- Name
- Brøderbund Software, Inc.
- Abbreviation
- Founded
- 1 January 1980
- Location
- Novato,California,United States
- Website
- http://www.broderbund.com/
- Aliases
- Broderbund Software, Inc.
Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Novato,California,United States
Brøderbund Software was a game publisher, best known as the creators of the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? franchise.
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In 1980, Brøderbund was founded by Dougand Gary Carlston (Person) in Eugene, Oregon. The company was founded for the purpose of releasing Doug's game, Galactic Empire for the TRS-80. After the release of Galactic Empire, Brøderbund became one of the biggest video game publishers of the 80s, releasing many edutainment and game titles for a variety of computers. Brøderbund published games such as Fantasvision, Choplifter! (Game), Apple Panic (Game), Lode Runner (Game), Wings of Fury (Game), Prince of Persia (Game), In the 1st Degree (Game), The Last Express (Game), Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, and Myst (Game). After the success of Myst, Brøderbund launched Red Orb Entertainment (Company) in May 1997 to operate as its publishing division for games, separate from its edutainment library. In Fall 1998, Brøderbund was acquired by The Learning Company (Company). Games published under the Red Orb brand continued to be supported by Mindscape (Company), a division of The Learning Company. By the end of the year, The Learning Company was acquired by Mattel for $3.6 billion. In March 2001, The Learning Company's library of video games was sold to Ubisoft. Brøderbund was acquired by Riverdeep (now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology) as a separate brand to return to publishing only edutainment titles, bringing its connection to the game industry to an end.
Developed Games
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Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego? (Game)
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition (Game)
Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? (Deluxe Edition) (Game)
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 17 with Spongebob Squarepants Typing (Game)
Typing instructors for grown-ups and kids in one pack!
Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? (Game)
A regional spin-off of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, developed for schools in the U.S. state of North Dakota.
Published Games
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Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego? (Game)
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe Edition (Game)
Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? (Deluxe Edition) (Game)
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 17 with Spongebob Squarepants Typing (Game)
Typing instructors for grown-ups and kids in one pack!
Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? (Game)
A regional spin-off of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, developed for schools in the U.S. state of North Dakota.