Ultrasoft

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Industry Computer and video games
Fate Dissolved
Successor(s) Cyberdreams
Founded 1989
Defunct 1998
Headquarters Bratislava, Slovakia
Key people Louis Wittek, founder
Products Towdie, Atomix, Hexagonia
Employees 10+
Subsidiaries Bit magazine

Ultrasoft was a computer game developer and computer game publisher located in Bratislava, Slovakia.[1] The company specialised in the development and publishing of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer. With over 40 titles [2] to its credit, Ultrasoft was the biggest game software publisher in Czechoslovakia [3] and, arguably, one of the biggest European producers of computer games during the 1990s. The most successful titles included the platform game Towdie and puzzle games Atomix and Hexagonia – Atomix 2. Apart from computer games, the company also published a dozen or so non-game titles, mostly for learning foreign languages, as well as text, image, sound and music editors.

Ultrasoft also acted as an exclusive distributor within the territory of Czechoslovakia for Domark Software and Ocean Software game software houses based in England.

The company was founded by Louis Wittek in 1989, and dissolved in 1998.

Published games

Example of Cover Art from some of the Ultrasoft's titles
  • Arkarum (1990)
  • Atomix (1991)
  • Axons (1992)
  • Bukapao (1991)
  • Cesta Bojovnika (Way of the Warrior) (1992)
  • Chrobak Truhlik (Beetle Dim-witt) (1991)
  • Crux 92 (1992)
  • Double Dash (1991)
  • F.I.R.E. (1991)
  • Galactic Gunners (1992)
  • Hexagonia – Atomix 2 (1992)
  • Jet Story (1992)
  • Kliatba Noci (Curse of the Night) (1993)
  • Komando 2 (1992)
  • Logic (1991)
  • Notorik (1992)
  • Octopussy (1992)
  • Pedro 1 (Pedro on the Pirates' Island) (1992)
  • Pedro 2 (Pedro in the Haunted Castle) (1993)
  • Pedro 3 (Pedro in the Land of Pyramids) (1993)
  • Phantom F4 - Part 1 (1992)
  • Phantom F4 - Part 2 (1992)
  • Pick Out 2 (1993)
  • Prva Akcia (First Heist) (1992)
  • Quadrax (1994)
  • Rychle Sipy 1 (Swift Arrows 1) (1991)
  • Rychle Sipy 2 (Swift Arrows 2) (1991)
  • Sach-Mat (Check-Mate) (1992)
  • Sherwood (1992)
  • Skladacka (Puzzle) (1992)
  • Star Dragon (1991)
  • Tetris 2 (1991)
  • Towdie (1994)
  • Twilight (1995)

Other published titles

  • Baby Mantrik (English for children)
  • Datalog 2 (Database)
  • DTP Machine Utility (DTP editor)
  • DTP Machine Professional Pack (Image/Text/DTP editor)
  • Mantrik Anglicky (Learning English)
  • Mantrik Nemecky (Learning German)
  • Mantrik Editor – Professor (Create your own lessons for Mantrik)
  • Mrs08E (ZX Spectrum Assembler editor)
  • ScreenMachine (Image editor)
  • SoundTracker (Music editor)
  • TextMachine (Text editor)
  • Tuition (Sinclair BASIC for beginners)
  • ZX-7 (Music & Sound editor)

Bit magazine

Cover pages from the first and the last issue of the Bit magazine

Between 1991–1994 Ultrasoft also published a specialised monthly magazine Bit, aimed at owners of home computers and dealing with computer games in particular.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Extract from the Business Register of the District Court Bratislava I". orsr.sk. Retrieved 2012-10-12. 
  2. ↑ "Ultrasoft - Slovakia". worldofspectrum.org. Retrieved 2012-09-14. 
  3. ↑ Pavel Plíva. "ZX-Spectrum Games". Zx-spectrum.cz. Retrieved 2012-08-25. 
  4. ↑ Pavel Plíva. "ZX-Spectrum Games". Zx-spectrum.wz.cz. Retrieved 2012-08-25. 

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