ReadySoft
Industry | Video games |
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Founded | 1987 |
Defunct | 1996 |
Fate | Purchased by Malofilm, later Behaviour Communications, in 1996.[1] |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Key people | David Foster: founder |
ReadySoft was a video game developer and publisher and distributor founded in 1987 by David Foster, based in Ontario, Canada. Products include various emulators as well as home computer ports of Sullivan-Bluth's videodisc game series Dragon's Lair, Space Ace and their sequels. As a publisher, they frequently handled North American release of games by French developer Silmarils.
Emulators
ReadySoft's first product was a C64 emulator for the Amiga.[2] In 1992, ReadySoft published the A-Max II and A-Max II Plus Macintosh emulators for the Amiga which were software emulators augmented by add-on hardware.[3]
Games
Developed or ported by ReadySoft
- Brain Dead 13 (1995)
- Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (1996) Rerelease
- Space Ace (1995) Rerelease
- Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread (1992)
- Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon (1992)
- Space Ace II: Borf's Revenge (1991)
- Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (1990)
- Space Ace (1989)
Published or distributed by ReadySoft
- Deus (1996) US release
- Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity (1995) Canadian release of DOS version
- Robinson's Requiem (1994) US release of 3DO and DOS versions
- The Patrician (1993) US release of DOS version
- Arctic Baron (1993) US release of DOS version
- Sleeping Gods Lie (1991) North American release of DOS version
- Volfied (1991) DOS port
- Wrath of the Demon (1990)
- Bomb Busters (1988)
- Rock Challenge (1988)
- Cosmic Bouncer (1988)
References
- ^ ReadySoft | Video Game Publisher, at VideoGameGeek
- ^ Into the Lair II, Advanced Computer Entertainment - issue 39 - page 86
- ^ A-Max II Plus, Compute! - issue 146 - page A22