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| Spectral Associates |
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| Fate |
Defunct |
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| Founded |
1980 [1] |
| Defunct |
Late 1980s [2] |
| Location |
3418 South 90th Street, Tacoma, WA 98049[3] and 4633 South 348th Street, Auburn WA 98001[4] |
| Products |
Computer Games |
Spectral Associates was a American maker of computer games for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was founded in 1980 and was defunct as sometime in the late 1980s[2]. Spectral Associates sold their software exclusively through Radio Shack. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday[5].
[edit] Software Publications
[edit] Computer Games
- Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation) [6]
- Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)[7][8]
- Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)[7][8]
- Color Space War (cassette)
- Cubix [9]
- Decathlon [9]
- Froggie [9]
- Galagon [9]
- Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)[7][7]
- Ice Castles [10]
- Interbank Incident (1985-1987)[2]
- Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)[7][8]
- Lunar Rover 1 [9]
- Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)[7][8]
- Keys of the Wizard (cassette)[8]
- Madness and the Minotaur (1982, cassette)[7]
- Module Man [9]
- Ms. Gobbler (cassette/disk)[7]
- Pegasus and the Phantom Riders (1985-1987)[2]
- Pengon (cassette)[7]
- Piggy (cassette)[7]
- Planet Invasion (cassette)[7]
- Qix [9]
- Realm of Nauga (cassette)[5]
- Roller Controller [9]
- Space Sentry (cassette/disk)[7]
- Springster (1985-1987)[2]
- Storm Arrows (cassette/disk)[7]
- Treasury Pack 1 (disk)[7] - 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[9]
- Treasury Pack 2 (disk)[7]
- Whirlybird Run (1982, cassette/disk)[7][8]
[edit] Computer Games (Educational)
- Alpha Search (educational, cassette/disk)[7]
[edit] Applications/Utilities
- Clone 80cc (cassette)[7]
- RGB Patch (disk)[11]
[edit] Miscellaneous Publications
[edit] July 1980 - June 1981
- 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]
[edit] July 1981 - June 1982
- Color Computer technical manual (book)[1]
[edit] July 1983 - June 1984
- Color Basic Unravelled II (book)[13][1]
- Disk Basic Unravelled II (book)[13][1]
- Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)[13][1]
- Super Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)[13][1]
- The Facts for the TRS-80 Color Computer (book, Copyright (c) 1983, First printing: Nov 1981, Fifth Printing: Jul 1983)[14]
- CoCo 3 Secrets Revealed[7]
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