Ozark Softscape
Ozark Softscape was a computer game development team consisting initially of Dan Bunten, Bill Bunten, Jim Rushing, and Alan Watson.
History
The company was based out of Little Rock, Arkansas and had profound success with a few of their early titles. Ozark Softscape had a publishing deal with Electronic Arts for several of its groundbreaking games.
Titles
- Cytron Masters (1982)
- M.U.L.E. (1983)
- The Seven Cities of Gold (1984)
- Heart of Africa (1985)
- Robot Rascals (1986)
- Modem Wars (1988)
In the early 1990s, Ozark Softscape left their partnership with Electronic Arts over a dispute to port some games to cartridge format for the Nintendo Entertainment System. They began a partnership with MicroProse to produce two more influential titles:
- Command HQ (1990)
- Global Conquest (1992)
A dispute occurred over creating a follow-up to M.U.L.E. with Sega in 1993, and the company dissolved. The employees of Ozark Softscape moved to different areas of the software industry.