Quality Software

Quality Software
Industry Computer and video games
Founder Bob Pierce
Bob Christiansen
Headquarters Chatsworth, California, United States
Key people
 James Albanese
Lars X Savant
Denise Delgato

Quality Software is a defunct software design company that published games and development tools for the Exidy Sorcerer, Apple II and Atari 8-bit family in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1] Asteroids in Space, a Quality Software title created by programmer Bruce Wallace, was voted one of the most popular software titles of 1978-80 by Softalk magazine.[2]

Products

Games

  • Asteroids in Space by Bruce Wallace
  • Meteoroids in Space by Bruce Wallace (1981)
  • Jeepers Creepers by James Albanese (1983)
  • Martian Invaders by James Albanese (1981)
  • Fastgammon by Bob Christiansen (1981)
  • Battleship Commander by Matthew Jew and Erik Kilk (1980)
  • Fracas by Stuart Smith (1980)
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Stuart Smith (1982)
  • The Return of Heracles by Stuart Smith (1982)
  • Tank Trap by Don Ursem (1981)
  • Tari Trek by Fabio Ehrengruber (1981)
  • Starbase Hyperion by Don Ursem (1979)
  • Name That Song by Jerry White (1982)
  • Beneath Apple Manor by Don Worth (1978). Special Edition released 1982.

Development tools

  • Assembler by Gary Shannon (Atari 8-bit, 1980)[3]
  • 6502 Disassembler by Bob Pierce (Atari 8-bit, 1980)[4]
  • Exidy Forth by James Albanese (Exidy Sorcerer, 1980)
  • QS Forth by James Albanese (Atari 8-bit, 1981)
  • Character Magic by Chris Hull (Atari 8-bit)

References

  1. ↑ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  2. ↑ "Most Popular Software of 1978-80". Softalk. 1980. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  3. ↑ "Assembler". Atari Mania.
  4. ↑ "6502 Disassembler". Atari Mania.


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