Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed Manic Miner

Manic Miner

Manic Miner is a platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 . It is the first game in the Miner Willy series and among the pioneers of the platform game genre. The game itself was inspired by the Atari 800 game Miner 2049er...

developer Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith (games programmer)

Matthew Smith is a British computer game programmer. He is best known for his games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1983 and 1984 respectively...

. After leaving Bug-Byte

Bug-Byte

Bug-Byte Software Ltd. was a company founded in 1980 by Tony Baden and Tony Milner, two Oxford chemistry graduates. It was one of the first to develop a range of 8-bit computer games during the early 1980s, for Sinclair, Commodore and other home computer brands, particularly for the Spectrum...

 as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance contract. Software Projects was then able to market and publish the ZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum

The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...

 hit game separately from Bug-Byte. Their logo was a Penrose triangle

Penrose triangle

The Penrose triangle, also known as the Penrose tribar, is an impossible object. It was first created by the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934. The mathematician Roger Penrose independently devised and popularised it in the 1950s, describing it as "impossibility in its purest form". It is...

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Releases included:

• Anaconda
• Astronut
• BC's Quest for Tires
• Crazy Balloon
  Crazy Balloon
  Crazy Balloon is an arcade game released by Taito in 1980. Crazy Balloon requires the player to maneuver a balloon through a maze full of thorns in order to reach the goal...
  
  
• Dragon's Lair
  Dragon's Lair
  Dragon's Lair is a laserdisc video game published by Cinematronics in 1983. It featured animation created by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth....
  
  
• Dragon's Lair II
• Hunchback at the Olympics
• Hysteria
• Jet Set Willy
  Jet Set Willy
  Jet Set Willy is a computer game originally written for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time....
  
  
• Jet Set Willy II
  Jet Set Willy II
  Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier was a platform game released in 1985 by Software Projects for a variety of 8-bit home computers. It was the only official sequel to Jet Set Willy, one of the most successful and popular home computer games ever released...
  
  
• Loderunner
• McKensie
• Manic Miner
  Manic Miner
  Manic Miner is a platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 . It is the first game in the Miner Willy series and among the pioneers of the platform game genre. The game itself was inspired by the Atari 800 game Miner 2049er...
  
  
• Ometron
• Orion
• Push Off
• Star Paws
• The Perils of Willy
• Thrusta
• Tribble Trubble

In 1984 they released a number of budget titles at £2.99 on the Software Super Savers label.