Ariolasoft
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| Founded | 1982 | |
| Closed | 1993 | |
| Headquarters | Germany | |
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| Sector | Video and computer games | |
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Ariolasoft was one of the largest European game publishers in the 80s.
History[edit | edit source]
Ariolasoft was founded by BMG Ariola as software sales department in 1982. In the first years video games by Activision were exclusively marketed. Hereupon Ariolasoft advanced to be the market leader in Germany and opened subsidiaries in the Western European neighbouring countries.
Ariolasoft was renamed United Software in 1990. This was bought by Microprose Germany in 1993. In Great Britain Ariolasoft had a subsidiary named Ariolasoft UK.
Games[edit | edit source]
Ariolasoft published by order of Ariolasoft, Brøderbund, COSMI and Electronic Arts, HES, Synapse Software in Europe until these companies had founded own subsidiaries in Europe. Next to this Ariolasoft also produced datasette versions for Brøderbund and Electronic Arts. Some titles were also developed by Ariolasoft themselves. Ariolasoft reached great awareness with the titles Kaiser and Hanse.
Ariolasoft developed for the platforms: Amiga, C64, Sega Master System and ZX Spectrum
Own developments[edit | edit source]
- Deactivators
- Golf Construction Set
- Kaiser
- Masters of Time
- Out of This World
- Starfox
- Ski-Weltcup
- This is E.F.IGES
- They Stole a Million
- Vermeer
Applications[edit | edit source]
Ariolasoft was also publisher for applications for Brøderbund, CHIPSOFT, Creative Software and Electronic Arts, HES, MARITEL and SIGHT&SOUND in Europe.
- Structured BASIC (BASIC expansion on cartridge)
Links[edit | edit source]
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