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| Industry | Video games |
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| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Matthew Smith, Alan Maton[1] |
| Defunct | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Bear Brand Complex, Allerton Road, Woolton, Liverpool L25 7SF |
Key people | Matthew Smith, Alan Maton Colin Roach |
| Products | Computer games |
Software Projects was a computer game development company which was started by Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith, Alan Maton and Colin Roach. After leaving Bug-Byte 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.[1] Software Projects was then able to market and publish the ZX Spectrum hit game separately from Bug-Byte. Their logo was a Penrose triangle.
In 1987, the company had a deal with Special FX Software to release the company's first title Hysteria. The team would soon join Ocean Software afterwards.[2]
- ^ a b Graham Taylor (April 1984). "And pigs will fly... Graham Taylor talks to Matthew Smith and Alan Maton of Software Projects". Popular Computing Weekly.
- ^ "NEWS". Crash. Newsfield. March 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 8 November 2023.