Personal Software Services (PSS) was a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 software company based in Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

, founded by Gary Mays and Richard Cockayne in 1981. The company was acquired by Mirrorsoft

Mirrorsoft

Mirrorsoft was a computer game software publisher in the United Kingdom, owned by Mirror Group Newspapers. It was founded as a publisher of educational software before moving into games. One offshoot of its printing roots was Fleet Street Publisher on several platforms...

 in 1987.

PSS produced games for the Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64

Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...

, Amstrad CPC

Amstrad CPC

The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom,...

, Atari ST

Atari ST

The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...

, IBM PC

IBM PC compatible

IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC architecture, facilitated by various manufacturers' ability to...

 and other popular platforms in the 1980s and 1990s.

Several games produced by the French company ERE Informatique

ERE Informatique

ERE Informatique was one of the first French video game companies, founded in 1981 by Philippe Ulrich and Emmanuel Viau. The company hired freelance game programmers that received royalties for their creations. Initially, the company published titles for the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum and Oric home...

 were distributed in Britain by PSS, notably Get Dexter

Get Dexter

Get Dexter , is a Graphic adventure game, originally released for the Amstrad CPC in 1986. It was programmed by Remi Herbulot, with graphics by Michel Rho, and was published in France by ERE Informatique and by PSS in Britain. An Atari ST version was released in 1987...

.

They were especially noted for their strategic wargames, such as Theatre Europe

Theatre Europe

Theatre Europe is a game for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum home computers. It casts the player as either NATO or the countries of the Warsaw Pact...

and Falklands '82.

Games released

• Blade Alley, 1983
• The Guardian, 1983
• Light Cycle, 1983
• Deep Space, 1984
• Frank 'n' Stein, 1984
• Les Flics, 1984
• Xavior, 1984
• The Battle For Midway, 1985
• The Covenant, 1985
• Iwo Jima, 1986
• Macadam Bumper, 1985
• Swords and Sorcery, 1985
• Annals of Rome
  Annals of Rome
  Annals of Rome is a turn-based strategy game from now-defunct Personal Software Services. It was first released in 1986.-Game:Annals of Rome begins in 273 BC with the player in control of the Roman state. Unlike other war-strategy games, the aim is not military victory but survival for the longest...
  
  , 1986
• Battle of Britain, 1986
• Falklands '82, 1986
• Get Dexter
  Get Dexter
  Get Dexter , is a Graphic adventure game, originally released for the Amstrad CPC in 1986. It was programmed by Remi Herbulot, with graphics by Michel Rho, and was published in France by ERE Informatique and by PSS in Britain. An Atari ST version was released in 1987...
  
  , 1986
• Theatre Europe
  Theatre Europe
  Theatre Europe is a game for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum home computers. It casts the player as either NATO or the countries of the Warsaw Pact...
  
  , 1986
• Battlefield Germany, 1987
• Bismarck, 1987
• Legend of The Sword, 1987
• Sorcerer Lord
  Sorcerer Lord
  Sorcerer Lord is turn based strategy-fantasy game published and developed by now defunct Personal Software Services. It was first released in 1987 for ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. During next 2 years game was also released for Commodore 64, Atari ST, MS-DOS and Amiga.-Game:The game is set in the...
  
  , 1987
• Tobruk, 1987
• Austerlitz, 1988
• Firezone, 1988
• Pegasus Bridge, 1988
• Final Frontier, 1989
• Waterloo
  Waterloo (video game)
  Waterloo is a battle strategy game by PSS for the DOS PC, Atari ST and Amiga. It was released in the U.K. by Mirrorsoft in and in the U.S. by SSI in .- Overview :...
  
  , 1989
• Champion of The Raj, 1990
• The Final Battle
  The Final Battle
  V: The Final Battle is a 1984 TV miniseries. It is a sequel to the 1983 miniseries written by Kenneth Johnson about aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth. Johnson, however, left production of V: The Final Battle in its early stages, after completing a draft with three other...
  
  , 1990
• Battlemaster, 1991
• J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan, 1991

External links

• PSS at gamefaqs.com
• PSS at World of Spectrum