Spectral Associates

Spectral Associates was an American maker of computer games for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was founded in 1980 and went defunct sometime in the late 1980s.^[3] Spectral Associates sold their software through Radio Shack and via direct sales. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday.^[6]

Spectral Associates

Founded	1980[1]
Founder	Thomas Rosenbaum[2]
Defunct	Late 1980s[3]
Fate	Defunct
Headquarters	3418 South 90th Street, Tacoma, WA 98049[4] and 4633 South 348th Street, Auburn WA 98001[5]
Products	Computer Games

Software Publications

Computer Games

• Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation)^[7]
• Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)^[8][9]
• Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)^[8][9]
• Color Space War (cassette)
• Cubix^[10]
• Decathlon^[10]
• Froggie^[10]
• Galagon^[10]
• Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)^[8]
• Ice Castles^[11]
• Interbank Incident (1985–1987)^[3]
• Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)^[8][9]
• Lunar Rover 1^[10]
• Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)^[8][9]
• Keys of the Wizard (cassette)^[12]
• Madness and the Minotaur (1982, cassette)^[8]
• Maze Escape (32K and above, cassette)
• Module Man^[10]
• Ms. Gobbler (cassette/disk)^[8]
• Pegasus and the Phantom Riders (1985–1987)^[3]
• Pengon (cassette)^[8]
• Piggy (cassette)^[8]
• Planet Invasion (cassette)^[8]
• Qix^[10]
• Realm of Nauga (cassette)^[13]
• Roller Controller^[10]
• Space Sentry (cassette/disk)^[8]
• Springster (1985–1987)^[3]
• Storm Arrows (cassette/disk)^[8]
• Treasury Pack 1 (disk)^[8] - these treasuries included (not necessarily an all-inclusive list): Keys of the Wizard, Lunar Rover Patrol, Cubix, Module Man, Qix, Roller Controller, Pengon, Decathlon, Lancer, Froggie, Galagon, and Lunar Rover 1^[10]
• Treasury Pack 2 (disk)^[8]
• Whirlybird Run (1982, cassette/disk)^[8][9]

Computer Games (Educational)

• Alpha Search (educational, cassette/disk)^[8]

Applications/Utilities

• Clone 80cc (cassette)^[8]
• RGB Patch (disk)^[14]
• Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)
• Holiday Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)

Miscellaneous Publications

July 1980 - June 1981

• Introduced a 16K upgrade, ($75.00) an editor/assembler, plus several other utilities and one of the first games: SPACE INVADERS. They were also in the process of developing MAGIC BOX which would enable Model I & III tapes to be loaded into the Color Computer.^[1]

July 1981 - June 1982

• Color Computer technical manual (book)^[1]

July 1983 - June 1984

• Color Basic Unravelled II (book)^[1][15]
• Disk Basic Unravelled II (book)^[1][15]
• Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)^[1][15]
• Super Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)^[1][15]

Other

• The Facts for the TRS-80 Color Computer (book, Copyright (c) 1983, First printing: Nov 1981, Fifth Printing: Jul 1983)^[4]
• CoCo 3 Secrets Revealed^[8]

External links

• TRS-80 Book Covers