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Brøderbund Software created its first titles in 1980 and was, along with [[Sierra Online]], one of the dominant publishers of the 1980s.
Brøderbund Software created its first titles in 1980 and was, along with [[Sierra Online]], one of the dominant publishers of the 1980s.


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=== Games published by Brøderbund include: ===
=== Games published by Brøderbund include: ===
* ''The Ancient Art of War''
* ''The Ancient Art of War''
* ''Ancient Land of [[Ys (Video Game)|Ys]]'' (Western PC version)
* ''Ancient Land of [[Ys]]'' (Western PC version)
* ''[[The Battle of Olympus]]'' (Western localization)
* ''[[The Battle of Olympus]]'' (Western localization)
* ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'' series
* ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'' series
* ''Choplifter''
* ''Choplifter''
* ''[[Deadly Towers (Video Game)|Deadly Towers]]'' (Western localization)
* ''[[Deadly Towers]]'' (Western localization)
* ''Drol''
* ''Drol''
* ''[[The Guardian Legend]]'' (Western localization)
* ''[[The Guardian Legend]]'' (Western localization)
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* ''[[Prince of Persia]]''
* ''[[Prince of Persia]]''
* ''Shufflepuck Cafe''
* ''Shufflepuck Cafe''
* ''[[Sim City]]'' (before Maxis got on its feet as an independent company)
* ''[[SimCity]]'' (before Maxis got on its feet as an independent company)
* ''[[Spelunker]]'' (originally published by MicroGraphicImage)
* ''[[Spelunker]]'' (originally published by MicroGraphicImage)
* ''Wibarm'' (Western PC version)
* ''Wibarm'' (Western PC version)
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Latest revision as of 07:18, 11 April 2017

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Brøderbund Software created its first titles in 1980 and was, along with Sierra Online, one of the dominant publishers of the 1980s.

As the 1990s progressed, the company focused increasingly on edutainment software, eventually creating a new label, Red Orb Entertainment. It also published some non-game software, including The Print Shop.

Unfortunately, despite its focus on edutainment (or because of it, though The Last Express helped), Brøderbund was a money-losing company, and was bought by The Learning Company Inc. (actually a Canadian CD-ROM company which bought the original The Learning Company and changed its name to reflect that for $400 million, laid off most of its workforce, was bought by Mattel just a year later, and the whole thing (Mattel Interactive) was a big money-loser (The Learning Company, likewise, was losing money), they eventually sold that off.

Today, the only remnants of Brøderbund include a line of software sold by another company (and notably missing the "ø") and some of Ubisoft's products (which bought the entertainment division, selling sequels to Prince of Persia and Myst).

Games published by Brøderbund include:

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