Fate: | Dissolved |
Successor: | Cyberdreams |
Foundation: | 1989 |
Defunct: | 1998 |
Location: | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Industry: | Video games |
Key People: | Louis Wittek, founder |
Products: | Towdie, Atomix, Hexagonia |
Num Employees: | 10+ |
Subsid: | Bit magazine |
Ultrasoft was a computer game developer and computer game publisher located in Bratislava, Slovakia.[1] [2] The company specialised in the development and publishing of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer. With over 40 titles published,[3] its most successful including the platform game Towdie and puzzle games Atomix and Hexagonia – Atomix 2. Ultrasoft also acted as an exclusive distributor within the territory of Czechoslovakia for Domark and Ocean Software[4] game software houses based in the UK. Apart from computer games, the company also published a dozen or so non-game titles, mostly for learning foreign languages, as well as text, image, sound and music editors.
The company was founded by Louis Wittek in 1989, and dissolved in 1998.
Title | Year | Developer (Country) | Genre | |
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Arkarum | 1990 | Rumatisoft (Slovakia) | Shoot 'em up | |
Atomix | 1991 | Scorpion (Czech Republic) | Puzzle video game | |
Axons | 1992 | Ľubomír Salanci (Slovakia) | Shoot 'em up | |
Cesta Bojovníka (Way of the Warrior) | 1992 | KM Soft (Czech Republic) | ||
Chrobák Truhlík (Beetle Dim-witt) | 1991 | Sybilasoft (Slovakia) | Text adventure | |
Crux 92 | 1992 | Marek Trefný (Czech Republic) | Action Puzzle video game | |
Dokonalá vražda II - Bukapao (Perfect murder II - Bukapao) | 1991 | Ľudovít Wittek (Slovakia) | Text adventure | |
Double Dash | 1991 | Fuxoft (Czech Republic) | Action Puzzle video game | |
F.I.R.E. | 1991 | Fuxoft (Czech Republic) | Shoot 'em up | |
Galactic Gunners | 1992 | Cybexlab Software (Czech Republic) | Shoot 'em up | |
Hexagonia – Atomix 2 | 1992 | Scorpion (Czech Republic) | Puzzle video game | |
Jet-Story | 1992 | Cybexlab Software (Czech Republic) | Arcade game | |
Kliatba Noci (Curse of the Night) | 1993 | Microtech Systems (United States) DSA Computer Graphics (Slovakia) | Action-adventure game | |
Komando 2 (Commando 2) | 1992 | Microtech Systems (United States) DSA Computer Graphics (Slovakia) | Shoot 'em up | |
Logic | 1991 | Rumatisoft (Slovakia) | Puzzle video game | |
Notorik | 1992 | Bytepack (Slovakia) | Action-adventure game | |
Octopussy | 1992 | Bytepack (Slovakia) | ||
Pedro 1 (Pedro on the Pirates' Island) | 1992 | Gold Storm (Slovakia) | Action-adventure game | |
Pedro 2 (Pedro in the Haunted Castle) | 1993 | Gold Storm (Slovakia) | Action-adventure game | |
Pedro 3 (Pedro in the Land of Pyramids) | 1993 | Gold Storm (Slovakia) | Action-adventure game | |
Phantom F4 - Part 1 | 1992 | Microtech Systems DSA Computer Graphics (United States) DSA Computer Graphics (Slovakia) | Action game | |
Phantom F4 - Part 2 | 1992 | Microtech Systems (United States) DSA Computer Graphics (Slovakia) | Action game | |
Pick Out 2 | 1993 | Bytepack (Slovakia) | Puzzle video game | |
Prva Akcia (First Heist) | 1992 | Microtech Systems (United States) DSA Computer Graphics (Slovakia) | Arcade game | |
Quadrax | 1994 | David Durčák and Marián Ferko (Slovakia) | Puzzle video game | |
Rýchle Šípy 1 (Swift Arrows 1) | 1991 | Májasoft and CIDsoft (Czech Republic) | Text adventure | |
Rýchle Šípy 2 (Swift Arrows 2) | 1991 | Májasoft and CIDsoft (Czech Republic) | Text adventure | |
Sach-Mat (Check-Mate) | 1992 | Ján Deák (Slovakia) | Chess video game | |
Sherwood | 1992 | DSA Computer Graphics (Slovakia) | Action Strategy video game | |
Skladačka (Puzzle) | 1992 | Deltasoft (Slovakia) | Text adventure | |
Star Dragon | 1991 | Scorpion (Czech Republic) | Shoot 'em up | |
Tetris 2 | 1991 | Fuxoft (Czech Republic) | Puzzle video game | |
Towdie | 1994 | DSA Computer Graphics (Slovakia) | Action-adventure game | |
Twilight - Krajina Tieňov (Twilight - The Land of Shadows) | 1995 | Ľubomír Dekan, Radoslav Javor and Norbert Grellneth (Slovakia) | Adventure game |
Between 1991–1994 Ultrasoft also published a specialised monthly magazine Bit, aimed at owners of home computers and dealing with computer games in particular.[5]