Spectral Associates

Spectral Associates
Spectral Associates
Founded	1980
Founder	Thomas Rosenbaum
Defunct	Late 1980s
Fate	Defunct
Headquarters	3418 South 90th Street, Tacoma, WA 98049 and 4633 South 348th Street, Auburn WA 98001
Products	Computer Games

Spectral Associates was an American maker of computer games for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was founded in 1980 and went defunct sometime in the late 1980s. Spectral Associates sold their software through Radio Shack and via direct sales. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday.

Software Publications

Computer Games

Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation)
Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)
Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)
Color Space War (cassette)
Cubix
Decathlon
Froggie
Galagon
Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)
Ice Castles
Interbank Incident (1985–1987)
Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)
Lunar Rover 1
Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)
Keys of the Wizard (cassette)
Madness and the Minotaur (1982, cassette)
Maze Escape (32K and above, cassette)
Module Man
Ms. Gobbler (cassette/disk)
Pegasus and the Phantom Riders (1985–1987)
Pengon (cassette)
Piggy (cassette)
Planet Invasion (cassette)
Qix
Realm of Nauga (cassette)
Roller Controller
Space Sentry (cassette/disk)
Springster (1985–1987)
Storm Arrows (cassette/disk)
Treasury Pack 1 (disk) - these treasuries included (not necessarily an all-inclusive list): Keys of the Wizard, Lunar Rover Patrol, Cubix, Module Man, Qix, Roller Controller, Pengon, Decathlon, Lancer, Froggie, Galagon, and Lunar Rover 1
Treasury Pack 2 (disk)
Whirlybird Run (1982, cassette/disk)

Computer Games (Educational)

Alpha Search (educational, cassette/disk)

Applications/Utilities

Clone 80cc (cassette)
RGB Patch (disk)
Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)
Holiday Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)

Miscellaneous Publications

July 1980 - June 1981

Introduced a 16K upgrade, ($75.00) an editor/assembler, plus several other utilities and one of the first games: SPACE INVADERS. They were also in the process of developing MAGIC BOX which would enable Model I & III tapes to be loaded into the Color Computer.

July 1981 - June 1982

Color Computer technical manual (book)

July 1983 - June 1984

Color Basic Unravelled II (book)
Disk Basic Unravelled II (book)
Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)
Super Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)

Other

The Facts for the TRS-80 Color Computer (book, Copyright (c) 1983, First printing: Nov 1981, Fifth Printing: Jul 1983)
CoCo 3 Secrets Revealed

External links

TRS-80 Book Covers

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Coco Chronicles". www.cs.unc.edu. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
↑ "Madness and the Minotaur - A Mystery Solved". Tea Leaves. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017. Madness and the Minotaur was written by the founder of Spectral Associates, Tom Rosenbaum.
1 2 3 4 5 [Coco] Spectral Associates Wikipedia entry
1 2 "Dan Connolly Software Releases". www.w3.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2007-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Colorout". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
↑ Cave Walker
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
1 2 3 4 5 "TRS-80 Cassette Software Page". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The CoCo Collector January 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
↑ Kinns, Graham E. "Dragon Software Directory by Publisher". dragon32.info. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
↑ "Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe - Vault - Keys of the Wizard". yois.if-legends.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
↑ L. Curtis Boyle (2007) http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2007-October/032607.html
↑ "The Tandy Color Computer SuperSite". Retrieved 31 October 2017.
1 2 3 4 "Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site: Documentation - Books". www.trs-80.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[alfredo-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Coco Chronicles". www.cs.unc.edu. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[2] "Madness and the Minotaur - A Mystery Solved". Tea Leaves. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017. Madness and the Minotaur was written by the founder of Spectral Associates, Tom Rosenbaum.

[boyle2-3] 1 2 3 4 5 [Coco] Spectral Associates Wikipedia entry

[connoly-4] 1 2 "Dan Connolly Software Releases". www.w3.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[gene-5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2007-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Colorout". Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[7] Cave Walker

[clubltdstudios-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[keil-9] 1 2 3 4 5 "TRS-80 Cassette Software Page". Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[cococollector-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The CoCo Collector January 2006". Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[dragon32-11] Kinns, Graham E. "Dragon Software Directory by Publisher". dragon32.info. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[12] "Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe - Vault - Keys of the Wizard". yois.if-legends.org. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[13] L. Curtis Boyle (2007) http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2007-October/032607.html

[jp-14] "The Tandy Color Computer SuperSite". Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[goldklang-15] 1 2 3 4 "Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site: Documentation - Books". www.trs-80.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.