Datasoft, Inc.
Moby ID: 26
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Datasoft was founded by Pat Ketchum in 1980. This company was based out of Chatsworth, California. When the company first started, there were about 15 in-house programmers. Ketchum was in his late 20's at the time. Ketchum acquired as many trademark licenses as possible. As a result, they published many games from famous tv shows, cartoons and movies. They also ported some games from arcades and other computer systems (Mr. Do and Pooyan).
Sometime after 1987, Samuel L. Poole and Ted Hoffman were some sort of business execs at Datasoft when the company was beginning to fold. These two men bought the left over assets and the name Datasoft and renamed the company Intellicreations. One of Datasofts HUGE investors was Gilette...the razor company. For some reason they pulled out right before the company went under. During its lifetime, Datasoft published some games for the C-64, Tandy, Atari and Apple ][.
Credited on 59 Games from 1981 to 1989
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| Lancelot (1988 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
| Time and Magik: The Trilogy (1988 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
| Tobruk: The Clash of Armour (1987 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) |
| Dark Lord (1987 on Commodore 64, Apple II) |
| Force 7 (1987 on Commodore 64, Apple II, Antstream) |
| Global Commander (1987 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Bismarck (1987 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Alternate Reality: The Dungeon (1987 on Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari 8-bit...) |
| Black Magic (1987 on Commodore 64, Apple II, ZX Spectrum...) |
| Saracen (1987 on Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum...) |
| Battle Droidz (1987 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) |
| Cosmic Relief: Prof. Renegade to the Rescue (1987 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Firezone (1987 on Linux, DOS, Windows...) |
| Napoleon in Russia: Borodino 1812 (1987 on DOS, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit) |
| Sorcerer Lord (1987 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
| The Hunt for Red October (1987 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
| The Rubicon Alliance (1987 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) |
| 221 B Baker St. (1986 on DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Gunslinger (1986 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit...) |
| Crosscheck (1986 on DOS, Apple II, Atari 8-bit...) |
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Trivia +
Company location (ca. 1988):
Datasoft
19808 Nordhoff Place
Chatsworth, California 91311
Phone: 818-886-5922
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 11 games with U.S. Gold Ltd.
- 9 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 7 games with Tandy Corporation
- 5 games with Personal Software Services
- 4 games with Americana Software Limited
- 3 games with BANDAI NAMCO Amusement Inc.
- 3 games with IntelliCreations, Inc.
- 3 games with Monaco Computer Corporation
- 2 games with Atari Holdings, Inc.
- 2 games with Elite Systems Ltd.
- 10 games with Kathi B. Tremblay
- 9 games with Thomas J. Clement
- 9 games with Kelly Day
- 7 games with James Garon
- 6 games with Jean A. Stedman
- 6 games with Rick Mirsky
- 5 games with Scott Ross
- 4 games with Mark Riley
- 4 games with Bonita Long-Hemsath
- 4 games with Russ Wolvek
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