Mirrorsoft
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Mirrorsoft was a computer game software publisher in the United Kingdom
, owned by Mirror Group Newspapers. It was founded as a publisher of educational software before moving into games. One offshoot of its printing roots was Fleet Street Publisher
on several platforms. A PC version was developed by Rowan Software
but was scrapped before release.
Mirrorsoft's most famous - and infamous - product was Tetris
, the rights to which were acquired in a series of complicated licensing issues (see the article for details).
Many games were not released under the name "Mirrorsoft", but under publishing labels like Image Works
.
Mirrorsoft was bought by Acclaim
in 1992.
United Kingdom
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, owned by Mirror Group Newspapers. It was founded as a publisher of educational software before moving into games. One offshoot of its printing roots was Fleet Street Publisher
Fleet Street Publisher
Fleet Street Publisher was a desktop publishing program produced by Mirrorsoft in the United Kingdom. It was produced for the Atari ST, and first released in November 1986. A PC Version was produced by Rowan Software but never released....
on several platforms. A PC version was developed by Rowan Software
Rowan Software
Rowan Software was a British software company focused on the development of computer games. The company was founded by Rod Hyde in 1987 and based in Runcorn, Cheshire. Rowan was best known as a publisher of flight simulators for the PC....
but was scrapped before release.
Mirrorsoft's most famous - and infamous - product was Tetris
Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
, the rights to which were acquired in a series of complicated licensing issues (see the article for details).
Many games were not released under the name "Mirrorsoft", but under publishing labels like Image Works
Image Works
Image Works was a publishing label of video games publisher Mirrorsoft created in 1988. The first two games published under the Image Works label were Fernandez Must Die and Foxx Fights Back...
.
Mirrorsoft was bought by Acclaim
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...
in 1992.