Spectral Associates
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Spectral Associates was an 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. Spectral Associates sold their software through Radio Shack
and via direct sales. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday.
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maker of computer games for the TRS-80 Color Computer
TRS-80 Color Computer
The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer was a home computer launched in 1980. It was one of the earliest of the first generation of computers marketed for home use in English-speaking markets...
. It was founded in 1980 and was defunct as sometime in the late 1980s. Spectral Associates sold their software through Radio Shack
Radio shack
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and via direct sales. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday.
Computer Games
- Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation)
- Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)
- Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)
- Color Space War (cassette)
- Cubix
- Decathlon
- Froggie
- Galagon
- Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)
- Ice Castles
- Interbank Incident (1985–1987)
- Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)
- Lunar Rover 1
- Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)
- Keys of the Wizard (cassette)
- Madness and the MinotaurMadness and the MinotaurMadness and the Minotaur is a text adventure game for the TRS-80 Color Computer. Developed by Spectral Associates in 1981, the game lulls players into a false sense of security by providing a comparatively easy and static early game...
(1982, cassette) - Module Man
- Ms. Gobbler (cassette/disk)
- Pegasus and the Phantom Riders (1985–1987)
- Pengon (cassette)
- Piggy (cassette)
- Planet Invasion (cassette)
- Qix
- Realm of NaugaRealm of NaugaRealm of Nauga is an adventure game for the TRS-80 Color Computer released on cassette as part of Chromasettes August 1982 issue, then available at RadioShack.-Story:...
(cassette) - Roller Controller
- Space Sentry (cassette/disk)
- Springster (1985–1987)
- Storm Arrows (cassette/disk)
- Treasury Pack 1 (disk) - 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
- Treasury Pack 2 (disk)
- Whirlybird Run (1982, cassette/disk)
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.
July 1983 - June 1984
- Color Basic Unravelled II (book)
- Disk Basic Unravelled II (book)
- Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)
- Super Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)
Other
- The Facts for the TRS-80 Color Computer (book, Copyright (c) 1983, First printing: Nov 1981, Fifth Printing: Jul 1983)
- CoCo 3 Secrets Revealed
External links
- http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/support/
- http://www.cs.unc.edu/~yakowenk/coco/text/history.html
- http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/colorout.html
- http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-mag-books.htm
- http://discover-net.net/~dmkeil/coco/software/cococass.htm
- http://coco.clubltdstudios.com/reference/cocopricelist.txt