Private company

Zigurat

Spanish video game development company

Zigurat was a Spanish software house for 8-bit home computers very popular in the eighties. Its origin is in the company Made in Spain, founded in 1983, which would know massive success in Spain with Fred, commercialized in the United Kingdom as Roland on the Ropes (only the Amstrad CPC version).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Zigurat was a Spanish software house for 8-bit home computers very popular in the eighties. Its origin is in the company Made in Spain, founded in 1983, which would know massive success in Spain with Fred, commercialized in the United Kingdom as Roland on the Ropes (only the Amstrad CPC version). When the programmers and owners of Made in Spain could not go on alone on the task of distribution, they decided to create in 1986 another company, Zigurat, which would be entirely dedicated to distribution, and would distribute all the titles by Made in Spain, which became an internal producer seal under Zigurat. They would also distribute games by independent programmers or companies and would allow Made in Spain to concretate solely on programming. Later on, Made in Spain would completely merge into Zigurat, creating a single producer and distributor company. When the 8-bit market disappeared, the company turned to develop games for arcade machines.2

Products and brands

Fred

Sir Fred

El Misterio del Nilo

Humphrey

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París-Dakar

Poder Oscuro

Comando Quatro

Emilio Sánchez Vicario Grand Slam

Arkos

Poder Oscuro

Curro Jiménez

Power Magic

Senda Salvaje

Jungle Warrior

Piso Zero

Don Kin Kong

Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix

Carlos Sainz: World Rally Championship

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