United Software Entertainment
Overview
Ariolasoft was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. They released approximately ten games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amiga systems, and also were notable for being the distributor for the Sega Master System in Germany between 1987 and 1988.
Ariolasoft was also the publisher for
Electronic Arts and
Brøderbund in Europe before those companies set up their own European offices. Apart from releasing these titles, Ariolasoft also made the cassette conversions of them, and also developed original titles. Some of the better received original games were
Deactivators,
Golf Construction Set,
Out of This World,
Starfox (no relation to the Nintendo franchise of the same name) and
They Stole a Million.
The company also had a division in the United Kingdom:
Ariolasoft UK.
The company was later (1990) renamed United Software. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records, a German record label belonging to BMG. In 1993 United Software was taken over by
Microprose Germany.
Also Known As
- ariolasoft GmbH (from 1989 to 1992)
Trivia
Ariolasoft was also the publisher for the developer
Starlight Software run by former
Beyond Software publisher
Francis Lee.
Ariolasoft also released some games by the team of
Antony Crowther and
Ben Daglish including
Challenge of the Gobots and
Killer Ring.
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