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Ariolasoft was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 computer game developer
Video game developer

A video game developer is a Computer software Software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers....
, publisher
Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that Publishing video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
 and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records
Ariola Records

Ariola Records is a German record label, as of the late 80s a daughter label of BMG which in return has become a part of international media conglomerate Sony BMG Music Entertainment....
, a German record label belonging to BMG
BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008....
. They released approximately ten games for the ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. Referred to during development as the ZX81 Colour and ZX82, the machine was launched as the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair to highlight the machine's colour display, compared with the black-and-white of its predec...
, Commodore 64
Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of United States dollar595. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes of Random-access memory with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of tha...
, and Amiga
Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer....
 systems, and also were notable for being the distributor for the Sega
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 Master System
Sega Master System

The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986 in video gaming....
 in Germany between at least 1987
1987 in video gaming

Events...
 and 1988
1988 in video gaming

Events*July — Nintendo releases the first issue of Nintendo Power magazine....
, but possibly longer.

Ariolasoft was also the publisher for Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts is an international video game developer, marketer, video game publisher and distributor of video games. Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games....
 and Brøderbund
Brøderbund

Br?derbund Software was an United States maker of computer games, educational software and The Print Shop productivity tools. It was best known as the original creator and publisher of the popular Carmen Sandiego games....
 in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 before those companies set up their own European offices.






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Ariolasoft
Ariolasoft was a German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 computer game developer
Video game developer

A video game developer is a Computer software Software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers....
, publisher
Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that Publishing video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
 and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records
Ariola Records

Ariola Records is a German record label, as of the late 80s a daughter label of BMG which in return has become a part of international media conglomerate Sony BMG Music Entertainment....
, a German record label belonging to BMG
BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008....
. They released approximately ten games for the ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. Referred to during development as the ZX81 Colour and ZX82, the machine was launched as the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair to highlight the machine's colour display, compared with the black-and-white of its predec...
, Commodore 64
Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of United States dollar595. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes of Random-access memory with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of tha...
, and Amiga
Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer....
 systems, and also were notable for being the distributor for the Sega
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 Master System
Sega Master System

The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986 in video gaming....
 in Germany between at least 1987
1987 in video gaming

Events...
 and 1988
1988 in video gaming

Events*July — Nintendo releases the first issue of Nintendo Power magazine....
, but possibly longer.

Ariolasoft was also the publisher for Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts is an international video game developer, marketer, video game publisher and distributor of video games. Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for its games....
 and Brøderbund
Brøderbund

Br?derbund Software was an United States maker of computer games, educational software and The Print Shop productivity tools. It was best known as the original creator and publisher of the popular Carmen Sandiego games....
 in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 before those companies set up their own European offices. Apart from releasing these titles, Ariolasoft also made the cassette conversions of them, and also developed original titles. Some of the better received original games were Deactivators
Deactivators

Deactivators is a computer game for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC 464, developed by Tigress Marketing and published by Ariolasoft's label, Reaktor, in late 1986....
, Golf Construction Set, Out of This World
Out of This World

Out of This World may refer to:In film and television:*Out of This World , a U.S. television series, 1987-1991*Out of This World , a 1962 British science fiction television series...
, Starfox (no relation to the Nintendo
Nintendo

is a global company located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
 franchise of the same name) and They Stole a Million
They Stole A Million

They Stole a Million is a strategy computer game released by Ariolasoft in 1986. The objective of the game is, to plan robberies and finally conducting the crime....
.

Ariolasoft UK was run by Ashley Gray and Frank Brunger, although closer to the demise of the UK office Ashley Gray was replaced by Willie Carminke. Ariolasoft was also the publisher for the developer Starlight Software run by former Beyond Software
Beyond Software

Beyond Software has been used by two different game development companies, one in the UK in the 1980s and the other in California, USA. The latter of these changed its name to Stormfront Studios....
 publisher Francis Lee. Ariolasoft also released a couple of games by the team of Antony Crowther
Antony Crowther

Antony 'Ratt' Crowther was a designer, programmer and musician of Commodore 64 games during the 1980s, working for Alligata, Gremlin Graphics and later Crowther's own company, Wizard Development....
 and Ben Daglish
Ben Daglish

Ben Daglish is a composer and musician. Originally from London, his parents moved to the steel city of Sheffield when Ben was one. Daglish is known for creating many soundtracks during the 1980s for home computer games, including such Commodore 64 hits as The Last Ninja, Trap, and Deflektor....
: Challenge of the Gobots
Challenge of the GoBots

Challenge of the GoBots is an United States animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera, based on the Gobots toy-line released from Tonka. Most of the toys were imported from the Japanese Machine Robo toy line ....
 and Killer Ring.

In 1990, the company was renamed United Software, which in 1993 was taken over by Microprose
MicroProse

MicroProse, as a corporation and brand name, has been owned by several entities since its original founding by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey in 1982 in video gaming, as Microprose Software....
 Germany.

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    MobyGames

    MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging Video game, both past and present. The site contains an extensive database of video game information....