DROsoft

DROsoft was a Spanish computer and video game software distributor headquartered in Madrid. The company was founded in 1985 out of DRO Records, Spain's first independent record label.^[1] It is considered to have played a part in the golden age of Spanish software,^[2] having been described as one of the "principal distributors" of the age.^[3][4]

DROsoft

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Defunct	1995; 30 years ago (1995)
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Parent	Electronic Arts (1994–1995)

They were associated with the publication of a number of ZX Spectrum games,^[5] some of which were marketed specifically for their translations to Spanish.^[6] The company was further noted for translations of British-made games into Spanish, with the quality of the translations justifying their higher prices as compared to the rest of their software lineup.^[7]

DROsoft also published the first graphical adventure game developed in Spain, Igor: Objective Uikokahonia, developed by Pendulo Studios.^[8]

In 1988, they entered into an agreement to cooperate with Dinamic Software in distributing games, both in Spain and internationally.^[9]

They were acquired by Electronic Arts on 14 November 1994, in order to allow direct distribution of Electronic Arts' software to the Spanish region.^[10] One of its founding directors, Miguel Angel Gomez, later became the managing director of EMI Spain;^[11] another, Jesús Alonso Gallo, went on to sell another business, Restaurantes.com, to the Michelin Group.^[12]

In September 1995 they distributed the first E-books designed for children, as produced by Broderbund.^[13] Their last published game was the Spanish version of Discworld in 1995.^[14]