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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989 |
| Defunct | 1998 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Successor | Cyberdreams |
| Headquarters | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Key people | Louis Wittek, founder |
| Products | Towdie, Atomix, Hexagonia |
Number of employees | 10+ |
| Subsidiaries | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | Fighting game |
| 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) | Text adventure |
| 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]
