ReadySoft was a

video game developer A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...

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

Laser disc The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as MCA DiscoVision (also known simply as "DiscoVision") in the United States in 1978. Its diameter typicall ...

game series ''

Dragon's Lair ''Dragon's Lair'' is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth. The series is famous for its Western animation-style graphics and complex decades-long history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television an ...

'', ''

Space Ace ''Space Ace'' is a LaserDisc video game produced by Bluth Group, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems). It was unveiled in October 1983, just four months after the ''Dragon's Lair'' game, followed b ...

'', and their sequels. As a publisher, they frequently handled North American release of games by French developer

Silmarils The Silmarils (Quenya in-universe ''pl''. ''Silmarilli'', ''radiance of pure light''Tolkien, J. R. R., "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in ''Vinyar Tengwar'', 46, July 2 ...

Emulators

ReadySoft's first product was a

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...

emulator In computing, an emulator is Computer hardware, hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the ''host'') to behave like another computer system (called the ''guest''). An emulator typically enables the host system to run so ...

for the

Amiga Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16- or 32-bit processors, 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphi ...

. In 1992, ReadySoft published the A-Max II and A-Max II Plus

Macintosh The Mac (known as Macintosh until 1999) is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple Inc. Macs are known for their ease of use and minimalist designs, and are popular among students, creative professionals, and ...

emulators for the Amiga which were software emulators augmented by add-on hardware.A-Max II Plus
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Games

Developed or ported by ReadySoft

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Brain Dead 13 ''Brain Dead 13'' is an interactive movie video game developed and originally published in North America by ReadySoft on 15 December 1995 and in Europe by Empire Interactive on the same year for the MS-DOS. Unlike ''Dragon's Lair'' and ''Space Ac ...

'' (1995) *'' Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp'' (1996) Rerelease *''

'' (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) *''

'' (1989)

Published or distributed by ReadySoft

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Deus ''Deus'' (, ) is the Latin word for "god" or "deity". Latin ''deus'' and ''dīvus'' ("divine") are in turn descended from Proto-Indo-European *'' deiwos'', "celestial" or "shining", from the same root as '' *Dyēus'', the reconstructed chief g ...

'' (1996) US release *'' Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity'' (1995) Canadian release of DOS version *''

Robinson's Requiem ''Robinson's Requiem'' is a 1994 survival simulation video game developed and originally published by Silmarils exclusively in Europe for the Atari ST, Atari Falcon and Amiga. Taking place in the 22nd century where Earth and colonized planets are ...

'' (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 ''Sleeping Gods Lie'' was a first-person adventure game released on the Amiga, DOS and Atari ST, published by Empire Interactive in 1989. Gameplay It was set in the world of Tessera, a land created by the Gods, which had fallen into the contro ...

'' (1991) North American release of DOS version *''

Volfied is an arcade video game designed by Fukio Mitsuji and released by Taito in 1989. It is a successor to '' Qix'', with extra features and a futuristic science fiction aesthetic, rather than ''Qix''s abstract geometry style; the player pilots a sma ...

'' (1991) DOS port *'' Wrath of the Demon'' (1990) *'' Bomb Busters'' (1988) *'' Rock Challenge'' (1988) *'' Cosmic Bouncer'' (1988)

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