Software Projects
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{{Infobox company
| name = Software Projects
| logo = Sw-projects.png
| industry = Video games
| products = Computer games
| location = Bear Brand Complex, Allerton Road, Woolton, Liverpool L25 7SF
| key_people = Matthew Smith, Alan Maton Colin Roach
| founder = Matthew Smith, Alan Maton{{cite magazine|url=http://www.carlylesmith.karoo.net/spectrum/matsmith/mattpcw.html|magazine=Popular Computing Weekly|date=April 1984|author=Graham Taylor|title=And pigs will fly... Graham Taylor talks to Matthew Smith and Alan Maton of Software Projects}}
| foundation = 1983
| defunct = 1988
}}
Software Projects was a computer game development company which was started by Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith, Alan Maton and Colin Roach. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance contract. Software Projects was then able to market and publish the ZX Spectrum hit game separately from Bug-Byte. Their logo was a Penrose triangle.
In 1987, Software Projects released Special FX Software
Released games
- Anaconda
- Astronut{{Cite web|url=https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/astronut-software-projects-ltd|title=World of Spectrum - Astronut}}
- BC's Quest for Tires{{Cite web|url=http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=001&page=034&thumbstart=0&magazine=zzap&check=0|title = BC's Quest for Tires}}
- Binky{{Cite web|url=https://nx13389.your-storageshare.de/s/ts9d6YokQ7HMH96|title=Amstrad Action-001-Binky-AMS.JPG}}
- Crazy Balloon{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/uta_Crazy_Balloon_1983_Software_Projects_388|title=Crazy Balloon (1983 Software Projects) [388]|date=1983 }}
- Crypt Capers{{cite web | url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/26615/Crypt-Capers/ | title=Crypt Capers - Software - Game - Computing History }}
- Dinky Doo{{cite web | url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/40999/Dinky%20Doo/ | title=Dinky Doo - Software - Game - Computing History }}
- Dodo Lair{{cite web | url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/12666/Dodo-Lair/ | title=Dodo Lair - Software - Game - Computing History }}
- Dragon's Lair{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-41/page/n66/mode/1up?view=theater|title = Commodore User Magazine Issue 41|date = February 1987}}
- Dragon's Lair Part II - Escape from Singe's Castle
- Ewgeebez{{cite web | url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17687/Ewgeebez/ | title=Ewgeebez - Software - Game - Computing History }}
- Fatty Henry
- Galactic Gardener{{cite web | url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/31330/Galactic-Gardener/ | title=Galactic Gardener - Software - Game - Computing History }}
- Harvey Smith Showjumper{{cite web | url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/12632/Harvey-Smith-Showjumper/ | title=Harvey Smith Showjumper - Software - Computing History }}
- Hunchback at the Olympics
- Hysteria
- Jet Set Willy
- Jet Set Willy II
- Karls Kavern{{cite web | url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/20223/Karls-Kavern/ | title=Karls Kavern - Software - Game - Computing History }}
- Learning with Leeper
- Ledgeman
- Legion
- Loderunner{{Cite web| title=Lode runner | url=https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games-inlays/l/LodeRunner.jpg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908002231/http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/l/LodeRunner.jpg | archive-date=2015-09-08}}
- McKensie
- Manic Miner
- Nutcraka{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=229|title = Nutcraka}}
- Ometron{{cite web | url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/30740/Ometron/ | title=Ometron - Software - Game - Computing History }}
- Orion
- Project Graphics Language
- Push Off
- Run and Plunder
- Space Swarm
- Space Joust
- Star Paws
- The Perils of Willy
- Thrusta{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Personal_Computer_Games_Issue15/page/n49/mode/2up?view=theater|title=Personal Computer Games Issue15}}
- Tribble Trubble{{cite web | url=https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/tribble-trubble/ | title=Tribble Trubble | Retro Gamer | date=23 December 2008 }}
In 1984 and 1985 they released a number of budget titles at £2.99 on the Software Supersavers label.{{Cite journal|date=February–March 1985|title=More at less|url=https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.php?issue_id=353&page=82|journal=ZX Computing|publisher=Argus Specialist Publications|pages=82}}
References
Category:Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Video game companies established in 1983
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