Creative Computing

USA publisher and developerfounded in 1974-10 closed in 1985-12 status: dead

547
games
13.4
per year
40
years active

aka(s): Sensational Software,Creative Computing Software

Creative Computing was one of the earliest magazines covering the microcomputer revolution. A number of home computer games were published under the Sensational Software banner, also known as Creative Computing Software

Notable collaborators: David H. Ahl and Bob Albrecht

Releases per year

1970 1
1973 3
1974 4
1975 70
1976 16
1977 9
1978 115
1979 271
1980 16
1981 14
1982 11
1983 5
1984 2
1985 1
1987 1
2013 1

540 video games with valid date were considered (98.7%)

Overall rankings

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2.3
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Common gametypes

puzzle16%simulation14%turn-based13%strategy13%casino/cards7%other34%

Top platforms

  Apple II E 211
  Ohio Scientific 105
  Altair 8800 70
  Commodore PET 47
  Sol-20 15
  Apple I 15
  TRS-80 14
  custom 14
  C64 12
  DEC PDP-1 11
  Exidy Sorcerer 11
  Atari 400/800 9
  MS-DOS 5
  North Star Computers 1
  Compucolor II 1