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Software Projects

History

Software Projects was formed in 1983 by Alan Maton of Bug-Byte and Manic Miner author Matthew Smith. The company released their own version of Manic Miner when Smith discovered a clause in his contract that allowed him to withdraw the game from the market.

Both Manic Miner and the sequel Jet Set Willy appear in the Top 10 releases, but Software Projects never achieved anywhere the same level of success with any of their other titles and stopped publishing games in 1988. Jet Set Willy II, an expanded version of the original, later became one of the last top ten hits on Mastertronic's Ricochet re-release label.

Note

The figures for Months in the Top 10 and Months at No. 1 are based on the All Formats chart only.
Columns are sortable, sorting by the cover column will sort by chart appearance date.

TitleTop 10No. 1Rank
Cover(s)Manic Miner

BUG-BYTE / SOFTWARE PROJECTS / AMSOFT

1223
Cover(s)Jet Set Willy

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

9514
Cover(s)Dragon's Lair

SOFTWARE PROJECTS / MAGICOM

4 < 1 121
Cover(s)Jet Set Willy II

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

< 1 0553
Cover(s)Perils Of Willy

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

00645
Cover(s)Jet Set Willy

TYNESOFT / SOFTWARE PROJECTS

001333
Cover(s)Dragon's Lair II: Escape from Singe's Castle

SOFTWARE PROJECTS / MAGICOM

001595
Cover(s)Lode Runner

SOFTWARE PROJECTS / BRODERBUND

001651
Cover(s)Legion

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

002079
Cover(s)Crazy Balloon

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

002336
Cover(s)Thrusta

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

002338
Cover(s)Push Off

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

002339
Cover(s)Dinky Doo

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

002357
Cover(s)Tribble Trubble

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

002359
Cover(s)Hunchback at the Olympics

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

002454