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− | + | '''Designer Software''' was a company created in 1980 and established in 1981 by engineer Bill Bogenreif. In later years, it provided web design and programming services. [http://web.archive.org/web/20150204000625/http://www.designersoftware.net/about-us.shtml] | |
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===Apple II=== | ===Apple II=== | ||
+ | *''Create a Calendar'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
*''Death Sword'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''Death Sword'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | *''Defender'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | ||
+ | *<div style="color:red">''Filer's Choice'' (US Publisher: Activision)</div> | ||
+ | *''Mario Bros.'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | ||
*''Murder on the Zinderneuf'' (US Publisher: Electronic Arts) | *''Murder on the Zinderneuf'' (US Publisher: Electronic Arts) | ||
+ | *''Poetry Processor'' (unreleased) (US Publisher: NewManWare) | ||
+ | *''Print Magic'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | *''Trolls and Tribulations'' (US Publisher: Creative Software) | ||
*''World Games'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''World Games'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | *''World Karate Championship'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
− | ===Apple | + | ===Apple IIGS=== |
*''California Games'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''California Games'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | *''Street Sports Soccer'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Atari 8-bit=== | ||
+ | *''Andy the Personality Robot'' (US Publisher: [[Axlon]]) | ||
+ | *''Loco-Motion'' (US Publisher: Software Street) | ||
+ | *''Millipedes'' (US Publisher: Software Street) | ||
+ | *''Qix'' (US Publisher: Atari) | ||
+ | *''Trolls and Tribulations'' (US Publisher: Creative Software) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Atari ST=== | ||
+ | *''The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!'' (US Publisher: Paragon Software; UK Publisher: Empire Software) | ||
===Commodore 64=== | ===Commodore 64=== | ||
+ | *''Andy the Personality Robot'' (US Publisher: Axlon) | ||
*''Centipede'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | *''Centipede'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | ||
− | *'' | + | :<small>Subcontracted to programmers John Alvarado and Gregg Tavares [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Inside_the_Video_Game_Industry/o1JuDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT30&printsec=frontcover] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCtYtrTLR28]</small> |
+ | *''Create a Calendar'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | *''Dick Tracy Crimestoppers Print Kit'' (US Publisher: Disney Software) | ||
+ | *''Filer's Choice'' (US Publisher: Activision) | ||
*''Galaxian'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | *''Galaxian'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | ||
+ | :<small>Subcontracted to programmer Alan Pavlish</small> | ||
+ | *''Ho! Ho! Ho! 5 Family Christmas Games'' (US Publisher: Random House) | ||
*''Jungle Hunt'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | *''Jungle Hunt'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | ||
*''Mario Bros.'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | *''Mario Bros.'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | ||
+ | :<small>Subcontracted to programmers John Alvarado and Gregg Tavares</small> | ||
*''Pac-Man'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | *''Pac-Man'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | ||
− | *''Vanguard'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) [http://www.digitpress.com | + | *''Trolls and Tribulations'' (US Publisher: Creative Software) |
+ | *''Typo Attack'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | ||
+ | *''Vanguard'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) [http://www.digitpress.com/video-game-guide/?mode=GameInfo&gameid=33775] | ||
− | === | + | ===Famicom/NES=== |
+ | *''Rollerblade Racer'' (programming; under subcontract with Radiance Software?) (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions) | ||
+ | :<small>Sound driver: RSP</small> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Game Boy=== | ||
+ | *''Baby's Day Out'' (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment) | ||
+ | *<div style="color:red">''Beethoven's 2nd'' (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)</div> | ||
+ | *''Mickey Mouse: Private Eye'' (unreleased, concept and design only) (Hi Tech Expressions) | ||
+ | *<div style="color:red">''Mickey's Ultimate Challenge'' (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)</div> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Game Gear=== | ||
+ | *<div style="color:red">''Mickey's Ultimate Challenge'' (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)</div> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===IBM PC=== | ||
+ | *''Create a Calendar'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
*''Death Sword'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''Death Sword'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | *''Dick Tracy Crimestoppers Print Kit'' (US Publisher: Disney Software) | ||
+ | *''Disney's Aladdin Print Kit'' (US Publisher: Disney Software) | ||
+ | *''Disney's Beauty and the Beast Print Kit'' (US Publisher: Disney Software) | ||
+ | *''Jurassic Park: Paint & Activity Center'' (US Publisher: Hi Tech Entertainment) | ||
*''EGA-Roids'' (US Publisher: Designer Software) | *''EGA-Roids'' (US Publisher: Designer Software) | ||
