Spectral Associates
Spectral Associates was an American maker of computer games for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was founded in 1980 and was defunct as sometime in the late 1980s.[2] Spectral Associates sold their software through Radio Shack and via direct sales. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday.[5]
Fate | Defunct |
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Founded | 1980 [1] |
Defunct | Late 1980s [2] |
Headquarters | 3418 South 90th Street, Tacoma, WA 98049[3] and 4633 South 348th Street, Auburn WA 98001[4] |
Products | Computer Games |
Software Publications
Computer Games
- Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation) [6]
- Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)[7][8]
- Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)[7][8]
- Color Space War (cassette)
- Cubix [9]
- Decathlon [9]
- Froggie [9]
- Galagon [9]
- Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)[7]
- Ice Castles [10]
- Interbank Incident (1985–1987)[2]
- Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)[7][8]
- Lunar Rover 1 [9]
- Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)[7][8]
- Keys of the Wizard (cassette)[11]
- Madness and the Minotaur (1982, cassette)[7]
- Maze Escape (32K and above, cassette)
- Module Man [9]
- Ms. Gobbler (cassette/disk)[7]
- Pegasus and the Phantom Riders (1985–1987)[2]
- Pengon (cassette)[7]
- Piggy (cassette)[7]
- Planet Invasion (cassette)[7]
- Qix [9]
- Realm of Nauga (cassette)[12]
- Roller Controller [9]
- Space Sentry (cassette/disk)[7]
- Springster (1985–1987)[2]
- Storm Arrows (cassette/disk)[7]
- Treasury Pack 1 (disk)[7] - these treasuries included (not necessarily an all-inclusive list): Keys of the Wizard, Lunar Rover Patrol, Cubix, Module Man, Qix, Roller Controller, Pengon, Decathlon, Lancer, Froggie, Galagon, and Lunar Rover 1[9]
- Treasury Pack 2 (disk)[7]
- Whirlybird Run (1982, cassette/disk)[7][8]
Computer Games (Educational)
- Alpha Search (educational, cassette/disk)[7]
Miscellaneous Publications
July 1980 - June 1981
- Introduced a 16K upgrade, ($75.00) an editor/assembler, plus several other utilities and one of the first games: SPACE INVADERS. They were also in the process of developing MAGIC BOX which would enable Model I & III tapes to be loaded into the Color Computer.[1]
July 1981 - June 1982
- Color Computer technical manual (book)[1]
July 1983 - June 1984
External links
References
- "Coco Chronicles". www.cs.unc.edu. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- [Coco] Spectral Associates Wikipedia entry
- "Dan Connolly Software Releases". www.w3.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- http://textfiles.tonytee.nl/messages/ALANWESTON/1994/DLPH03_22.txt
- "Colorout". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- Cave Walker
- http://coco.clubltdstudios.com/reference/cocopricelist.txt
- "TRS-80 Cassette Software Page". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- "The CoCo Collector January 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- Kinns, Graham E. "Dragon Software Directory by Publisher". dragon32.info. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- "Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe - Vault - Keys of the Wizard". yois.if-legends.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- L. Curtis Boyle (2007) http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2007-October/032607.html
- "The Tandy Color Computer SuperSite". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- "Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site: Documentation - Books". www.trs-80.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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