Quality Software
Quality Software is a defunct American software developer and publisher which created games, business software, and development tools for the Exidy Sorcerer, Apple II, and Atari 8-bit family in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[2] Asteroids in Space, a Quality Software title created by programmer Bruce Wallace, was voted one of the most popular software titles of 1978-80 by Softalk magazine.[3]
| Industry | Video games Computer software |
|---|---|
| Founder | Bob Pierce Bob Christiansen |
| Headquarters | Chatsworth, California Reseda, California[1] |
Key people | James Albanese Lars X Savant Denise Delgato |
Products
Games
- 1979
- Starbase Hyperion by Don Ursem
- 1980
- Asteroids in Space by Bruce Wallace, later renamed Meteoroids in Space
- Battleship Commander by Matthew Jew and Erik Kilk
- Fastgammon by Bob Christiansen
- Fracas by Stuart Smith
- Tank Trap by Don Ursem
- Tari Trek by Fabio Ehrengruber
- 1981
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Stuart Smith
- Block Buster
- Martian Invaders by James Albanese
- QS Reversi by Lee Merrill
- 1982
- Beneath Apple Manor Special Edition by Don Worth
- Jeepers Creepers by James Albanese
- Name That Song by Jerry White
- 1983
- The Return of Heracles by Stuart Smith
Development tools
- Assembler by Gary Shannon (Atari 8-bit, 1980)[4]
- 6502 Disassembler by Bob Pierce (Atari 8-bit, 1980)[5]
- Exidy Forth by James Albanese (Exidy Sorcerer, 1980)
- DPX Development Pac Extension by Don Ursem (Exidy Sorcerer, 1980)
- QS Forth by James Albanese (Atari 8-bit, 1981)[1]
- Character Magic by Chris Hull (Atari 8-bit)
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gollark: Excitingly, the software is actually working goodly and well.
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References
- Brannon, Charles (June 1982). "Review: QS FORTH for Atari". COMPUTE! (25): 106.
- Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- "Most Popular Software of 1978-80". Softalk. 1980. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- "Assembler". Atari Mania.
- "6502 Disassembler". Atari Mania.
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