ReadySoft
 Logo used since 1991 | |
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Fate | Purchased by Malofilm, later Behaviour Communications, in 1996.[1] |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Key people | David Foster: founder |
ReadySoft was a video game developer and publisher and distributor founded in 1987 by David Foster, based in Ontario, Canada. Products include various emulators as well as home computer ports of Sullivan Bluth's videodisc game series Dragon's Lair, Space Ace and their sequels. As a publisher, they frequently handled North American release of games by French developer Silmarils.
Emulators
ReadySoft's first product was a C64 emulator for the Amiga.[2] In 1992, ReadySoft published the A-Max II and A-Max II Plus Macintosh emulators for the Amiga which were software emulators augmented by add-on hardware.[3]
Games
Developed or ported by ReadySoft
- Brain Dead 13 (1995)
- Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (1996) Rerelease
- Space Ace (1995) Rerelease
- Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread (1992)
- Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon (1992)
- Space Ace II: Borf's Revenge (1991)
- Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (1990)
- Space Ace (1989)
Published or distributed by ReadySoft
- Deus (1996) US release
- Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity (1995) Canadian release of DOS version
- Robinson's Requiem (1994) US release of 3DO and DOS versions
- The Patrician (1993) US release of DOS version
- Arctic Baron (1993) US release of DOS version
- Sleeping Gods Lie (1991) North American release of DOS version
- Volfied (1991) DOS port
- Wrath of the Demon (1990)
- Bomb Busters (1988)
- Rock Challenge (1988)
- Cosmic Bouncer (1988)
References
- ^ ReadySoft | Video Game Publisher, at VideoGameGeek
- ^ Into the Lair II, Advanced Computer Entertainment - issue 39 - page 86
- ^ A-Max II Plus, Compute! - issue 146 - page A22