Spectral Associates

Spectral Associates

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Spectral Associates
company_
fate = Defunct
location = 3418 South 90th Street, Tacoma, WA 98049 [http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/support/ Dan Connolly Software Releases ] ] and 4633 South 348th Street, Auburn WA 98001http://textfiles.tonytee.nl/messages/ALANWESTON/1994/DLPH03_22.txt]
slogan =
successor =
foundation = 1980 [http://www.cs.unc.edu/~yakowenk/coco/text/history.html Coco Chronicles ] ]
defunct = Late 1980s [http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2007-October/032677.html [Coco Spectral Associates wikipedia entry ] ]
key_people =
products = Computer Games

Spectral Associates was a American maker of computer games for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was founded in 1980 and was defunct as sometime in the late 1980s. Spectral Associates sold their software exclusively through Radio Shack. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday [http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/colorout.html Colorout ] ] .

oftware Publications

Computer Games

* Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation) [http://coco_docs.tripod.com/id45.htm Cave Walker ] ]
* Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)http://coco.clubltdstudios.com/reference/cocopricelist.txt] [http://discover-net.net/~dmkeil/coco/software/cococass.htm TRS-80 Cassette Software Page ] ]
* Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)
* Color Space War (cassette)
* Cubix [http://coco.clubltdstudios.com/reference/cococollector0603.html The CoCo Collector January 2006 ] ]
* Decathlon
* Froggie
* Galagon
* Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)
* Ice Castles [http://dragon32.info/software/by-pub.html#Spectral%20Associates/Microdeal Dragon Software Directory by Publisher ] ]
* Interbank Incident (1985-1987)
* Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)
* Lunar Rover 1
* Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)
* Keys of the Wizard (cassette) [http://yois.if-legends.org/vault.php?id=935 Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe - Vault - Keys of the Wizard ] ]
* Madness and the Minotaur (1982, 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) [http://www.coco3.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=975 The Tandy Color Computer SuperSite ] ]

Demos

* 2 Coco 3 demos (1985-1987) [http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2007-October/032685.html [Coco Spectral Associates wikipedia entry ] ]

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) [http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-mag-books.htm Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site: Documentation - Books ] ]
* 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

* http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/support/
* http://www.cs.unc.edu/~yakowenk/coco/text/history.html
* http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/colorout.html
* http://www.trs-80.com/trs80-mag-books.htm
* http://discover-net.net/~dmkeil/coco/software/cococass.htm
* http://coco.clubltdstudios.com/reference/cocopricelist.txt

References


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