Spectral Associates was an American maker of
computer game
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...
s for the
TRS-80 Color Computer. It was founded in 1980 and went defunct sometime in the late 1980s.
Spectral Associates sold their software through
Radio Shack 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)
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* ''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)
* ''
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* ''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''
* ''
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* ''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
* The Facts for the TRS-80 Color Computer (book, Copyright (c) 1983, First printing: Nov 1981, Fifth Printing: Jul 1983)
* CoCo 3 Secrets Revealed
External links
TRS-80 Book Covers
References
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Defunct video game companies of the United States
Video game companies established in 1980
Defunct educational software companies