DROsoft explained

DROsoft
Type:Subsidiary
Foundation:1985
Location:Madrid, Spain
Industry:Video games
Parent:Electronic Arts

DROsoft was a Spanish computer and video game software distributor headquartered in Madrid. The company was founded in 1985 out of DRO Records, Spain's first independent record label.[1] It is considered to have played a part in the golden age of Spanish software,[2] having been described as one of the "principal distributors" of the age.[3] [4]

They were associated with the publication of a number of ZX Spectrum games,[5] some of which were marketed specifically for their translations to Spanish.[6] The company was further noted for translations of British-made games into Spanish, with the quality of the translations justifying their higher prices as compared to the rest of their software lineup.[7]

DROsoft also published the first graphical adventure game developed in Spain,, developed by Pendulo Studios.[8]

In 1988, they entered into an agreement to cooperate with Dinamic Software in distributing games, both in Spain and internationally.[9]

They were acquired by Electronic Arts on 14 November 1994, in order to allow direct distribution of Electronic Arts' software to the Spanish region.[10] One of its founding directors, Miguel Angel Gomez, later became the managing director of EMI Spain;[11] another, Jesús Alonso Gallo, went on to sell another business, Restaurantes.com, to the Michelin Group.[12]

In September 1995 they distributed the first E-books designed for children, as produced by Broderbund.[13] Their last published game was the Spanish version of Discworld in 1995.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Tejada. Ignacio Saenz de. 15 November 1986. El primer lustro de DRO. es. The first glimmer of DRO. El País. 10 July 2020. 1134-6582.
  2. Rodríguez. Fernando. 21 February 2003. Historia del software español de entretenimiento. Macedonia Magazine. 23 July 2020. es. History of Spanish entertainment software.
  3. Book: Esteve Gutiérrez, Jaume . Ocho Quilates: una historia de la Edad de Oro del software español (1987 - 1992). es. Eight carats: a history of the Golden Age of Spanish software (1987-1992). Star-T Magazine Books. 2012. 978-1-5305-2468-6 . 1026223350.
  4. Web site: Agudo. Sergio. 27 May 2016. La edad de oro del software español: una reivindicación romántica. 2020-07-23. Malavida. es. The golden age of Spanish software: a romantic claim.
  5. Web site: Dro Soft (Spain). 10 July 2020. Spectrum Computing.
  6. World of Spectrum. Archive.org. DROSoft Software Catalogue. 10 July 2020. https://ia800604.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/1/items/World_of_Spectrum_June_2017_Mirror/World%20of%20Spectrum%20June%202017%20Mirror.zip&file=World%20of%20Spectrum%20June%202017%20Mirror/sinclair/company-pics/c/CentroMail/DroSoftCatalogoSoftware.pdf.
  7. 10-16 March 1987. Dro Soft: Bajaremos los precios de todos nuestros programas. MicroHobby. Hobby Press. es. Dro Soft: We'll lower the prices of all our programmes. 119. 5. 23 July 2020. archive.org.
  8. Web site: Lago. Yago. 28 October 2019. La Mansión Maníaca: entrevista sobre Little Misfortune y 25 años de Igor Objetivo Uikokahonia. The Manic Mansion: interview about Little Misfortune and 25 years of Igor: Objective Uikokahonia. 10 July 2020. MeriStation. es.
  9. 10-23 May 1988. Acuerdo entre Dinamic y Dro Soft. MicroHobby. Hobby Press. es. Agreement between Dinamic and Dro Soft. 169. 6. 28 July 2020. archive.org.
  10. Electronic Arts acquires distributor in Spain; forms third subsidiary in continental Europe.. 14 November 1994. Electronic Arts. TheFreeLibrary.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20130516130231/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Electronic+Arts+acquires+distributor+in+Spain%3b+forms+third+subsidiary...-a015926355. 16 May 2013. dead.
  11. Llewellyn. Howell. 2 November 1996. EMI Spain ups VP Miguel Angel Gomez to managing director. Billboard. 108. 44. 28 July 2020. Google Books.
  12. Web site: Jesús Alonso Gallo, business angel y fundador de restaurantes.com. Jesús Alonso Gallo, business angel and founder of restaurantes.com. 10 July 2020. www.elreferente.es. ES.
  13. 1 September 1995. DRO Soft comercializa los Living Books de Broderbund. DRO Soft distributes Broderbund Living Books. 10 July 2020. DROsoft. PCWorld. es. 11 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711232713/https://www.pcworld.es/articulos/boletin-de-noticias/dro-soft-comercializa-los-living-books-de-broderbund-482860/. dead.
  14. Web site: Dro Soft . 2024-04-29 . MobyGames . en.

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