Spectral Associates

Spectral Associates was an American maker of computer games for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was founded in 1980 and went defunct sometime in the late 1980s.[3] Spectral Associates sold their software through Radio Shack and via direct sales. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday.[6]

Spectral Associates
Founded1980[1]
FounderThomas Rosenbaum[2]
DefunctLate 1980s[3]
FateDefunct
Headquarters3418 South 90th Street, Tacoma, WA 98049[4] and 4633 South 348th Street, Auburn WA 98001[5]
ProductsComputer Games

Software Publications

Computer Games
  • Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation)[7]
  • Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)[8][9]
  • Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)[8][9]
  • Color Space War (cassette)
  • Cubix[10]
  • Decathlon[10]
  • Froggie[10]
  • Galagon[10]
  • Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)[8]
  • Ice Castles[11]
  • Interbank Incident (1985–1987)[3]
  • Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)[8][9]
  • Lunar Rover 1[10]
  • Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)[8][9]
  • Keys of the Wizard (cassette)[12]
  • Madness and the Minotaur (1982, cassette)[8]
  • Maze Escape (32K and above, cassette)
  • Module Man[10]
  • Ms. Gobbler (cassette/disk)[8]
  • Pegasus and the Phantom Riders (1985–1987)[3]
  • Pengon (cassette)[8]
  • Piggy (cassette)[8]
  • Planet Invasion (cassette)[8]
  • Qix[10]
  • Realm of Nauga (cassette)[13]
  • Roller Controller[10]
  • Space Sentry (cassette/disk)[8]
  • Springster (1985–1987)[3]
  • Storm Arrows (cassette/disk)[8]
  • Treasury Pack 1 (disk)[8] - these treasuries included (not necessarily an all-inclusive list): Keys of the Wizard, Lunar Rover Patrol, Cubix, Module Man, Qix, Roller Controller, Pengon, Decathlon, Lancer, Froggie, Galagon, and Lunar Rover 1[10]
  • Treasury Pack 2 (disk)[8]
  • Whirlybird Run (1982, cassette/disk)[8][9]

Computer Games (Educational)
  • Alpha Search (educational, cassette/disk)[8]

Applications/Utilities
  • Clone 80cc (cassette)[8]
  • RGB Patch (disk)[14]
  • Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)
  • Holiday Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)

Miscellaneous Publications

July 1980 - June 1981
  • Introduced a 16K upgrade, ($75.00) an editor/assembler, plus several other utilities and one of the first games: SPACE INVADERS. They were also in the process of developing MAGIC BOX which would enable Model I & III tapes to be loaded into the Color Computer.[1]

July 1981 - June 1982
  • Color Computer technical manual (book)[1]

July 1983 - June 1984
  • Color Basic Unravelled II (book)[1][15]
  • Disk Basic Unravelled II (book)[1][15]
  • Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)[1][15]
  • Super Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)[1][15]

Other
  • The Facts for the TRS-80 Color Computer (book, Copyright (c) 1983, First printing: Nov 1981, Fifth Printing: Jul 1983)[4]
  • CoCo 3 Secrets Revealed[8]

References
  1. "Coco Chronicles". www.cs.unc.edu. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. "Madness and the Minotaur - A Mystery Solved". Tea Leaves. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017. Madness and the Minotaur was written by the founder of Spectral Associates, Tom Rosenbaum.
  3. [Coco] Spectral Associates Wikipedia entry
  4. "Dan Connolly Software Releases". www.w3.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  5. http://textfiles.tonytee.nl/messages/ALANWESTON/1994/DLPH03_22.txt
  6. "Colorout". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. Cave Walker
  8. http://coco.clubltdstudios.com/reference/cocopricelist.txt
  9. "TRS-80 Cassette Software Page". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  10. "The CoCo Collector January 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  11. Kinns, Graham E. "Dragon Software Directory by Publisher". dragon32.info. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  12. "Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe - Vault - Keys of the Wizard". yois.if-legends.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  13. L. Curtis Boyle (2007) http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2007-October/032607.html
  14. "The Tandy Color Computer SuperSite". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  15. "Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site: Documentation - Books". www.trs-80.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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