Difference between revisions of "Video Soft"
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| − | '''Video Soft''' (incorporated on May 7, 1982, as Video-Soft, Inc. | + | '''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. [http://web.archive.org/web/20070607083000/http://www.vintage.org/2006/main/bio.php?id=1586] |
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Online resources | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Online resources | ||
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*''S.A.C. Alert'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | *''S.A.C. Alert'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | ||
*''Scavenger Hunt'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | *''Scavenger Hunt'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | ||
| + | *''Spitfire Attack'' (US/CA Publisher: Milton Bradley) [https://artsandculture.google.com/story/sAXRgC0NUykHLA] | ||
*''Strafe'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | *''Strafe'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | ||
*''Surf's Up'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | *''Surf's Up'' (unreleased) (Amiga) | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.digitpress.com/video-game-guide/?title=&dollars_loose=&dollars_complete=&scarcity_loose=&scarcity_complete=&Designer=&Developer=Video+Soft&Mfr=&PartNo=&Released=&mode=Search Digital Press game listings for Video Soft] |
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545/vcg-interview-jerry-lawson-black-video-game-pioneer 2009 interview with Jerry Lawson (Vintage Computing and Gaming)] |
| − | *[ | + | *[https://program-info.net/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] | ||
*''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] | *''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 04:45, 19 June 2022
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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- 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) [3]
- Mogul Maniac (US Publisher: Amiga)
- Off Your Rocker (unreleased) (Amiga)
- S.A.C. Alert (unreleased) (Amiga)
- Scavenger Hunt (unreleased) (Amiga)
- Spitfire Attack (US/CA Publisher: Milton Bradley) [4]
- 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]
