Software Projects

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Software Projects

Industry| Video games
Founded| 1983
Founder| Matthew Smith, Alan Maton[1]
Defunct| 1988
Headquarters| Bear Brand Complex, Allerton Road, Woolton, Liverpool L25 7SF

Key people

| Matthew Smith, Alan Maton Colin Roach
Products| Computer games

Software Projects was a computer game development company which was started by Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith, Alan Maton and Colin Roach. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance contract.[1] Software Projects was then able to market and publish the ZX Spectrum hit game separately from Bug-Byte. Their logo was a Penrose triangle.

In 1987, the company had a deal with Special FX Software to release the company's first title Hysteria. The team would soon join Ocean Software afterwards.[2]

## Released games

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* Anaconda
* Astronut[3]
* BC's Quest for Tires[4]
* Binky[5]
* Crazy Balloon[6]
* Crypt Capers[7]
* Dinky Doo[8]
* Dodo Lair[9]
* Dragon's Lair[10]
* Dragon's Lair Part II - Escape from Singe's Castle[10]
* Ewgeebez[11]
* Fatty Henry
* Galactic Gardener[12]
* Harvey Smith Showjumper[13]
* Hunchback at the Olympics
* Hysteria
* Jet Set Willy[1]
* Jet Set Willy II
* Karls Kavern[14]
* Learning with Leeper
* Ledgeman
* Legion
* Loderunner[15]
* McKensie
* Manic Miner
* Nutcraka[16]
* Ometron[17]
* Orion
* Project Graphics Language
* Push Off
* Run and Plunder
* Space Swarm
* Space Joust
* Star Paws
* The Perils of Willy
* Thrusta[18]
* Tribble Trubble[19]

In 1984 and 1985 they released a number of budget titles at £2.99 on the Software Supersavers label.[20]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Graham Taylor (April 1984). "And pigs will fly... Graham Taylor talks to Matthew Smith and Alan Maton of Software Projects". Popular Computing Weekly.
2. ^ "NEWS". Crash. Newsfield. March 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
3. ^ "World of Spectrum - Astronut".
4. ^ "BC's Quest for Tires".
5. ^ "Amstrad Action-001-Binky-AMS.JPG".
6. ^ "Crazy Balloon (1983 Software Projects) [388]".
7. ^ "Crypt Capers - Software - Game - Computing History".
8. ^ "Dinky Doo - Software - Game - Computing History".
9. ^ "Dodo Lair - Software - Game - Computing History".
10. ^ a b "Commodore User Magazine Issue 41". February 1987.
11. ^ "Ewgeebez - Software - Game - Computing History".
12. ^ "Galactic Gardener - Software - Game - Computing History".
13. ^ "Harvey Smith Showjumper - Software - Computing History".
14. ^ "Karls Kavern - Software - Game - Computing History".
15. ^ https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games-inlays/l/LodeRunner.jpg [bare URL image file]
16. ^ "Nutcraka".
17. ^ "Ometron - Software - Game - Computing History".
18. ^ "Personal Computer Games Issue15".
19. ^ "Tribble Trubble | Retro Gamer". 23 December 2008.
20. ^ "More at less". ZX Computing. Argus Specialist Publications: 82. February–March 1985.

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