+ | *''Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer'' (US Publisher: Microplay Software) | ||
+ | *''Mario Bros.'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | ||
+ | *''Mickey's & Minnie's Fun Time Print Kit'' (US Publisher: Disney Software) | ||
+ | *''Mickey's Memory Challenge'' (US Publisher: Disney Software) | ||
+ | *''Missile Command'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | ||
+ | *''NBA Jam'' (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment) | ||
+ | *''Pac-Man'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | ||
+ | *<div style="color:red">''Paint Misbehavin''' (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)</div> | ||
+ | *''Poetry Processor'' (US Publisher: NewManWare) | ||
+ | *''Rad Warrior'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | *''Route 66 Adventure'' (unreleased) (Buena Vista Software) | ||
+ | *''RVF Honda'' (unreleased) (Microplay Software) | ||
*''Sharkey's 3D Pool'' (US Publisher: Microplay Software) | *''Sharkey's 3D Pool'' (US Publisher: Microplay Software) | ||
+ | *''The Sporting News Baseball'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
*''Street Sports Basketball'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''Street Sports Basketball'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
*''Street Sports Soccer'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''Street Sports Soccer'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
*''Summer Games II'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''Summer Games II'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | *''Track & Field'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | ||
*''Winter Games'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''Winter Games'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
+ | *''Winter Holidays'' (unreleased?) (Hi Tech Expressions) | ||
*''World Games'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''World Games'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
*''World Karate Championship'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | *''World Karate Championship'' (US Publisher: Epyx) | ||
− | === | + | ===Macintosh=== |
− | *'' | + | *''Destiny'' (US Publisher: Software Investments Plus) |
+ | *''Poetry Processor'' (unreleased) (US Publisher: NewManWare) | ||
===Mega Drive/Genesis=== | ===Mega Drive/Genesis=== | ||
− | *''Baby's Day Out'' (unreleased) (Hi-Tech Expressions) | + | *''Baby's Day Out'' (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment) |
+ | *''Beethoven's 2nd: The Quest for Pups'' (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment) | ||
+ | :<small>Developer: [[WayForward Technologies]]?</small> | ||
+ | *''Mickey Mouse: Private Eye'' (unreleased, concept and design only) (Hi Tech Expressions) | ||
+ | *''Mickey's Ultimate Challenge'' (concept and supervision only) (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions) | ||
+ | :<small>Developer: WayForward Technologies</small> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===NEC Trek (PC-6001A)=== | ||
+ | *''Cinderella's 3-D Maze'' (unreleased?) | ||
+ | *''Cinderella's Beads'' (unreleased?) | ||
+ | *''Dalmatian Multiplication'' (unreleased?) | ||
+ | *''Donald's Word Arcade'' (unreleased?) | ||
+ | *''Goofy in Space'' (unreleased?) | ||
+ | *''Graphics Painter'' (unreleased?) | ||
+ | *''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' (unreleased?) | ||
+ | *''Mickey's Lucky Stars'' (unreleased?) | ||
+ | *''Mickey's Mathemagical Mops'' (unreleased?) | ||
+ | *''Minnie and the Haunted Mansion'' (unreleased?) [http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue43/159_1_THE_WORLD_INSIDE_THE_COMPUTER.php] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===PCjr=== | ||
+ | *''Pac-Man'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Pico=== | ||
+ | *''Barbie's Beach House'' (unreleased) (Hi Tech Expressions) | ||
+ | *''Merriam Webster Children's Animated Action Dictionary'' (unreleased, concept and design only) (Mindscape) | ||
+ | *<div style="color:red">''Beethoven's 2nd'' (''Beethoven's Birthday''? [http://web.archive.org/web/20080226074850/http://s111111919.onlinehome.us/shantae/Profile.htm]) (unreleased) (Hi Tech Expressions)</div> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Super Famicom/Super NES=== | ||
+ | *''Baby's Day Out'' (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment) | ||
+ | *<div style="color:red">''Mickey's Ultimate Challenge'' (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)</div> | ||
===VIC-20=== | ===VIC-20=== | ||
+ | *''Galaxian'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | ||
+ | :<small>Subcontracted to programmer Alan Pavlish</small> | ||
*''Mario Bros.'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | *''Mario Bros.'' (unreleased) (Atarisoft) | ||
*''Pac-Man'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | *''Pac-Man'' (US Publisher: Atarisoft) | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | *[http://www.designersoftware.net/ Official website] | + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20040301000000*/http://www.designersoftware.net/ Official website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] |
+ | *[http://web.archive.org/web/19970713041800/http://www.c-zone.net/designer/history.html Designer Software History (Internet Archive Wayback Archive)] | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:Companies]] |
Latest revision as of 00:31, 7 December 2022
Designer Software was a company created in 1980 and established in 1981 by engineer Bill Bogenreif. In later years, it provided web design and programming services. [1]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources
Amiga
