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4 unusual facts about Brøderbund


Interpol notice

In the Brøderbund computer game, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, the first part of the player's objective in each mission is to obtain an Interpol red notice (imprecisely described as a "warrant to arrest") against a member of a fictitious crime syndicate.

Jeff Braun

Wright had been an employee of Brøderbund when he first developed the concept, so Braun and he had to return there to clear the rights to SimCity.

Turbotronic

They were contemporaneous with Brøderbund's U-Force, a game controller that made innovative use of consumer IR technology.

U-Force

The U-Force is a game controller made by Brøderbund for the Nintendo Entertainment System.


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Downhill Challenge

Downhill Challenge is a view-from-behind 3d skiing game developed by Microïds in 1988, published in the US by Brøderbund Software and in France by Loriciel (as Super Ski; in the UK it also had an Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards license).

Nasir Gebelli

He resurfaced in 1986 and went to visit his friend Doug Carlston, owner of Brøderbund.

Softalk

Bert Kersey, of the small, homey Beagle Bros software company, was one columnist; as were Doug Carlston, co-founder of Brøderbund software; Mark Pelczarski, founder of Penguin Software; and Bill Budge, creator of Pinball Construction Set, Bill Depew, creater of Apple 21 and Magic Window.


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