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Former software developer and publisher

Tynesoft Computer Software was a software developer and publisher in the 1980s.2 It ceased to exist in 1990.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1983Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersBlaydon1

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Tynesoft Computer Software was a software developer and publisher in the 1980s.2

The story

The company was founded in 1983 by Colin Courtney and Trevor Scott

to release educational software but soon focused on video games. It developed games for 8-bit home computers, particularly those less well catered for by other publishers such as the Commodore 16, BBC Micro, and Atari 8-bit computers. They also had a budget label, MicroValue, that issued compilations, reissues and some original games.

They had most success with their multi-load games such as Summer Olympiad, Circus Games and Rodeo Games. They released licensed ports such as Software Projects' Jet Set Willy (Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16, Plus/4, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron), First Star Software's Boulder Dash (BBC, Electron) and Spy vs. Spy (C16, Plus/4, BBC, Electron) and Mindscape's Indoor Sports (C16, Plus/4, BBC, Electron). From the late 1980s, they released games for the Amiga and Atari ST as well as IBM PC compatibles, but failed to capture a signficant share of this new market. The company went bankrupt in June 1990 when its sister printing business incurred massive debts.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tynesoft, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • PC game

Listed on Wikidata.1

1984 Auf Wiedersehen Pet (Electron, BBC Micro, C64, ZSpectrum)

1984 Bingo (C64, Spectrum)

1984 Rig Attack (Electron, BBC, C16, Plus/4

1984 Olympiad (C16/+4)

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1984 US Drag Racing (Electron, BBC, C16/+4)

1985 Ian Botham's Test Match (Electron, BBC, C64, Spectrum, C16/+4, Amstrad CPC)

1985 Super Gran (C64, Spectrum, C16/+4, CPC)

1985 Super Gran: The Adventure (Electron, BBC, C64, Spectrum, C16/+4)

1986 Future Shock (Electron, BBC, C16/+4)

1986 Commonwealth Games a.k.a. European Games (Electron, BBC, C64, C16/+4,[MSX)

1986 Mouse Trap (Electron, BBC, C64, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Amiga)

1986 Winter Olympics (Electron, BBC, C16/+4, Atari 8-bit, MSX)

1986 The Big KO (Electron, BBC, C64)

1987 Phantom (Electron, BBC, C64, C16/+4, Atari 8-bit)

1987 Mirax Force (Atari 8-bit)

1987 Who Dares Wins II (Atari 8-bit)

1988 Summer Olympiad (Electron, BBC, C64, Spectrum, ST, Amiga)

1988 Winter Olympiad '88 (Electron, BBC, C64, Spectrum, Atari 8-bit, ST, Amiga)

1989 Circus Games (Electron, BBC, C64, Spectrum, CPC, ST, Amiga, Apple II, MS-DOS)

1989 Superman: The Man of Steel (Electron, BBC, C64, Spectrum, CPC, ST, Amiga, MSX, Apple II, PC)

1989 Buffalo Bill's Rodeo Games a.k.a. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Rodeo Show (Electron, BBC, C64, Spectrum, CPC, ST, Amiga, Apple II, PC)

1989 Roller Coaster Rumbler (C64, ST, Amiga, PC)

1989 Mayday Squad (C64, ST, Amiga, PC)

1990 Beverly Hills Cop (BBC, C64, Spectrum, CPC, ST, Amiga, PC)

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Timeline

  1. 1990Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1983Founded Founded1

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