Programma International

This article is about the former software publishing company. For the 1965 Olivetti programmable calculator, see Programma 101.

Programma International, Inc. was one of the first personal computer software publishers. Established in the late 1970s by David Gordon, it published a line of approximately 300 game, programming utility, and office productivity products for the Apple II, Commodore PET, TRS-80 and other personal computer systems. Hayden Publishing bought Programma International in 1980 and the company went out of business in 1983.

Programma International, Inc.

Company type	Corporation
Industry	Video games
Defunct	1983 (1983)
Headquarters	Los Angeles
Key people	David Gordon (president) Mel Norell (VP)
Number of employees	60
Parent	Hayden Publishing (1980)

Notable titles published

Year	Title	Genres	Platforms
	6502 Forth [1]	Programming language	Apple II
	ASM65 Assembler [2]	Assembler	Apple II
	Apple Alley [3]		Apple II
	Apple Invader [3]	Action	Apple II
	Alien Invasion [3]	Action	Apple II
	Apple PIE [4]	Utility software	Apple II
	Baseball [3]	Sports	Apple II
	Blitzkrieg [3]		Apple II
	Boxing [3]	Sports	Apple II
	Breakthru [3]	Action	Apple II
	Canter Downs [3]	Action	Apple II
	Clowns and Ballons [3]	Action	Apple II
	Death Race [3]		Apple II
	Dragon Maze [5]	Maze	Apple II
	Frustration [3]		Apple II
	Guided Missile [3]	Action	Apple II
	I-Ching [3]		Apple II
	Jupiter Express [5]	Action	Apple II
	Lores Hyperpak [3]		Apple II
	Mouse Hole [3]		Apple II
	Nightmare Number Nine [5]		Apple II
	Peg Jump [3]		Apple II
	Perpetual Calendar [3]		Apple II
	Star Voyager [3]		Apple II
	Stunt Cycle [3]	Action	Apple II
	Word Wackey [3]		Apple II
1978	3-D Docking Mission [5]		Apple II
1978	Phasor Zap [5]	Action	Apple II
1979	Lisa Interactive Assembler [6]	Assembler	Apple II
1979	Football [7]	Sports	Commodore 64
1979	Camera Obscura [8]	Puzzle	Apple II
1980	Z-A-P [9]	Action	Commodore PET