Quality Software
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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 computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s.cite-ref-2[2] Asteroids in Space, written by programmer Bruce Wallace, was voted one of the most popular games of 1978-80 by Softalk magazine.cite-ref-3[3]
Contents
β’ Games
β’ Books
β’ References
β’ External links
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Games
1979
β’ Starbase Hyperion by Don Ursem
1980
β’ Asteroids in Space by Bruce Wallace, later renamed Meteoroids in Space
β’ Battleship Commander by Matthew Jew and Erik Kilk
β’ Fastgammon by Bob Christiansen
β’ Fracas by Stuart Smith
β’ Head-On Collision by Lee Anders
β’ Tank Trap by Don Ursem
β’ Tari Trek by Fabio Ehrengruber
1981
β’ Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Stuart Smith
β’ Block Buster
β’ Martian Invaders by James Albanese
β’ QS Reversi by Lee Merrill
1982
β’ Beneath Apple Manor Special Edition by Don Worth
β’ Jeepers Creepers by James Albanese
β’ Name That Song by Jerry White
1983
β’ The Return of Heracles by Stuart Smith
Development tools
β’ Assembler by Gary Shannon (Atari 8-bit, 1980)cite-ref-4[4]
β’ 6502 Disassembler by Bob Pierce (Atari 8-bit, 1980)cite-ref-5[5]
β’ Exidy Forth by James Albanese (Exidy Sorcerer, 1980)
β’ DPX Development Pac Extension by Don Ursem (Exidy Sorcerer, 1980)
β’ QS Forth by James Albanese (Atari 8-bit, 1981).cite-ref-brannon-1-1[1] It was used to write Jeepers Creepers, also by Albanese.
β’ Character Magic by Chris Hull (Atari 8-bit)
Books
β’ citerefworthlechner1981Worth, Don; Lechner, Pieter (1981), Beneath Apple DOS, Quality Software, ISBN 0-912985-00-3
References
cite-note-brannon-11. citerefbrannon1982Brannon, Charles (June 1982). "Review: QS FORTH for Atari". Compute! (25): 106.
cite-note-22. β citerefhagueHague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". Retrieved 2008-11-05.
cite-note-44. β "Assembler". Atari Mania.
cite-note-55. β "6502 Disassembler". Atari Mania.
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