Magnussoft
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magnussoft Deutschland GmbH is a pan-European computer game developer and publisher. The company is seated near Dresden in the eastern region of Germany. However, magnussoft does not publish outside of Europe, they leave that work to local companies.
In Europe magnussoft are well known, primarily for their releases of collections of software for 8-Bit computer systems that were very popular in the 1980s: Commodore 64
, Commodore Amiga
, Atari XL/XE, and Atari ST
. All required emulators are included so the software work on ordinary PCs although the programs are unaltered. There is a general collection called Retro-Classix that covers a bit of everything and collections that specialize on one particular system, like the Amiga Classix or the C64 Classix. Several successors followed.
The company released more than 160 products over the past ten years. Among their assortment are adventure games, board games, strategic games as well as shoot´em up games and jump and runs. On the other hand, magnussoft also released computer applications and educational software. The software was brought under varied labels to the market in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Benelux countries, France, Great Britain, and the United States of America.
By 2008 magnussoft have gained access to the software market, especially in the lower budget and middle price range. They cooperate with acquainted German partners like for example "ak tronik Software & Services", "KOCH Media", and the "Verlagsgruppe Weltbild". In addition magnussoft has founded more subsidiaries in other parts of Europe.
magnussoft have created their profile through the release of ZETA, a broad range of retro games, and classic computer games like Aquanoid, Barkanoid or Plot's.
replacement Magnussoft Zeta OS because of its uncertain legal status.
In Europe magnussoft are well known, primarily for their releases of collections of software for 8-Bit computer systems that were very popular in the 1980s: Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
, Commodore Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
, Atari XL/XE, and Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
. All required emulators are included so the software work on ordinary PCs although the programs are unaltered. There is a general collection called Retro-Classix that covers a bit of everything and collections that specialize on one particular system, like the Amiga Classix or the C64 Classix. Several successors followed.
The company released more than 160 products over the past ten years. Among their assortment are adventure games, board games, strategic games as well as shoot´em up games and jump and runs. On the other hand, magnussoft also released computer applications and educational software. The software was brought under varied labels to the market in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Benelux countries, France, Great Britain, and the United States of America.
By 2008 magnussoft have gained access to the software market, especially in the lower budget and middle price range. They cooperate with acquainted German partners like for example "ak tronik Software & Services", "KOCH Media", and the "Verlagsgruppe Weltbild". In addition magnussoft has founded more subsidiaries in other parts of Europe.
magnussoft have created their profile through the release of ZETA, a broad range of retro games, and classic computer games like Aquanoid, Barkanoid or Plot's.
Games (selection)
- Amiga Classix
- Aquanoid
- Barkanoid
- Boulder Match
- Break It
- C64 Classix
- Colossus Chess
- Dr. Tool Serie
- Fix & Foxi Serie
- Jacks Crazy Cong
- Jump Jack
- KLIX
- METRIS
- MiniGolf
- Packs Serie
- PLOTS!
- Pool Island
- Retro-Classix
- Sokoman
Applications (selection)
- Dr Brain series
- Dr. Tool series
- Driver Cataloger
- Easy Bootmanager
- Typing Tutor
Educational software (selection)
- Deutsch, Englisch und Mathe für Zwerge
- Deutsch– und Mathe Compilation
- Fahrschule
Criticism
In 2006 magnussoft incurred public criticism for ceasing the distribution and the funding of BeOSBeOS
BeOS is an operating system for personal computers which began development by Be Inc. in 1991. It was first written to run on BeBox hardware. BeOS was optimized for digital media work and was written to take advantage of modern hardware facilities such as symmetric multiprocessing by utilizing...
replacement Magnussoft Zeta OS because of its uncertain legal status.
Trademarks
- Amiga Classix
- Aquanoid
- Barkanoid
- C64 Classix
- Dr. Brain
- Dr. Tool
- Retro Classix