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Box Office
Box Office released budget games in the mid to late 80's. You'd usually find these games at places like Kmart, and they rarely sold for more than seven or ten dollars.
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Brad Hinchlife |
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Brad Miller |
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Brad P. Taylor |
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Brad P. Taylor, LLC |
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Brad Perolis |
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Brain Bug |
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Brain Games |
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BrainBank, Inc. |
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BrandGames |
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BRAYFORD & ASSOCIATES PTY. LTD. |
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Brian A. Rice, Inc.
Brian A. Rice, Inc. was a third party development house, located in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, that did PC and console development.
Brian A. Rice, Inc. began as a developer of educational software for the Apple II... as the PC emerged the company moved into gaming, doing titles for Mindscape and Activision... eventually console titles were developed for companies like SEGA, Atari, Activision, and Sunsoft.
The company was started in 1981 and lasted to early 1996... as success came to the company, so did an increase in the number of titles and workload... finding additional talent and budgets to match the workload proved to be the downfall of the company.
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Brian Tieman @ Tim Musa |
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Bridge Publications |
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Bridgestone Multimedia Group |
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Britannica Software
Also Known As-
Compton's Multimedia Publishing Group, Inc. (from 1991-07-18 to 1992-02-02)
Britannica Software, Inc. (from 1989-09-15 to 1991-07-17)
DesignWare, Inc. (from 1979-12-17 to 1989-09-14)
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Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Brøderbund was established in 1980 by Doug and Gary Carlston in. They merged with The Learning Company in 1998.
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Bruce Hansen |
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Bruce Jaeger |
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BSX International |
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BUG Multisystem Ltd. |
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Bullfrog
Bullfrog was a revolutionary company on a field of gaming. It was established in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux with the goal to produce new games which are more complex and challenging and introduce new gaming mechanics. They were successful and produced many famous titles like Theme Park or Syndicate. The company joined the Electronic Arts empire in 1995.
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Bumblebee Enterprises |
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Button Soft |
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Button Software |
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Byteriders
Byteriders was the name used by the independent German adventure developers Steve Kups and Sebastian Broghammer. They were active between 1990 and 1992 on Commodore 64. In 2015 Byteriders made their comeback with the C64 homebrew title Heroes & Cowards.
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C&C Software |
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Cande Software |
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Canvas Software |
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Capcom Co., Ltd.
Capcom Co., Ltd. was originally established in 1983 in Osaka, Japan. The company is known for creating popular franchises such as Mega Man, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and others.
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Capital PC User Group, Inc. |
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CAPS Softwaredesign ULM |
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Capstone Software
Capstone Software was a video game subsidiary of Intracorp and operated from the late 1980's until 1996. Intracorp was also a video game company. Capstone Software went bankrupt in 1996 and closed its doors along with their parent company Intracorp.
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Carl Erikson |
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Carl Mclawhorn |
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Carr Software |
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Carraz editions |
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Cascade Mountain Publishing |
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Cascoly Software
Cascoly Software is a small software company owned and operated by Steve Estvanik. It started producing shareware software in 1983.
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Cases Computer Simulations Ltd.
Cases Computer Simulations Ltd. (CCS) was based in London, and primarily published strategy games. The company was founded by Melvin Lloyd-Jones in May 1982 an remained active until at least the early nineties.
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Castle Software |
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Cavalier Software |
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CBS Toys |
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CDS Software Ltd |
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CDV Software Entertainment AG
One of the largest German full-priced PC-games publishers, CDV Software Entertainment AG was set up in 1989 by Wolfgang Gäbler and Christina Oppermann as a partnership. It distributes, publishes and produces eTainment- and value for money application software. The company groups together entertainment (computer games), edutainment and infotainment, with the focus being on games.
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Cedar Lake Software |
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Celeris Inc.
Celeris, Inc. was founded in 1987 by Stephen Chaplin in Chatworth, California. Chaplin, an experienced developer of anti-submarine warfare and graphic displays, first targeted the defense and aerospace industries for the company's products. Gaming software came next, and an entertainment division was formed. The company also developed several graphics engines and tools to incorporate into their games.
The company's first game was FlixMix (1993), but it became better known for its Virtual Pool franchise.
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Celestial Games |
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Celestial Software |
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