On-Time Software

On-Time Software Inc. was started by four ex-Roklan employees — Paul Crowley, Joe Gaucher, Cameron Shaffer, and Jack Verson — after that company folded. It was incorporated in California on May 2, 1984. Shaffer and Verson worked in California, while Crowley and Gaucher worked in Chicago. On-Time Software split up at some point, but Shaffer continues to run the company today.

Research Methods: Online resources, interviews

2600

• Gyruss (US/CA Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Joe Gaucher (programmer), Dan Kurczewski (music)]
• James Bond 007 (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Louis Marbel (Parker Brothers) (producer, game concept); Joe Gaucher, Paul Crowley (programmers)] [1]
• Mr. Do's Castle (US/CA Publisher: Parker Brothers)

Outsourced to another company

• Popeye (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Joe Gaucher]

According to the programmer, this was started at Roklan but finished at On-Time Software.

5200

• Gyruss (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Jack Verson]
• James Bond 007 (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Jack Verson]
• Mr. Do's Castle (US Publisher: Parker Brothers)

Outsourced to another company

Adam

• Mathemagician's Quest / Math Quest (unreleased) (Coleco) [Paul Crowley]

Amiga

• Dream Zone (under subcontract with Windy City Software) (US Publisher: Baudville) [Cameron Shaffer]

Atari 8-bit

• Gyruss (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Jack Verson]

The Atari 8-bit version was originally being developed by Roklan.

• James Bond 007 (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Jack Verson]
• Mr. Do's Castle (US/CA Publisher: Parker Brothers)

ColecoVision

• Gyruss (US/CA Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Paul Crowley]
• James Bond 007 (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Paul Crowley]
• Mr. Do's Castle (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [Paul Crowley?]
• Up 'n Down (US Publisher: Sega) [Paul Crowley]

Commodore 64

• Gyruss (US Publisher: Parker Brothers)

Subcontracted to Windy City Software

• James Bond 007 (US Publisher: Parker Brothers)
• Mr. Do's Castle (US Publisher: Parker Brothers)
• Popeye (unreleased version) (Parker Brothers) [Jack Verson] [2]

The released version was developed by Western Technologies. The Roklan version was a port of the Atari 8-bit version, which Parker apparently did not like. Interestingly, the Atari 8-bit version was developed by Western Technologies.

• Time Tunnel ("help") (US Publisher: Celery Software; UK Publisher: U.S. Gold)

Developer: Applied Systems Engineering

Links

• Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
• ANTIC: The Atari 8-bit Podcast interview with Jack Verson [3] [4]
• The History of Roklan Corporation | VCFMW 17 (2022)