Solar Software

COMPANY

Bury,Lancashire,England / UK

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Developed Games

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Monkey Magic (Game)

31 December 1984

A mixture of a platform and ladders game and a horizontal scrolling shoot'em up that was published by Micro Design aka Solar Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.

A800​ C64​ C16​

Zany Kong (Game)

31 December 1983

Like Donkey Kong but allegedly it's zany.

BBCM​

Alley Cat (Game)

31 December 1984

A platformer written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64, unrelated to the more well-known PC/Atari title.

C64​

3D Quasars (Game)

31 December 1985

In this shoot 'em up the player is a captain of a Taranula C1 patrol ship and has to attack the enemy crafts and defend the planet.

CPC​ C16​

Alien Attack (Game)

31 December 1985

A Space Invaders clone written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 16.

C16​

Bizy BeeZZzz (Game)

31 December 1984

A single-screen platform and ladders game written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64.

C64​

Bogy Men (Game)

31 December 1984

A single-screen platform and ladders game written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64.

C64​

Cruncher (Game)

31 December 1982

A Pac-Man clone written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 16 / PLUS 4.

C64​ V20​ C16​

Galaxions (Game)

31 December 1982

A shoot'em up based on Namco's arcade game Galaxian, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying aliens above.

C64​ V20​ C16​

Invasion 2000 A.D. (Game)

31 December 1985

A shoot'em up based on Space Invaders, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying a wave of aliens above descending slowly in formation.

C16​

Knock Out (Game)

31 December 1982

A Breakout clone written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 16.

V20​ C16​

Meteorite (Game)

31 December 1982

A 2D multi-directional shoot'em up written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software under the name Asteroyds for the Commodore VIC-20 and later under the name Meteorite for the Commodore 16.

V20​ C16​

Published Games

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Zany Kong (Game)

31 December 1983

Like Donkey Kong but allegedly it's zany.

BBCM​

Alley Cat (Game)

31 December 1984

A platformer written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64, unrelated to the more well-known PC/Atari title.

C64​

Bizy BeeZZzz (Game)

31 December 1984

A single-screen platform and ladders game written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64.

C64​

Bogy Men (Game)

31 December 1984

A single-screen platform and ladders game written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64.

C64​

Jungle Quest (Game)

31 December 1984

In this action game published by Solar Software the player has to guide fearless Jim through the 5 screens of jungle hazards to rescue Jane from the cannibals cooking pot.

C64​

Suicide Run (Game)

31 December 1982

A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up in which the player flies a spaceship over the surface of Mars bombing and shooting the rockets and fuel dumps.

V20​ C16​ MZ​

Cosmic Fire Birds (Game)

31 December 1983

A single screen shoot'em up written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore VIC-20.

V20​

Tank Attack (Game)

31 December 1986

A single-screen shoot'em up in which two players guide their tanks along the screen and try to blow each other up.

C16​

Treasure Hunter (Game)

31 December 1986

A text adventure published by Solar Software for the Commodore 16.

C16​

Battle Beyond The Stars (Game)

31 December 1985

A shoot 'em up written by Jim Baguley and published by Solar Software for the Amstrad CPC.

CPC​

Company details

Name

Solar Software

Abbreviation

Founded

Location

Bury,Lancashire,England / UK

Website

Aliases

Micro Design

Developed Games

• Monkey Magic (Game)
• Zany Kong (Game)
• Alley Cat (Game)
• 3D Quasars (Game)
• Alien Attack (Game)
• Bizy BeeZZzz (Game)
• Bogy Men (Game)
• Cruncher (Game)
• Galaxions (Game)
• Invasion 2000 A.D. (Game)
• Knock Out (Game)
• Meteorite (Game)
• Mission Mars (Game)
• Jungle Quest (Game)
• Quick Draw (Game)
• Robin to the Rescue (Game)
• Space Freeks (Game)
• Cosmic Fire Birds (Game)
• Treasure Hunter (Game)
• Winnie Witch's Superbroom (Game)
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Published Games

• Zany Kong (Game)
• Alley Cat (Game)
• Bizy BeeZZzz (Game)
• Bogy Men (Game)
• Jungle Quest (Game)
• Suicide Run (Game)
• Cosmic Fire Birds (Game)
• Tank Attack (Game)
• Treasure Hunter (Game)
• Battle Beyond The Stars (Game)
• view all →

Franchises

• Zany Kong (Franchise)

People

• John P. Shay (Person)

Characters

• Jane (Character)
• Jim (Character)
• Maid Marian (Character)
• Percy (Character)
• Robin Hood (Character)
• Sun Wukong (Character)
• Teddy (Character)
• Winnie The Witch (Character)

Concepts

• 2D (Concept)
• Single-Screen Level (Concept)
• Lives (Concept)
• 8-bit (Concept)
• Pixel Art (Concept)
• Sprite (Concept)
• Instant Death (Concept)
• Instant Kill (Concept)
• No Dialogue (Concept)
• Alien (Concept)
• Alien Invasion (Concept)
• Death (Concept)
• Nameless Location (Concept)
• One-Man Army (Concept)
• Space Battle (Concept)
• Survival (Concept)
• The Future (Concept)
• Color Coded Enemies (Concept)
• Good vs. Evil (Concept)
• Linear Gameplay (Concept)

Locations

• Space (Location)
• Mars (Location)
• Construction Site (Location)
• Ice Cave (Location)
• Jungle (Location)
• Mountains (Location)
• River (Location)
• Temple (Location)

Objects

• UFO (Object)
• Spaceship (Object)
• Ladder (Object)
• Plasma Cannon (Object)
• Banana (Object)
• Barrel (Object)
• Broom (Object)
• Bunker (Object)
• Cherry (Object)
• Cloud (Object)
• Dot (Object)
• Fruit (Object)
• Girders (Object)
• Laser (Object)
• Lightning Bolt (Object)
• Peach (Object)
• Power Pellet (Object)
• Rock (Object)
• Spear (Object)
• Tank (Object)