Programma International

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{{Infobox company

| name = Programma International, Inc.

| logo = File:Programma International wordmark.svg

| type = Corporation

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| defunct = {{end date|1983}}

| location = Los Angeles

| key_people = David Gordon (president)
Mel Norell (VP)

| area_served =

| industry = Video games

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| num_employees = 60

| parent = Hayden Publishing (1980)

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Programma International, Inc. was one of the first personal computer software publishers. Established in the late 1970s by David Gordon, it published a line of approximately 300 game, programming utility, and office productivity products for the Apple II, Commodore PET, TRS-80 and other personal computer systems. Hayden Publishing bought Programma International in 1980 and the company went out of business in 1983.

Notable titles published

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!Year !! Title !! Genres !! Platforms

6502 Forth {{cite web |url=http://apple2history.org/history/ah17/ |title=Apple II History, Chapter 17 |accessdate=2006-09-01 |last=Weyrich |first=Steven }}Programming languageApple II
ASM65 Assembler {{cite web |url=http://www.apple2.org.za/mirrors/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/Mirrors/uni-kl/faq/Apple2SoftwareCatalog |title=The Apple II Programmer's Catalog of Languages and Toolkits |accessdate=2006-09-01 | date= March 28, 1994 }}AssemblerApple II
Apple Alley {{cite web|url=http://www.callapple.org/soft/ap2/programma.htm |title=Programma International |accessdate=2006-09-01 |publisher=Call-A.P.P.L.E. }}Apple II
Apple Invader ActionApple II
Alien Invasion ActionApple II
Apple PIE {{cite web |url=http://homepage.mac.com/p_orin_zack/Data/Fiction/WritingShoals.htm |title=Behind 'The Shoals of Time' |accessdate=2006-09-01 |publisher=.Mac |last=Zack |first=P. Orin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041206062420/http://homepage.mac.com/p_orin_zack/Data/Fiction/WritingShoals.htm |archive-date=2004-12-06 |url-status=dead }}Utility softwareApple II
Baseball SportsApple II
Blitzkrieg Apple II
Boxing SportsApple II
Breakthru ActionApple II
Canter Downs ActionApple II
Clowns and Ballons ActionApple II
Death Race Apple II
Dragon Maze {{cite web |url=http://www.1000bit.net/storia/perso/giant_list.asp |title=The Giant List of Game Programmers |accessdate=2006-09-01 |last=Hague |first=James |date=April 19, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813183053/http://1000bit.net/storia/perso/giant_list.asp |archive-date=August 13, 2006 |url-status=dead }}MazeApple II
Frustration Apple II
Guided Missile ActionApple II
I-Ching Apple II
Jupiter Express ActionApple II
Lores Hyperpak Apple II
Mouse Hole Apple II
Nightmare Number Nine Apple II
Peg Jump Apple II
Perpetual Calendar Apple II
Star Voyager Apple II
Stunt Cycle ActionApple II
Word Wackey Apple II
19783-D Docking Mission Apple II
1978Phasor Zap ActionApple II
1979Lisa Interactive Assembler {{cite web |url=http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~rhyde/lisa26.htm |title=Lisa v2.6 |accessdate=2006-09-01 |last=Hyde |first=Randall Loren |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061103064050/http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~rhyde/lisa26.htm |archivedate = 2006-11-03}}AssemblerApple II
1979Football {{cite web |url=http://www.gb64.com/game.php?id=14811&d=18 |title=Gamebase 64 - Football |accessdate=2006-09-01 }}SportsCommodore 64
1979Camera Obscura {{cite web |url=http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/writings/retro.html |title=Interview with Classic Games Programmer Robert C. McNally |accessdate=2006-09-01 |publisher=Retrogaming Times |last=Hewston |first=Alan |date=April 2004 }}PuzzleApple II
1980Z-A-P {{cite web |url=http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/programma/programma_catalog_spring1980.pdf |title=Programma International Catalog (1980) |accessdate=2015-01-02 }}ActionCommodore PET

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