Cronosoft

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
Cronosoft was formed in late 2002 as a result of little software being released for older 8-bit computers. The last major commercial releases and magazine support for systems such as the <a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a> and <a href="/facts/Commodore_64/3TPcKDbb">Commodore 64</a> ceasing around 1993.
Its first release, Egghead in Space (the third Egghead game in the series, the first in the series being published by <a href="/facts/Crash_(magazine)/Vux8SpYe">Crash magazine</a> in the UK),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> was written and developed by Jonathan Cauldwell, and released on <a href="/facts/Compact_Cassette/w8I5uyfs">cassette</a> format for the ZX Spectrum in 2003<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>
Since the beginning, Cronosoft has increased its range of software to include titles, not only for the ZX Spectrum, but also for the <a href="/facts/Commodore_64/3TPcKDbb">Commodore 64</a>, <a href="/facts/VIC-20/bLE8KkRE">VIC-20</a>, <a href="/facts/Amstrad_CPC/U2F6jDXY">Amstrad CPC</a>, <a href="/facts/ZX81/I0uDYb3n">ZX81</a>, <a href="/facts/ZX80/n7G0FJeW">ZX80</a>, <a href="/facts/Dragon_32/G7LaxnVn">Dragon 32</a>, and even the <a href="/facts/Mattel_Aquarius/4Ql7s4YF">Mattel Aquarius</a>. Popular titles include Platform Game Designer, Astro Nell, Quantum Gardening, Glove, LumASCII and Code Zero. More recent releases have included Quadron<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> by Cosmium, and Sokobaarn,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> popular but very different games for the ZX Spectrum.
Cronosoft's plan is to expand its range to cover even more obscure home computers like the <a href="/facts/TRS-80_Color_Computer/KISXB65L">TRS-80 Color Computer</a>, <a href="/facts/Oric_1/FDBJwRcj">Oric 1</a>, <a href="/facts/Sord_M5/GpaKFqkX">Sord M5</a>, and <a href="/facts/TI-99%2f4A/9YWyzBhp">TI-99/4A</a>. Of the 100+ titles released as of 2020, more than half are for the ZX Spectrum, ZX80, and ZX81. The next most popular format is the VIC-20.
Cronosoft has been featured in several mainstream computer magazines, including <a href="/facts/Retro_Gamer/GaU4SE9e">Retro Gamer</a>, <a href="/facts/GamesTM/TeTvFjIK">GamesTM</a> and <a href="/facts/Micro_Mart/cpvH5JQ2">Micro Mart</a>. The company also regularly exhibits at computer shows across the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>; in the past, this included CGE UK, ORSAM and RETRO BALL. Cronosoft has been referenced by the <a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">BBC</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> <a href="/facts/The_Guardian/H84wwJYM">The Guardian</a> newspaper,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> <a href="/facts/The_Independent/g1P75Mfz">The Independent</a> Newspaper,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> and has been featured in the movie <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8667412/">Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict</a>.

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.cronosoft.co.uk">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">"What We Do..." The Cronosoft Shop. Retrieved 19 May 2018. <a href="https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/storepage5357726.aspx" target="_blank">https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/storepage5357726.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"Other Stuff About Us". The Cronosoft Shop. Retrieved 19 May 2018. <a href="https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/storepage5412234.aspx" target="_blank">https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/storepage5412234.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Egghead in Space at SpectrumComputing.co.uk". Retrieved 19 May 2018. <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=12592" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=12592</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Cauldwell, Jonathan. "Egghead - The Games". Egghead. Spanglefish.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018. <a href="http://www.spanglefish.com/egghead/index.asp?pageid=531145" target="_blank">http://www.spanglefish.com/egghead/index.asp?pageid=531145</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"Quadron at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware". <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=34622" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=34622</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"Spectrum Computing - ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware". <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"Keeping the joystick dream alive". 29 April 2009. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8024182.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8024182.stm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"Retro games | Page 12 of 14 | Games | the Guardian". TheGuardian.com. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/retro-games?page=12" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/games/retro-games?page=12</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"The new wave of retro gaming". Independent.co.uk. 18 June 2010. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/the-new-wave-of-retro-gaming-2004295.html" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/the-new-wave-of-retro-gaming-2004295.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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