Players Software (Company)

Players Software

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Players software primarily released low budget titles for the C64 and similar systems. A few games have been released for the AMIGA as well. The company went defunct in 1991.

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Joe Blade II (Game)

31 December 1988

AMI PC CPC +5

Joe Blade (Game)

31 December 1987

Joe Blade is a sidescrolling action game where a soldier named Joe Blade fights terrorists.

AMI CPC A800 +5

Cagara (Game)

1 May 1986

SPEC

Prison Riot (Game)

31 December 1990

A side-scrolling action game centering around a prison break, released in 1990 for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64.

CPC C64 SPEC

Dizzy Dice (Game)

1 April 1986

Gamble on a fruit machine without losing any real life money. This game is created by Players Software.

AMI CPC A800 +4

Desert Hawk (Game)

31 December 1986

A 2D Sidescrolling shooter for the C64. The player controls a chopper, flying over a desert landscape.

C64 SPEC

Sword Slayer (Game)

31 December 1988

Fighting game starring Spartacus.

CPC C64

Turbo Kart Racer (Game)

1 October 1990

A Go-Kart racing game for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

CPC C64 SPEC

Thing! (Game)

1 January 1988

A 2D mixed genre game combining puzzle-solving, shoot'em up, adventure and also RPG elements.

CPC SPEC

Cerberus (Game)

1 January 1986

A traditional vertically scrolling shoot 'em up with a space pirate setting.

CPC

Reflex (Game)

1 January 1987

A Breakout variant published by Players Software.

CPC MSX

Deviants (Game)

1 January 1987

A 2D flick-screen run 'n gun game with platform elements.

C64 SPEC

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Joe Blade III (Game)

31 December 1989

The third Joe Blade game.

CPC SPEC

Cagara (Game)

1 May 1986

SPEC

Prison Riot (Game)

31 December 1990

A side-scrolling action game centering around a prison break, released in 1990 for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64.

CPC C64 SPEC

The Serf's Tale (Game)

20 April 1986

Text Adventure for ZX Spectrum set in a fantasy world.

SPEC

Desert Hawk (Game)

31 December 1986

A 2D Sidescrolling shooter for the C64. The player controls a chopper, flying over a desert landscape.

C64 SPEC

Sword Slayer (Game)

31 December 1988

Fighting game starring Spartacus.

CPC C64

Shanghai Warriors (Game)

1 February 1989

A side-scrolling brawler featuring three levels.

CPC C64 SPEC +1

Shanghai Karate (Game)

1 January 1988

A one-on-one fighting game in which the player takes the role of Lo Yin, who must beat opponents on his way to Shanghai and finally enter the Dragon Temple to face the evil Wang Chen.

CPC C64 SPEC

Thing! (Game)

1 January 1988

A 2D mixed genre game combining puzzle-solving, shoot'em up, adventure and also RPG elements.

CPC SPEC

Cerberus (Game)

1 January 1986

A traditional vertically scrolling shoot 'em up with a space pirate setting.

CPC

Reflex (Game)

1 January 1987

A Breakout variant published by Players Software.

CPC MSX

Macadam Bumper (Game)

1 June 1985

PC CPC AST +3