Zigurat was a Spanish

Spain

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 software house

Software house

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 for 8-bit home computer

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s very popular in the eighties

1980s

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 during the Golden Era of Spanish Software

Golden Era of Spanish Software

The Golden Era of Spanish Software was a time, between 1983 and 1992, when Spain became the second 8 bit entertainment software producer in Europe, behind only the United Kingdom...

. Its origin is in the company Made in Spain, founded in 1983, which would know massive success in Spain with Fred, comercialized in the United Kingdom as Roland on the Ropes (only the Amstrad CPC

Amstrad CPC

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 version). When the programmers and owners of Made in Spain could not go on alone on the task of distribution, they decided to create in 1985 another company, Zigurat, which would be entirely dedicated to distribution, and would distribute all the titles by Made in Spain, which became an internal producer seal under Zigurat. They would also distribute games by independent programmers or companies and would allow Made in Spain to concretate solely on programming. Later on, Made in Spain would completely merge into Zigurat, creating a single producer and distributor company. When the 8-bit market disappeared the company turned to develop games for arcade machines.

Games published

• Fred
• Sir Fred
• El Misterio del Nilo
• Humphrey
• París-Dakar
• Poder Oscuro
• Comando Quatro
• Emilio Sánchez Vicario
• Arkos
• Poder Oscuro
• Curro Jiménez
• Power Magic
• Senda Salvaje
• Jungle Warrior
• Piso Zero
• Don Kin Kong

Developing groups

The company had several developing groups associated:

• Made in Spain
• Arcadia
• Gamesoft
• Truesoft
• Turbo 16

External links

• Official home site
• Zigurat videogames at thelegacy.de
• Zigurat at mobygames.com
• Zigurat at worldofspectrum.org
• El Misterio del Nilo at ysrnry.co.uk