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Wikipedia / Spectral Associates

Spectral Associates was an American maker of computer games for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was founded in 1980 and went defunct sometime in the late 1980s. 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.

Software Publications

Computer Games

  • Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation)

  • Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)

  • Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)

  • Color Space War (cassette)

  • Cubix

  • Decathlon

  • Froggie

  • Galagon

  • Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)

  • Ice Castles

  • Interbank Incident (1985–1987)

  • Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)

  • Lunar Rover 1

  • Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)

  • Keys of the Wizard (cassette)

  • Madness and the Minotaur (1982, cassette)

  • Maze Escape (32K and above, cassette)

  • Module Man

  • Ms. Gobbler (cassette/disk)

  • Pegasus and the Phantom Riders (1985–1987)

  • Pengon (cassette)

  • Piggy (cassette)

  • Planet Invasion (cassette)

  • Qix

  • Realm of Nauga (cassette)

  • Roller Controller

  • Space Sentry (cassette/disk)

  • Springster (1985–1987)

  • Storm Arrows (cassette/disk)

  • Treasury Pack 1 (disk) - 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

  • Treasury Pack 2 (disk)

  • Whirlybird Run (1982, cassette/disk)

Computer Games (Educational)

  • Alpha Search (educational, cassette/disk)

Applications/Utilities

  • Clone 80cc (cassette)

  • RGB Patch (disk)

  • Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)

  • Holiday Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)

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.

July 1981 - June 1982

  • Color Computer technical manual (book)

July 1983 - June 1984

  • Color Basic Unravelled II (book)

  • Disk Basic Unravelled II (book)

  • Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)

  • Super Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)

Other

  • The Facts for the TRS-80 Color Computer (book, Copyright (c) 1983, First printing: Nov 1981, Fifth Printing: Jul 1983)

  • CoCo 3 Secrets Revealed

References