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.[3] 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.[6]
| Founded | 1980[1] |
|---|---|
| Founder | Thomas Rosenbaum[2] |
| Defunct | Late 1980s[3] |
| Fate | Defunct |
| Headquarters | 3418 South 90th Street, Tacoma, WA 98049[4] and 4633 South 348th Street, Auburn WA 98001[5] |
| Products | Computer Games |
Software Publications edit
Computer Games edit
- Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation)[7]
- Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)[8][9]
- Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)[8][9]
- Color Space War (cassette)
- Cubix[10]
- Decathlon[10]
- Froggie[10]
- Galagon[10]
- Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)[8]
- Ice Castles[11]
- Interbank Incident (1985–1987)[3]
- Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)[8][9]
- Lunar Rover 1[10]
- Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)[8][9]
- Keys of the Wizard (cassette)[12]
- Madness and the Minotaur (1982, cassette)[8]
- Maze Escape (32K and above, cassette)
- Module Man[10]
- Ms. Gobbler (cassette/disk)[8]
- Pegasus and the Phantom Riders (1985–1987)[3]
- Pengon (cassette)[8]
- Piggy (cassette)[8]
- Planet Invasion (cassette)[8]
- Qix[10]
- Realm of Nauga (cassette)[13]
- Roller Controller[10]
- Space Sentry (cassette/disk)[8]
- Springster (1985–1987)[3]
- Storm Arrows (cassette/disk)[8]
- Treasury Pack 1 (disk)[8] - 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[10]
- Treasury Pack 2 (disk)[8]
- Whirlybird Run (1982, cassette/disk)[8][9]
Computer Games (Educational) edit
- Alpha Search (educational, cassette/disk)[8]
Applications/Utilities edit
Miscellaneous Publications edit
July 1980 - June 1981 edit
- 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.[1]
July 1981 - June 1982 edit
- Color Computer technical manual (book)[1]
July 1983 - June 1984 edit
- Color Basic Unravelled II (book)[1][15]
- Disk Basic Unravelled II (book)[1][15]
- Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)[1][15]
- Super Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)[1][15]
Other edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g "Coco Chronicles". www.cs.unc.edu. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Madness and the Minotaur - A Mystery Solved". Tea Leaves. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
Madness and the Minotaur was written by the founder of Spectral Associates, Tom Rosenbaum.
- ^ a b c d e [Coco] Spectral Associates Wikipedia entry
- ^ a b "Dan Connolly Software Releases". www.w3.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ http://textfiles.tonytee.nl/messages/ALANWESTON/1994/DLPH03_22.txt [dead link]
- ^ "Colorout". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Cave Walker
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r http://coco.clubltdstudios.com/reference/cocopricelist.txt [dead link]
- ^ a b c d e "TRS-80 Cassette Software Page". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The CoCo Collector January 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Kinns, Graham E. "Dragon Software Directory by Publisher". dragon32.info. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe - Vault - Keys of the Wizard". yois.if-legends.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ L. Curtis Boyle (2007) http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2007-October/032607.html
- ^ "The Tandy Color Computer SuperSite". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site: Documentation - Books". www.trs-80.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.