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Software Projects was a computer game development company which was started by Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith, Alan Maton and Colin Roach. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance contract. Software Projects was then able to market and publish the ZX Spectrum hit game separately from Bug-Byte. Their logo was a Penrose triangle.

In 1987, Software Projects released Special FX Software's first title Hysteria.

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Released games

In 1984 and 1985 they released a number of budget titles at £2.99 on the Software Supersavers label.22

References

  1. Graham Taylor (April 1984). "And pigs will fly... Graham Taylor talks to Matthew Smith and Alan Maton of Software Projects". Popular Computing Weekly. http://www.carlylesmith.karoo.net/spectrum/matsmith/mattpcw.html

  2. "NEWS". Crash. Newsfield. March 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 8 November 2023. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.php?issue_id=1017&page=8

  3. "World of Spectrum - Astronut". https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/astronut-software-projects-ltd

  4. "BC's Quest for Tires". http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=001&page=034&thumbstart=0&magazine=zzap&check=0

  5. "Amstrad Action-001-Binky-AMS.JPG". https://nx13389.your-storageshare.de/s/ts9d6YokQ7HMH96

  6. "Crazy Balloon (1983 Software Projects) [388]". 1983. https://archive.org/details/uta_Crazy_Balloon_1983_Software_Projects_388

  7. "Crypt Capers - Software - Game - Computing History". http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/26615/Crypt-Capers/

  8. "Dinky Doo - Software - Game - Computing History". http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/40999/Dinky%20Doo/

  9. "Dodo Lair - Software - Game - Computing History". http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/12666/Dodo-Lair/

  10. "Commodore User Magazine Issue 41". February 1987. https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-41/page/n66/mode/1up?view=theater

  11. "Commodore User Magazine Issue 41". February 1987. https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-41/page/n66/mode/1up?view=theater

  12. "Ewgeebez - Software - Game - Computing History". http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/17687/Ewgeebez/

  13. "Galactic Gardener - Software - Game - Computing History". http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/31330/Galactic-Gardener/

  14. "Harvey Smith Showjumper - Software - Computing History". http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/12632/Harvey-Smith-Showjumper/

  15. Graham Taylor (April 1984). "And pigs will fly... Graham Taylor talks to Matthew Smith and Alan Maton of Software Projects". Popular Computing Weekly. http://www.carlylesmith.karoo.net/spectrum/matsmith/mattpcw.html

  16. "Karls Kavern - Software - Game - Computing History". http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/20223/Karls-Kavern/

  17. "Lode runner". Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150908002231/http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/l/LodeRunner.jpg

  18. "Nutcraka". http://www.bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=229

  19. "Ometron - Software - Game - Computing History". http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/30740/Ometron/

  20. "Personal Computer Games Issue15". https://archive.org/details/Personal_Computer_Games_Issue15/page/n49/mode/2up?view=theater

  21. "Tribble Trubble | Retro Gamer". 23 December 2008. https://www.retrogamer.net/retro_games80/tribble-trubble/

  22. "More at less". ZX Computing. Argus Specialist Publications: 82. February–March 1985. https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.php?issue_id=353&page=82