Sydney Development Corporation

Sydney Development Corporation
Industry Enterprise Application Software (EAS)
Interactive entertainment
Founded 1978
Founder Tarrnie Williams
Defunct 1989
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people
 Tarrnie Williams
Products Project management software
Video games
Revenue $21 million In 1983
Number of employees
 ~100

Sydney Development Corporation (“SDC”), was the first publicly traded software company in Canada. Founded by Tarrnie Williams, SDC developed an online real-time project management system for the IBM System z mainframe computer, then various different business applications for microcomputers such as the Apple II, and eventually became the first developer and publisher of computer games for microcomputers in Canada.[1][2]

In 1981, SDC agreed to publish Evolution by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sembers, after Williams's 10-year-old son enjoyed a demo of the game.[3] Evolution sold over 400000 copies, with Mattrick and Sembers going on to found Distinctive Software.[4]

Sydney Development Corp. was the fastest growing public company in Canada in the five-year period 1978 to 1983 with fiscal year 1983 revenues of $21 million (equivalent to $47 million in 2017[5]).

The company filed for bankruptcy on 23 May 1989.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Case: Sydney Development Corp. [C]". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. February 14, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Case: Vancouver's video game family tree [C]". The Straight. The Georgia Strait. January 28, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ "A Distinctive Lineage". Escapist. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Wolf, Mark J. P. (2015). Video Games Around The World. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-52716-3.
  5. ↑ Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada. "Consumer Price Index, historical summary". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 26, 2018. CANSIM, table (for fee) 326-0021 and Catalogue nos. 62-001-X, 62-010-X and 62-557-X. And "Consumer Price Index, by province (monthly) (Canada)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  6. ↑ The Financial Post Survey of Predecessor and Defunct Companies. 10. Financial Post. 1993. p. 203. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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