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Penguin Software was a computer software and video game publisher from Geneva, Illinois that produced graphics and application software and games for the Apple II, Macintosh, IBM, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari 8-bit, and Atari ST computers. [1]

42 relations: Abandonware, Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Atari ST, Brand, Commodore 64, Copy protection, Damon Slye, David Lubar, Dynamix, End-of-life (product), Expedition Amazon, Freeware, Game engine, Geneva, Illinois, GitHub, Graphics Magician, Home computer, IBM, Illinois, International Center for the History of Electronic Games, Lawsuit, Macintosh, Mark Pelczarski, Michael Berlyn, MobyGames, Oo-Topos, Penguin Books, Role-playing video game, Software, Source code, Spy's Demise, Stellar 7, Strong National Museum of Play, The Coveted Mirror, The Quest (1983 video game), Trademark infringement, Transylvania (series), Video game developer, Video game publisher, Xyphus.

Abandonware

Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no support is available.

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Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.

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Apple II

The Apple II (stylized as Apple.

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Atari 8-bit family

The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 and manufactured until 1992.

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Atari ST

The Atari ST is a line of home computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the Atari 8-bit family.

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Brand

A brand is a name, term, design, symbol, or other feature that distinguishes an organization or product from its rivals in the eyes of the customer.

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Commodore 64

The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, January 7–10, 1982).

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Copy protection

Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy prevention and copy restriction, is any effort designed to prevent the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media, usually for copyright reasons.

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Damon Slye

Damon Slye (born June 15, 1962) is a computer game designer, director, and programmer.

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David Lubar

David Lubar (born March 16, 1954) is an author of numerous books for teens.

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Dynamix

Dynamix, Inc. was an American developer of video games from 1984 to 2001, best known for the flight simulator ''Red Baron'', the puzzle game The Incredible Machine, the Front Page Sports series, the acclaimed Betrayal at Krondor, and their online multiplayer game Tribes.

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End-of-life (product)

"End-of-life" (EOL) is a term used with respect to a product supplied to customers, indicating that the product is in the end of its useful life (from the vendor's point of view), and a vendor stops marketing, selling, or rework sustaining it.

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Expedition Amazon

Expedition Amazon is a 1983 role-playing video game designed by Willard Phillips and published by Penguin Software.

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Freeware

Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost.

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Game engine

A game engine is a software development environment designed for people to build video games.

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Geneva, Illinois

Geneva is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Illinois, United States.

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GitHub

GitHub Inc. is a web-based hosting service for version control using Git.

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Graphics Magician

The Graphics Magician, subtitled Picture Painter, is a utility for drawing bitmapped images and playing them back from user-developed programs.

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Home computer

Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming common during the 1980s.

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IBM

The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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International Center for the History of Electronic Games

The International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG) collects, studies, and interprets video games, other electronic games, and related materials and the ways in which electronic games are changing how people play, learn, and connect with each other, including across boundaries of culture and geography.

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit (or suit in law) is "a vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons in the courts of law." A lawsuit is any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.

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Macintosh

The Macintosh (pronounced as; branded as Mac since 1998) is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc. since January 1984.

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Mark Pelczarski

Mark Pelczarski wrote and published some of the earliest digital multimedia computer software.

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Michael Berlyn

Michael Berlyn (born 1949) is an American video game designer and writer.

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MobyGames

MobyGames is a commercial website that catalogs video games both past and present.

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Oo-Topos

Oo-Topos is an interactive fiction game published by Sentient Software in 1981 for the Apple II.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a British publishing house.

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Role-playing video game

A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as simply a role-playing game or an RPG as well as a computer role-playing game or a CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (and/or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world.

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Software

Computer software, or simply software, is a generic term that refers to a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built, that actually performs the work.

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Source code

In computing, source code is any collection of code, possibly with comments, written using a human-readable programming language, usually as plain text.

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Spy's Demise

Spy's Demise is an action game written by Alan Zeldin for the Apple II, published by Penguin Software in 1982.

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Stellar 7

Stellar 7 is an first-person shoot 'em up tank simulation video game based on the arcade game Battlezone in which the player assumes the role of a futuristic tank pilot.

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Strong National Museum of Play

The National Museum of Play, formerly Strong National Museum of Play, is part of The Strong in Rochester, New York, United States.

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The Coveted Mirror

The Coveted Mirror was a graphical text-based adventure game published for the Apple II.

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The Quest (1983 video game)

The Quest is a graphic fantasy text adventure computer game released in 1983 by Penguin Software.

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Trademark infringement

Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attached to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees (provided that such authorization was within the scope of the licence).

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Transylvania (series)

Transylvania was the name of a trilogy of computer games released for several home computers of the 1980s.

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Video game developer

A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games.

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Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer.

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Xyphus

Xyphus is a role-playing video game first released in 1984.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Software

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