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Ariolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German video game developer, publisher and distributor. It started in 1983[1] as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records, itself the record division of Germany’s large Bertelsmann empire. From 1985 to 1988 Stephen Molyneux, formerly Head of Software at Atari International GmbH in Hamburg, held the position of Head of Software[2] with responsibility for international negotiations and licensing of software at its headquarters in Munich. Ariolasoft also had a British subsidiary, Ariolasoft UK, which was run by Ashley Gray (later replaced by Willie Carminke) and Frank Brunger.[1]

The company released games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST and Amiga systems. It was also the German publisher for Activision games developed for the Atari 2600, and the European publisher for Electronic Arts and Broderbund games, before those companies set up their own European offices. Ariolasoft also developed the cassette ports of those titles, and also developed original games. In addition to software activities, they were also the German distributor of the Master System between approximately 1987 and 1988.[1]

In 1990, the company was renamed United Software, which in 1993 was taken over by MicroProse Germany.[1]

Original games and non-EA or Broderbund titles

The following table includes titles developed, commissioned, or licensed for European release by Ariolasoft (excluding North American imports from Electronic Arts and Broderbund).

Game Name Year Developer Label Platforms
C64
CPC
Spec
Atari
MSX
ST
Amiga
Apple II
PCW
C16
Batalyx 1985 Batlalyx Ariolasoft ●
Bride of Frankenstein 1987 Viz Design 39 Steps ● ● ●
Camelot Warriors 1985 Dinamic Software Ariolasoft ● ● ● ●
Centurions: Power X Treme 1987 Byte Engineers Reaktor ● ● ●
Challenge of the Gobots 1987 Tony Crowther Reaktor ● ● ●
Deadringer 1987 Ariolasoft Reaktor ● ●
Deactivators 1986 Tigress Reaktor ● ● ●
Deathscape 1987 Starlight Starlight ● ● ●
Degas 1985 Batteries Included Ariolasoft ●
Degas Elite 1986 Batteries Included Ariolasoft ●
Dogfight 2187 1987 Starlight Starlight ● ● ●
Floyd the Droid 1985 Radarsoft Ariolasoft ●
Golf Construction Set 1985 Andromeda / Tigress Ariolasoft ●
Greyfell: Legend of Norman 1987 Starlight Starlight ● ● ●
Hybrid 1987 Starlight Starlight ● ● ●
Hyperforce 1986 Tony Takoushi Ariolasoft ● ● ●
Kaiser 1984 Ariolasoft Ariolasoft ● ● ●
Killer Ring 1987 Tony Crowther Reaktor ● ●
Lapis Philosophorum 1985 pH Soft Ariolasoft ● ●
Len Deighton’s Blitzkrieg 1987 Gary Yorke 39 Steps ●
Maps Britain 1985 Radarsoft Ariolasoft ●
Matrix and Laserzone 1986 LLamasoft Ariolasoft ●
Mountie Mick’s Deathride 1987 Ariolasoft Reaktor ● ● ●
Mrs. Mop 1987 John Stevenson Ariolasoft ●
Out of this World 1987 Bettertech Reaktor ● ● ●
Panzadrome 1985 RamJam Corp Ariolasoft ● ●
Paperclip 1985 Batteries Included Ariolasoft ● ●
Pile-Up! 1987 Christop Shulte Vennbur Reaktor ●
Red L.E.D. 1987 Starlight Starlight ● ● ●
Scarabaeus 1985 Andromeda Ariolasoft ●
Sepulcri 1986 Chris Sawyer Ariolasoft ● ● ●
Starburst 1986 Tony Takoushi Ariolasoft ●
Starfox 1987 Realtime Games Reaktor ● ● ●
Starship Andromeda 1986 Andromeda Ariolasoft ●
The Big Deal (Floyd 2) 1986 Radarsoft Ariolasoft ● ●
The Fourth Protocol 1985 Electronic Pencil Co Ariolasoft ● ● ● ● ●
The Terrors of Trantoss 1986 RamJam Corp Ariolasoft ● ●
They $tole a Million 1986 Tigress 39 Steps ● ● ●
Think! 1985 Tigress Ariolasoft ● ●
Toadrunner 1986 Dave Harper Ariolasoft ● ● ●
Triaxos 1987 Pennsoft 39 Steps ● ● ●
TUJAD 1986 Orpheus Ariolasoft ● ●
Valkyrie 17 1984 Ram Jam Ariolasoft ● ●
Vermeer 1987 Ralf Glau / Ariolasoft Ariolasoft ●
Voidrunner + Hellgate 1987 LLamasoft Ariolasoft ●
Werewolves of London 1987 Viz Design Ariolasoft ● ● ●
Werner: Let’s go! 1986 Semmel Verlach Ariolasoft ● ●
Wild West 1985 Andromeda Ariolasoft ●
Wizard 1984 Progressive Ariolasoft ●
Zarjaz 1987 Daryl Etherington Reaktor ●
Ziggurat 1988 Chris Sawyer Ariolasoft ● ● ●

Collaborations

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f “United Software GmbH”. MobyGames. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ^ Molyneux, Stephen. “Stephen Molyneux LinkedIn Profile”. Retrieved 20 June 2019 – via LinkedIn.