Spectral Associates was an American maker of computer games for the

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. It was founded in 1980 and went defunct sometime in the late 1980s. Spectral Associates sold their software through

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and via direct sales. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday.

Software Publications

Computer Games

* ''Cave Walker'' (1986, via Tandy Corporation) * ''Color Meteoroids 1.6'' (1981)http://coco.clubltdstudios.com/reference/cocopricelist.txt * ''Color Space Invaders 1.4'' (1981) * ''Color Space War'' (cassette) * ''Cubix'' * ''Decathlon'' * ''Froggie'' * ''Galagon'' * ''Ghost Gobbler'' (cassette/disk) * ''Ice Castles'' * ''Interbank Incident'' (1985–1987) * ''Lancer'' (1983, cassette/disk) * ''Lunar Rover 1'' * ''Lunar Rover Patrol'' (1983, cassette/disk) * ''Keys of the Wizard'' (cassette) * '' Madness and the Minotaur'' (1982, cassette) * ''Maze Escape'' (32K and above, cassette) * ''Module Man'' * ''Ms. Gobbler'' (cassette/disk) * ''Pegasus and the Phantom Riders'' (1985–1987) * ''Pengon'' (cassette) * ''Piggy'' (cassette) * ''Planet Invasion'' (cassette) * ''Qix'' * '' Realm of Nauga'' (cassette) L. Curtis Boyle (2007) http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2007-October/032607.html * ''Roller Controller'' * ''Space Sentry'' (cassette/disk) * ''Springster'' (1985–1987) * ''Storm Arrows'' (cassette/disk) * ''Treasury Pack 1'' (disk) - these treasuries included (not necessarily an all-inclusive list): ''Keys of the Wizard'', ''Lunar Rover Patrol'', ''Cubix'', ''Module Man'', ''Qix'', ''Roller Controller'', ''Pengon'', ''Decathlon'', ''Lancer'', ''Froggie'', ''Galagon'', and ''Lunar Rover 1'' * ''Treasury Pack 2'' (disk) * ''Whirlybird Run'' (1982, cassette/disk)

Computer Games (Educational)

* ''Alpha Search'' (educational, cassette/disk)

Applications/Utilities

* Clone 80cc (cassette) * RGB Patch (disk) * Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo) * Holiday Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)

Miscellaneous Publications

July 1980 - June 1981

* Introduced a 16K upgrade, ($75.00) an editor/assembler, plus several other utilities and one of the first games: SPACE INVADERS. They were also in the process of developing MAGIC BOX which would enable Model I & III tapes to be loaded into the Color Computer.

July 1981 - June 1982

* Color Computer technical manual (book)

July 1983 - June 1984

* Color Basic Unravelled II (book) * Disk Basic Unravelled II (book) * Extended Basic Unravelled II (book) * Super Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)

Other

External links

TRS-80 Book Covers

References

{{Reflist Defunct video game companies of the United States Video game companies established in 1980 Defunct educational software companies