft programmer Dan McElroy's resume] | ||
*[http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/prototypes/vcs/videosoft/videosoft.html Previously unreleased Video Soft games for sale] | *[http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/prototypes/vcs/videosoft/videosoft.html Previously unreleased Video Soft games for sale] | ||
Revision as of 04:25, 2 October 2017
Video Soft (incorporated on May 7, 1982, as Video-Soft, Inc. [1]) was a company in Santa Clara, California, 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]
