ReadySoft was a Canadian

video game developer A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with em ...

and publisher and distributor founded in 1987 by David Foster, based in Ontario, Canada. Products include various emulators as well as home computer ports of Sullivan Bluth's

Laser disc LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium. It was developed by Philips, Pioneer, and the movie studio MCA. The format was initially marketed in the United States in 1978 under the name Dis ...

game series ''

Dragon's Lair ''Dragon's Lair'' is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer. The series is notable for its film-quality animation by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth, and complex decades-long history of being ported to many platforms. It has also been adapte ...

'', ''

Space Ace ''Space Ace'' is a LaserDisc video game produced by Bluth Group, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems). It was unveiled in October 1983, just four months after the ''Dragon's Lair'' game, followed by ...

'', and their sequels. As a publisher, they frequently handled North American release of games by French developer

Silmarils The Silmarils (Quenya in-universe , )J. R. R. Tolkien, Tolkien, J. R. R., "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in ''Vinyar Tengwar'', 46, July 2004, p. 11 are three ficti ...

Emulators

ReadySoft's first product was a

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emulator In computing, an emulator is Computer hardware, hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the ''host'') to behave like another computer system (called the ''guest''). An emulator typically enables the host system to run sof ...

for the

Amiga Amiga is a family of personal computers produced by Commodore International, Commodore from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1994, with production by others afterward. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16-b ...

. In 1992, ReadySoft published the A-Max II and A-Max II Plus

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emulators for the Amiga which were software emulators augmented by add-on hardware.A-Max II Plus
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Games

Developed or ported by ReadySoft

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Brain Dead 13 ''Brain Dead 13'' is an interactive movie video game developed and originally published in North America by ReadySoft on 15 December 1995 and in Europe by Empire Interactive in the same year for MS-DOS. Unlike ''Dragon's Lair'' and '' Space A ...

'' (1995) *'' Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp'' (1996) Rerelease *''

'' (1995) Rerelease *'' Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread'' (1992) *''

Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon ''Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon'' is an action game by ReadySoft that was released for DOS, Atari ST, and Amiga in 1992. ''Guy Spy'' is a cartoon adventure similar to ''Dragon's Lair'' and ''Space Ace'' but with longer sections. Plot ...

'' (1992) *'' Space Ace II: Borf's Revenge'' (1991) *'' Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp'' (1990) *''

'' (1989)

Published or distributed by ReadySoft

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Deus ''Deus'' (, ) is the Latin word for 'God (word), god' or 'deity'. Latin ''deus'' and ''dīvus'' ('divine') are in turn descended from Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European *''deiwos'', 'celestial' or 'shining', from the same root ( ...

'' (1996) US release *'' Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity'' (1995) Canadian release of DOS version *''

Robinson's Requiem ''Robinson's Requiem'' is a 1994 survival simulation video game developed and originally published by Silmarils exclusively in Europe for the Atari ST, Atari Falcon and Amiga. Taking place in the 22nd century where Earth and colonized planets ar ...

'' (1994) US release of 3DO and DOS versions *'' The Patrician'' (1993) US release of DOS version *''

Arctic Baron ''Transarctica'' (or ''Arctic Baron'') is a 1993 video game made by the French company Silmarils for the Amiga and ported to IBM PC compatibles, Atari ST, Macintosh and Atari Falcon. Plot The story is based on the post-apocalyptic science ficti ...

'' (1993) US release of DOS version *''

Sleeping Gods Lie ''Sleeping Gods Lie'' was a first-person adventure game released on the Amiga, DOS and Atari ST, published by Empire Interactive in 1989. Gameplay It was set in the world of Tessera, a land created by the Gods, which had fallen into the contro ...

'' (1991) North American release of DOS version *''

Volfied is an arcade video game designed by Fukio Mitsuji and released by Taito in 1989. It is a successor to ''Qix'', with extra features and a futuristic science fiction aesthetic, rather than ''Qix''s abstract geometry style; the player pilots a smal ...

'' (1991) DOS port *''

Wrath of the Demon ''Wrath of the Demon'' is a 1991 hack and slash video game developed by Quebec-based developer Abstrax, and published by ReadySoft. Versions for Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore CDTV, and MS-DOS were released in early 1991. A Commodore 64 version was ...

'' (1990) *'' Bomb Busters'' (1988) *''

Rock Challenge The UK Rock Challenge was the British arm of the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge. The Rock Challenge was an anti-drug and crime-prevention event that took the form of a friendly performing arts competition for schools and colleges. Originating in Aust ...

'' (1988) *'' Cosmic Bouncer'' (1988)

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