Windmill software
Encyclopedia
Windmill Software is a Canadian
software company. Windmill Software today publishes property management software and management information system
software, but the company is more notable for its past role as a developer
, marketer, publisher
, and distributor of computer and video games. The company developed several games for the IBM PC
in the early 1980s
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
software company. Windmill Software today publishes property management software and management information system
Management information system
A management information system provides information needed to manage organizations efficiently and effectively. Management information systems involve three primary resources: people, technology, and information. Management information systems are distinct from other information systems in that...
software, but the company is more notable for its past role as a developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
, marketer, publisher
Video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
, and distributor of computer and video games. The company developed several games for the IBM PC
IBM PC
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981...
in the early 1980s
1980s
File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...
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Games
- Attack on Altair (1982)
- Floppy Frenzy (1982)
- Video Trek 88Video Trek 88Video Trek 88 is a computer game developed and published by Windmill Software in 1982, based on the earlier Star Trek text game. As opposed to the mainframe version, both the galactic chart and the local map are displayed side by side....
(1982) - Conquest (1983)
- DiggerDigger (computer game)Digger is a Canadian computer game released by Windmill Software in 1983, popular in the era of the IBM PC with a CGA graphics card and monitor. It generally requires a genuine CGA card and runs too fast on computers faster than the original IBM PC 4.77 MHz...
(1983) - The Exterminator (1983)
- Moonbugs (1983) -- a rare example of a 16-color RGBI CGAColor Graphics AdapterThe Color Graphics Adapter , originally also called the Color/Graphics Adapter or IBM Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter, introduced in 1981, was IBM's first color graphics card, and the first color computer display standard for the IBM PC....
title http://www.mobygames.com/game/pc-booter/moon-bugs - Rollo And The Brush BrosRollo And The Brush BrosRollo And The Brush Bros was originally created by Windmill software in 1984 and released as a copy-protected, bootable 5.25" floppy disk for the IBM PC/XT...
(1983) - Styx (1983)
- Vortex (a Tempest clone)
- PeeWee (a Q*bert clone) (unreleased)
- A version of Asteroids (unreleased)