- Street Sports Basketball (US Publisher: Epyx)
Apple II
- Create a Calendar (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Death Sword (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Defender (US Publisher: Atarisoft)
- Filer's Choice (US Publisher: Activision)
- Mario Bros. (unreleased) (Atarisoft)
- Murder on the Zinderneuf (US Publisher: Electronic Arts)
- Poetry Processor (unreleased) (US Publisher: NewManWare)
- Print Magic (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Trolls and Tribulations (US Publisher: Creative Software)
- World Games (US Publisher: Epyx)
- World Karate Championship (US Publisher: Epyx)
Apple IIGS
- California Games (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Street Sports Soccer (US Publisher: Epyx)
Atari 8-bit
- Andy the Personality Robot (US Publisher: Axlon)
- Loco-Motion (US Publisher: Software Street)
- Millipedes (US Publisher: Software Street)
- Qix (US Publisher: Atari)
- Trolls and Tribulations (US Publisher: Creative Software)
Atari ST
- The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge! (US Publisher: Paragon Software; UK Publisher: Empire Software)
Commodore 64
- Andy the Personality Robot (US Publisher: Axlon)
- Centipede (US Publisher: Atarisoft)
- Create a Calendar (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Dick Tracy Crimestoppers Print Kit (US Publisher: Disney Software)
- Filer's Choice (US Publisher: Activision)
- Galaxian (US Publisher: Atarisoft)
- Subcontracted to programmer Alan Pavlish
- Ho! Ho! Ho! 5 Family Christmas Games (US Publisher: Random House)
- Jungle Hunt (US Publisher: Atarisoft)
- Mario Bros. (unreleased) (Atarisoft)
- Subcontracted to programmers John Alvarado and Gregg Tavares
- Pac-Man (US Publisher: Atarisoft)
- Trolls and Tribulations (US Publisher: Creative Software)
- Typo Attack (unreleased) (Atarisoft)
- Vanguard (unreleased) (Atarisoft) [4]
Famicom/NES
- Rollerblade Racer (programming; under subcontract with Radiance Software?) (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
- Sound driver: RSP
Game Boy
- Baby's Day Out (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment)
- Beethoven's 2nd (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
- Mickey Mouse: Private Eye (unreleased, concept and design only) (Hi Tech Expressions)
- Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
Game Gear
- Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
IBM PC
- Create a Calendar (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Death Sword (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Dick Tracy Crimestoppers Print Kit (US Publisher: Disney Software)
- Disney's Aladdin Print Kit (US Publisher: Disney Software)
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast Print Kit (US Publisher: Disney Software)
- Jurassic Park: Paint & Activity Center (US Publisher: Hi Tech Entertainment)
- EGA-Roids (US Publisher: Designer Software)
- Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer (US Publisher: Microplay Software)
- Mario Bros. (unreleased) (Atarisoft)
- Mickey's & Minnie's Fun Time Print Kit (US Publisher: Disney Software)
- Mickey's Memory Challenge (US Publisher: Disney Software)
- Missile Command (unreleased) (Atarisoft)
- NBA Jam (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment)
- Pac-Man (US Publisher: Atarisoft)
- Paint Misbehavin' (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
- Poetry Processor (US Publisher: NewManWare)
- Rad Warrior (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Route 66 Adventure (unreleased) (Buena Vista Software)
- RVF Honda (unreleased) (Microplay Software)
- Sharkey's 3D Pool (US Publisher: Microplay Software)
- The Sporting News Baseball (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Street Sports Basketball (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Street Sports Soccer (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Summer Games II (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Track & Field (unreleased) (Atarisoft)
- Winter Games (US Publisher: Epyx)
- Winter Holidays (unreleased?) (Hi Tech Expressions)
- World Games (US Publisher: Epyx)
- World Karate Championship (US Publisher: Epyx)
Macintosh
- Destiny (US Publisher: Software Investments Plus)
- Poetry Processor (unreleased) (US Publisher: NewManWare)
Mega Drive/Genesis
- Baby's Day Out (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment)
- Beethoven's 2nd: The Quest for Pups (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment)
- Developer: WayForward Technologies?
- Mickey Mouse: Private Eye (unreleased, concept and design only) (Hi Tech Expressions)
- Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (concept and supervision only) (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
- Developer: WayForward Technologies
NEC Trek (PC-6001A)
- Cinderella's 3-D Maze (unreleased?)
- Cinderella's Beads (unreleased?)
- Dalmatian Multiplication (unreleased?)
- Donald's Word Arcade (unreleased?)
- Goofy in Space (unreleased?)
- Graphics Painter (unreleased?)
- Mickey and the Beanstalk (unreleased?)
- Mickey's Lucky Stars (unreleased?)
- Mickey's Mathemagical Mops (unreleased?)
- Minnie and the Haunted Mansion (unreleased?) [5]
PCjr
- Pac-Man (unreleased) (Atarisoft)
Pico
- Barbie's Beach House (unreleased) (Hi Tech Expressions)
- Merriam Webster Children's Animated Action Dictionary (unreleased, concept and design only) (Mindscape)
- Beethoven's 2nd (Beethoven's Birthday? [6]) (unreleased) (Hi Tech Expressions)
Super Famicom/Super NES
- Baby's Day Out (unreleased) (Hi Tech Entertainment)
- Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
VIC-20
- Galaxian (US Publisher: Atarisoft)
- Subcontracted to programmer Alan Pavlish
- Mario Bros. (unreleased) (Atarisoft)
- Pac-Man (US Publisher: Atarisoft)