Softgold
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| Founded | 1986 | |
| Closed | 1999 | |
| Headquarters | Kaarst, Germany | |
| Manager | Hans Rabe, Juergen Goeldner | |
| Employees | ||
| Key People (choice) | Teut Weidemann | |
| Turnover | ||
| Sector | Video and computer games | |
| Website | ||
| Information | Merged into THQ Entertainment GmbH Label: Top Shots | |
Softgold was a German publisher of video and computer games. The comapny was founded by Hans Rabe and Juergen Goeldner in Kaarst in 1986. It was subsidiary of Rushware, whose former publishing company Eurogold was now becoming Softgold. In Germany, the company was mostly known for publishing titles from Lucasfilm games, and for their parent company Rushware buying Rainbow Arts. Softgold was bought by THQ in 1999 and subsequently dissolved and merged into the German subsidiary of THQ.
The marketing of Rainbow Arts' games also made use of labels like Time Warp and Golden Goblins.
At the end of the 1980s, the low budget label Top Shots war created. However, not only C64 were published under the Top Shots label.
C64 games (Excerpt)[edit | edit source]
- Blue Angel 69
- Circus Attractions (Label: Golden Goblins)
- Grand Monster Slam (Label: Golden Goblins)
- The Great Giana Sisters (Label: Time Warp)
- Magic Madness
- Maniac Mansion
- Mission Elevator
- Operation Hongkong
- Oxxonian (Label: Time Warp)
- The Volleyball Simulator (Label: Time Warp)
- To Be On Top
- Turrican
- X-Out
- Zak McKracken
Game Compilations (Excerpt)[edit | edit source]
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