Software 2000
Software 2000 was a video game developer and publisher based in Germany.[1]
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Fate | Bankrupt |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Marc Wardenga Norbert Wardenga Andreas Wardenga |
| Defunct | February 2002 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Pizza Connection Pizza Syndicate |
| Website | www.software2000.de (archived version 2002-01-18) |
The company was formed in 1987 in Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, by brothers Andreas and Marc Wardenga. They produced and published games for various formats, originally the Atari ST and Amiga platforms, and later for the Personal computer (PC), Game Boy Color and a few titles for the PlayStation.
Perhaps their most successful venture was the Bundesliga Manager series, based on the German soccer premier league. They also produced a series of "Artventure" interactive fiction games, in the German language. In the mid-1990s they produced other spinoff manager games, including Eishockey Manager (Ice Hockey Manager) and the Pizza Syndicate series for the PC. They also developed the puzzle game Swing, released for the PlayStation in 1998.
The company produced several titles with small development teams. This proved fatal with the rising standards of full priced games. With falling sales and important figures leaving the company, Software 2000 filed for bankruptcy in 2002.[2]
Games
| Name | Release year | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Genius | 1989 | Amiga/PC |
| Bundesliga Manager | 1989 | Amiga/Atari ST/PC/C64 |
| Wild West World | 1990 | Amiga/PC |
| Lettrix | 1990 | Amiga/Atari ST/PC/C64 |
| Titano (Magic Soft) | 1990 | Amiga/PC |
| Die Stadt der Löwen | 1990 | Amiga/PC |
| Das Stundenglas | 1990 | Amiga/PC/Atari ST |
| Cubulus | 1991 | C64/Amiga |
| Build it – Das Bauhaus | 1991 | Amiga |
| Bundesliga Manager Professional | 1991 | Amiga/Atari ST/PC |
| Kengi | 1991 | Amiga/Atari ST/PC/C64 |
| Century | 1991 | Amiga |
| Magic Serpent | 1991 | Amiga |
| The Manager | 1991 | Amiga/PC |
| Shiftrix | 1991 | Amiga |
| Die Kathedrale | 1991 | Amiga/PC |
| Hexuma | 1992 | Amiga/PC |
| Death or Glory | 1993 | Amiga/PC |
| Der Schatz im Silbersee | 1993 | PC/Amiga only Demo |
| Jonathan | 1993 | Amiga |
| Eishockey Manager | 1993 | Amiga/PC |
| Die Höhlenwelt Saga: Der leuchtende Kristall | 1994 | PC |
| Der Schatz im Silbersee | 1994 | PC |
| Der Baulöwe | 1994 | PC |
| Christoph Kolumbus | 1994 | Amiga/PC |
| Bundesliga Manager Hattrick | 1994 | Amiga/PC |
| Pizza Connection | 1994 | Amiga/PC |
| Der Reeder | 1995 | Amiga/PC |
| Ocean Trader | 1995 | PC |
| Space Marines: Der stählerne Kaiser | 1995 | PC |
| Talisman | 1995 | PC |
| Bundesliga Manager 97 | 1996 | PC |
| F1 Manager 96 | 1996 | PC |
| Flying Saucer | cancelled | PC |
| F1 Manager Professional | 1997 | PC |
| Bundesliga Manager 98 | 1998 | PC |
| Flying Saucer | 1998 | PC |
| Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten | 1998 | PC |
| Pizza Syndicate | 1999 | PC |
| GZSZ Fun Pack | 1999 | PC |
| Pizza Syndicate Mission CD | 1999 | PC |
| Swing | 1997 | Game Boy Color/PC/PlayStation |
| GZSZ Quiz | 2000 | PC/PlayStation/Game Boy Color |
| Superball | 2000 | PC |
| Lettrix | 2000 | PC |
| Shiftrix | 2000 | PC |
| Pizza Connection 2 | 2001 | PC |
| Bundesliga Manager X | 2001 | PC |
References
- http://www.mobygames.com/company/software-2000
- "Totgemanagt - das Ende von Software 2000". PC GAMES (in German). 2002-04-08.