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<p>Software Projects was a computer game development company which was started by <i><a href="/facts/Manic_Miner/QMGUDFdP">Manic Miner</a></i> developer <a href="/facts/Matthew_Smith_(games_programmer)/uy5YJXod">Matthew Smith</a>, Alan Maton and Colin Roach. After leaving <a href="/facts/Bug-Byte/11bBnRgA">Bug-Byte</a> as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed <i>Manic Miner</i> game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance contract. Software Projects was then able to market and publish the <a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a> hit game separately from <a href="/facts/Bug-Byte/11bBnRgA">Bug-Byte</a>. Their logo was a <a href="/facts/Penrose_triangle/A3UK4ov2">Penrose triangle</a>. </p><p>In 1987, Software Projects released Special FX Software's first title <i>Hysteria</i>. </p>