Quality Software is a defunct American software developer and publisher which created games, business software, and development tools for the
Exidy Sorcerer,
Apple II
The Apple II (stylized as ) is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. It was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak; Jerry Manock developed the design of Apple II's foam-mold ...
, and
Atari 8-bit family
The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 as the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The series was successively upgraded to Atari 1200XL , Atari 600XL, Atari 800XL, Atari 65XE, Atari 130XE, Atari 800XE ...
in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ''Asteroids in Space'', written by programmer Bruce Wallace, was voted one of the most popular games of 1978-80 by ''
Softalk'' magazine.
Games
;1979
* ''
Starbase Hyperion
''Starbase Hyperion'' is a 1980 video game written by Don Ursem for the Exidy Sorcerer
The Sorcerer is a home computer system released in 1978 by the video game company Exidy. Based on the Zilog Z80 and the general layout of the emerging S-100 ...
'' by Don Ursem
;1980
* ''Asteroids in Space'' by Bruce Wallace, later renamed ''Meteoroids in Space''
* ''Battleship Commander'' by Matthew Jew and Erik Kilk
* ''Fastgammon'' by Bob Christiansen
* ''Fracas'' by Stuart Smith
* ''Head-On Collision'' by Lee Anders
* ''Tank Trap'' by Don Ursem
* ''Tari Trek'' by Fabio Ehrengruber
;1981
* ''
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard ...
'' by Stuart Smith
* ''Block Buster''
* ''Martian Invaders'' by James Albanese
* ''QS Reversi'' by Lee Merrill
;1982
* ''
Beneath Apple Manor
''Beneath Apple Manor'' is a roguelike game written by Don Worth for the Apple II and published by The Software Factory in 1978. Higher resolution "Special Editions" were released in 1982 and 1983, through Quality Software, for the Apple II and ...
'' Special Edition by Don Worth
* ''Jeepers Creepers'' by James Albanese
* ''Name That Song'' by Jerry White
;1983
* ''
The Return of Heracles
''The Return of Heracles'' is a role-playing video game for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64 and Apple II computers. It was written by Stuart Smith and published by Quality Software in 1983. Following Smith's adventure role playing games '' ...
'' by Stuart Smith
Development tools
* Assembler by Gary Shannon (Atari 8-bit, 1980)
* 6502 Disassembler by Bob Pierce (Atari 8-bit, 1980)
* Exidy Forth by James Albanese (Exidy Sorcerer, 1980)
* DPX Development Pac Extension by Don Ursem (Exidy Sorcerer, 1980)
* QS Forth by James Albanese (Atari 8-bit, 1981)
* Character Magic by Chris Hull (Atari 8-bit)
References
External links
Quality Software entryat
MobyGames
MobyGames is a commercial website that catalogs information on video games and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing. This includes nearly 300,000 games for hundreds of platforms. The site is supported by banner ads and a small ...
Defunct software companies of the United States
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Defunct companies based in California
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