Softgold

Softgold
Founded	1986
Closed	1999
Headquarters	Kaarst, Germany
Manager	Hans Rabe, Juergen Goeldner
Employees
Key People (choice)	Teut Weidemann
Turnover
Sector	Video and computer games
Website
Information	Merged into THQ Entertainment GmbH Label: Top Shots

Softgold was a German publisher of video and computer games. The company was founded by Hans Rabe and Juergen Goeldner in Kaarst in 1986. It was a subsidiary of Rushware, whose former publishing company Eurogold was now becoming Softgold. In Germany, the company was mostly known for publishing titles from Lucasfilm games, and for their parent company Rushware buying Rainbow Arts. Softgold was bought by THQ in 1999 and subsequently dissolved and merged into the German subsidiary of THQ.

Softgold also provided translations to German of manuals and in-game text.

The marketing of Rainbow Arts' games also made use of labels like Time Warp and Golden Goblins.

At the end of the 1980s the low budget label Top Shots was created, which published titles for the C64 and other computers.

C64 games (Excerpt)

Scene from the game "Operation Hongkong".

Slideshow from the game "Turrican".

• Blue Angel 69
• Circus Attractions (Label: Golden Goblins)
• Grand Monster Slam (Label: Golden Goblins)
• The Great Giana Sisters (Label: Time Warp)
• Magic Madness
• Maniac Mansion
• Mission Elevator
• Operation Hongkong
• Oxxonian (Label: Time Warp)
• The Volleyball Simulator (Label: Time Warp)
• To Be On Top
• Turrican
• X-Out
• Zak McKracken

Game Compilations (Excerpt)

• 1st CD-Edition (Collection)
• Rainbow Collection (Collection)
• Milestones (Collection)

Links

Wikipedia: Softgold

• MobyGames.com