Richard Shepherd Software
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1982, United Kingdom |
| Founder | Richard Shepherd |
| Defunct | 1985 |
| Fate | Folded |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Richard Shepherd, Pete Cooke |
| Products | Urban Upstart, Everest Ascent |
Richard Shepherd Software was a software house active between 1982 and 1985. The company was known for releasing text adventure games, most notably Urban Upstart.[1] These were programmed by Richard Shepherd himself and Pete Cooke.
Richard Shepherd's finance utility, Cash Controller, was the first Spectrum programs to be designed to work with the ZX Microdrive.[2] In 1991 an issue of Amstrad Action (May, No. 68 p. 70) published an artillery game type-in program called Warzone. Consisting of 144 lines of code, the author was noted down as one "Richard Shephard down Bristol way".
List of publications
- Cash Controller (1983)[3]
- Devils of the Deep (1983)
- Everest Ascent (1983)
- The Inferno (1984)
- Invincible Island (1983)
- Jackpot Fruit Machine (1982)
- Monster Mine (1982)
- Shaken but not Stirred (1982)
- Ship of the Line (1982)
- Ski Star 2000 (1985)[4]
- Submarine Attack (1982)
- Super Space Mission (1982)
- Super Spy (1982)
- Transylvanian Tower (1982)
- Upper Gumtree (1984)
- Urban Upstart (1983)
References
- ^ "Ski Star 2000 review". CRASH (14): 120. March 1985.
As a software house Richard Shepherd is probably best known for adventure games like Urban Upstart.
- ^ "Software News". ZX Computing (8402): 84. February–March 1984.
- ^ https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=8004
- ^ http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr15/yr15_51.htm