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<p>Access Software, Inc. was an American <a href="/facts/Video_game_developer/6gbHyvDu">video game developer</a> based in <a href="/facts/Salt_Lake_City/vDHXskTN">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/facts/Utah/te7zUyBX">Utah</a>. Founded in November 1982 by <a href="/facts/Bruce_Carver/1Srll38M">Bruce Carver</a> and <a href="/facts/Chris_Jones_(Access_Software)/oF6kjPjf">Chris Jones</a>, the company created the <i><a href="/facts/Beach_Head_(video_game)/ya1mISUe">Beach Head</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Links_(series)/BTKdveqL">Links</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Tex_Murphy/UWxkC5Fr">Tex Murphy</a></i> series, as well as <i><a href="/facts/Raid_over_Moscow/no0tb48L">Raid over Moscow</a></i>. Access Software was acquired by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> in April 1999, transitioning in name twice before being acquired by <a href="/facts/Take-Two_Interactive/j7GR2lIr">Take-Two Interactive</a> in October 2004, receiving the name Indie Built. In January 2005, Access Software became part of Take-Two's <a href="/facts/2K_(company)/N4hE8Kg7">2K</a> label. Following a poor financial performance at Take-Two, Indie Built was closed down in May 2006. </p><p>TruGolf, a company that develops indoor <a href="/facts/Golf_simulator/PB0TvbvB">golf simulators</a>, was formerly a subsidiary of Access Software based on the display technology they had made for the <i>Links</i> games and spun out to its own company during the Microsoft acquisition. Following the closure by Take-Two, many of the studio's developers went to TruGolf. Separately, Jones has established <a href="/facts/Big_Finish_Games/lpRw718T">Big Finish Games</a> to continue the <i>Tex Murphy</i> series. </p>