1984

Software Released In 1984

Adventure:

• Crypt Of Medea by Sir-Tech.
• Sourceror by Infocom; adventure. “Sequel to Enchanter. Navigate a 3-D maze, part the Red Sea, wax floors, avoid traps, and cast spells to rescue the guild master from a demon. Delightful.”

Business/Productivity:

• Bank Street Speller by Broderbund.
• IACcalc by International Apple Core; spreadsheet.
• Sideways by Funk Software; prints spreadsheets sideways.

Communications:

• Data Capture //e by Southeastern Software.

Education/Hypermedia:

• Wiztype by Sierra OnLine; educational, typing tutor. Features the Wizard Of Id.

Graphics:

• Beagle Graphics by Simonsen, Beagle Bros.
• Pixit by Baudville; graphics utility.
• Print Shop by Broderbund; graphics printing utility. This was a significant program, making it possible for the first time for a novice user to easily create greeting cards, signs, and banners using graphics pictures and different fonts. It not only spawned many imitators, but a third-party industry that specializes in supplying graphics, borders, and more fonts.

Home:

• A+ Disk Magazine (disk magazine)
• Softyme (disk magazine)
• UpTime (disk magazine)

Home-Arcade:

• Arcade Boot Camp by Besnard, Penguin Software.
• Fat City by Weekly Reader Family Software.

(The following were released by Atarisoft as “official” conversions of popular coin-operated games).

• Battlezone
• Defender
• Dig Dug
• Donkey Kong
• Galaxian
• Joust
• Ms. Pac-Man
• Robitron 2084

Programming/Utilities:

• Apple Mechanic by Beagle Bros; graphics.
• Aztec C by Manx; language.
• Catalyst IIe by Quark; program selector.
• David-DOS II by David Data; operating system.
• DiskQuik by Beagle Bros;DOS 3.3 utility.
• DOS Boss by Beagle Bros; DOS 3.3 utility.
• DoubleTake by Simonsen, Beagle Bros; DOS 3.3 utility.
• Essential Data Duplicator III by Utilities Microware; utility.
• Fat Cat by Bird, Beagle Bros; DOS 3.3 catalog utility.
• Frame-Up by Weishaar, Beagle Bros; early hypermedia presenter.
• Master Diagnostic + by Romano, Nikrom; hard disk diagnostics.
• ProDOS User’s Kit by Apple Computer.
• Silicon Salad by Kersey & Simonsen, Beagle Bros; DOS 3.3 utilities.

Strategy:

• Baltic 1985: Corridor To Berlin by Strategic Simulations.
• Beyond Castle Wolfenstein by Warner, Muse.
• RDF 1985 by Strategic Simulations.

Word Processing/Desktop Publishing:

• AppleWorks by Lissner, Apple Computer. “Word processor, database, and spreadsheet–each full-size, full-featured. Holds several files on ‘desktop’. Proportionally spaced type. A winner, for IIe, IIc.
• Cut & Paste by Electronic Arts.
• Jack2 by Business Solutions, Inc.; integrated software.
• Practicalc II by Practicorp; integrated software.
• Simply Perfect by LJK; integrated software.