Ariolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records. Ariolasoft also had a British subsidiary, Ariolasoft UK, which was run by Ashley Gray (later replaced by Willie Carminke) and Frank Brunger. The company released approximately ten games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amiga systems, and numerous titles for the Atari 8-bit.
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- Ariolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records. Ariolasoft also had a British subsidiary, Ariolasoft UK, which was run by Ashley Gray (later replaced by Willie Carminke) and Frank Brunger. The company released approximately ten games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amiga systems, and numerous titles for the Atari 8-bit. It was also the German publisher for Activision games developed for the Atari 2600, and the European publisher for Electronic Arts and Brøderbund games, before those companies set up their own European offices. Ariolasoft also developed the cassette ports of those titles, and also developed original games. In addition to software activities, they were also the German distributor of the Sega Master System between approximately 1987 and 1988. In 1990, the company was renamed United Software, which in 1993 was taken over by MicroProse Germany.
- Ariolasoft war ein deutsches Softwareunternehmen aus den 80er Jahren. Neben dem deutschen Vertrieb der Spiele namhafter Hersteller wie Hewson, Telecomsoft, Tynesoft, Microprose und anderer veröffentlichte Ariolasoft in Eigenregie auch Spiele deutscher Programmierer für ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Schneider/Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari XL/XE, Atari ST und MS-DOS. Die bekanntesten Eigenveröffentlichungen aus dieser Zeit sind die Handelssimulation "Hanse" und das Text-Grafik-Adventure "Ooze". 1989 wurde für den Vertrieb eigener Produktionen das Label "Art Edition" ins Leben gerufen. Außerdem veröffentlichte Ariolasoft zwischen 1987 und 1988 auch Spiele für das Sega Master System in Deutschland. Ariolasoft war eine Tochterfirma der deutschen Plattengesellschaft Ariola, die zur BMG Gruppe gehört. 1990 trennte sich Ariola von der Softwaresparte, sodass Ariolasoft umbenannt werden musste. Als neuer Name wurde United Software gewählt. 1993 wurde United Software von MicroProse Germany übernommen. 1998 erfolgte deren Übernahme von Hasbro, 2001 von Infogrames. Diese haben sich 2003 in Atari umbenannt.
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- Acquired by MicroProse Germany
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- Ariolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records. Ariolasoft also had a British subsidiary, Ariolasoft UK, which was run by Ashley Gray (later replaced by Willie Carminke) and Frank Brunger. The company released approximately ten games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amiga systems, and numerous titles for the Atari 8-bit.
- Ariolasoft war ein deutsches Softwareunternehmen aus den 80er Jahren. Neben dem deutschen Vertrieb der Spiele namhafter Hersteller wie Hewson, Telecomsoft, Tynesoft, Microprose und anderer veröffentlichte Ariolasoft in Eigenregie auch Spiele deutscher Programmierer für ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Schneider/Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari XL/XE, Atari ST und MS-DOS. Die bekanntesten Eigenveröffentlichungen aus dieser Zeit sind die Handelssimulation "Hanse" und das Text-Grafik-Adventure "Ooze".
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