Radarsoft

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Radarsoft
Industry Video games
Educational software
Founded1984
Headquarters Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Key people
John Vanderaart (aka DRJ)
ProductsEndless
Hopeless
Snoopy
Zenith
Website http://radarsoft.nl/

Radarsoft is a Dutch software development company that published video games in the 1980s. It released its first game (3D Tic Tac Toe) in 1984 for the Commodore 64. Until 1987 Radarsoft released multiple titles for the Amiga, Atari, Philips MSX and DOS. [1] Their main focus was the Dutch market, so most games are only available in Dutch. In 1986 Radarsoft went to the American video game market, but a packaging error at a Dutch warehouse cost the studio more money than they were able to recoup. [2]

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The software company was created after John Vanderaart, Cees Kramer and Edwin Neuteboom, who had already made several games together, met law student Leonardo Jacobs. Later, the four students from Leiden worked with the cartoonist Wijo Koek. They got in touch with Maurice de Hond through Jacobs, and were commissioned to make a topography program. This program was included with the purchase of a Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum from V&D or Dixons. [2] While initially only released in the Netherlands, this program was later translated and published in Finland as well.

Some of Radarsoft's most successful games include the shooter Eindeloos (aka Endless or Infinitis, 1985, also released in France and England) [3] and the platform game Hopeloos (Hopeless, 1986). The games Topografie Nederland and Tempo Typen were used in the television game show It's All in the Game . [4] They also released a Commodore 64 platform game featuring Snoopy (1984) and Co & Co (1985). [5] The last game Radarsoft has been credited for is Zenith (1997), a pinball game for the Philips CD-i. [6]

Radarsoft now focuses on educational multimedia software and multimedia projects on CD-ROM, DVD and internet. [7]

Titles

A selection of video games published by Radarsoft:

TitleYearNotes
Memory19??
3D Tic Tac Toe1984
Anonimus1984
Cursus typen1984
Dodge'em1984
Gobang1984
Herby1984
Herby Thriller1984
In den Beginne1984
Letterstress1984
Railroad1984
Rekenwonder1984
Seawar1984
Snoopy1984
Space Mates1984
Space Rendez Vous1984
De Steen Der Wijzen1984Also known as Magic Stone of Pierre Magique (French)
Tanks1984
Tempo Typen1984Also known as Tempo Typing or Tempo Tippen
Time Traveller1984
Topografie Europa1984Also known as Maps 64 - Europe
Topografie Nederland1984Also known as Maps 64 - USA
Topografie Wereld1984Also known as Maps 64 - World
Co & Co1985
De Grotten van Oberon1985
De Sekte1985
DRJ1985
Eindeloos1985Also known as Endless and Infinitis
Horror Hotel1985
Kruiswoord1985Also known as Crossword
Maailman1985
Nautilus1985
Supermorf1985
Verkeersrally1985Also known as Traffix
Zone VII1985
All Risks1986
The Big Deal1986
Floyd the Droid1986
Hopeloos1986Also known as Hopeless
De kapriolen1986
Nachtwacht1986
Topographie Deutschland1986
Breaker1987
Dynamic Publisher1987
RadX-81987
ZOO1987
Zone VII: Part II1987
Zone VII: Part III1987
Zenith1997

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