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Wikipedia / Datasoft

Datasoft, Inc. (also written as DataSoft) was a software developer and publisher for home computers founded in 1980 by Pat Ketchum and based out of Chatsworth, California. Datasoft primarily published video games, including ports of arcade video games, games based on licenses from movies and TV shows, and original games. Like competitor Synapse Software, they also published other software: development tools, word processors, and utilities. Text Wizard, written by William Robinson and published by Datasoft when he was 16, was the basis for AtariWriter. Datasoft initially targeted the Atari 8-bit computers, Apple II, and TRS-80 Color Computer, then later the Commodore 64, IBM PC, Atari ST, and Amiga. Starting in 1983, a line of lower cost games was published under the label Gentry Software.

Datasoft went into bankruptcy, and its name and assets were purchased by two Datasoft executives, Samuel L. Poole and Ted Hoffman. They renamed the company IntelliCreations and distributed Datasoft games until it closed.

Software

Games

  1. 1982

  2. Canyon Climber

  3. Clowns and Balloons

  4. Dung Beetles

  5. Pacific Coast Highway

  6. Shooting Arcade

  7. The Sands of Egypt

  8. 1983

  9. Genesis

  10. Juno First, arcade port

  11. Moon Shuttle, arcade port

  12. Nibbler, arcade port

  13. O'Riley's Mine

  14. Pooyan, arcade port

  15. Zaxxon, arcade port

  16. 1984

  17. Conan

  18. Bruce Lee

  19. Lost Tomb, arcade port

  20. The Dallas Quest

  21. Mancopter

  22. Mr. Do!, arcade port

  23. Pac-Man, arcade port

  24. Pole Position, arcade port

  25. 1985

  26. Alternate Reality: The City

  27. The Goonies

  28. Tomahawk

  29. Zorro

  30. 1986

  31. Crosscheck

  32. Mercenary

  33. Mind Pursuit

  34. 1987

  35. 221B Baker Street

  36. Alternate Reality: The Dungeon

  37. Bismarck

  38. Black Magic

  39. Dark Lord

  40. Force 7

  41. Gunslinger

  42. Saracen

  43. Napoleon in Russia: Borodino 1812 (MS-DOS)

  44. 1988

  45. Terramex

Games under the Gentry Software label

  • Leap'in Lizards! (1983)

  • Magneto Bugs (1983)

  • Maniac Miner (1983)

  • Maxwell's Demon / Memory Mania (1983)

  • Rosen's Brigade (1983)

  • Sea Bandit (1983)

  • Spiderquake (1983)

  • Starbase Fighter (1983)

  • Target Practice (1983)

Education

  • Bishop's Square / Maxwell's Demon (1982)

Word processing

  • Text Wizard (1981)

  • Spell Wizard (1982)

  • Letter Wizard (1984)

Other software

  • Micro-Painter (1982)

References