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CDS Software

1979 / 1982 1982 / 1982 tot 2 1983 / 1982 tot 16 1984 / 1982 tot 25 1985 / 1982 tot 34 1986 / 1982 tot 48 1987 / 1982 tot 65 1988 / 1982 tot 88 1989 / 1982 tot 109 1990 / 1982 tot 118 1991 / 1982 tot 123 1992 / 1982 tot 125 1993 / 1982 tot 126
Founded in 1982 last activity in 1993
Status: name changed
Country: U.K.

129
games
12
active years
10.5
per year
aka(s): CDS, CDS Microsystems, CDS Micro Systems

Also published games under its budget-label Blue Ribbon.

Releases per year

19791
19822
198314
19849
19859
198614
198717
198823
198921
19909
19915
19922
19931

127 video games with valid date were considered (98.4%)

Overall rankings

1
32
24
6
1

Common gametypes

sport26%board game20%casino/cards9%manag./econ.9%strategy8%other25%

Top platforms

ZX Spectrum 24
Amiga 19
C64 12
Amstrad CPC 11
Atari ST 10
MS-DOS 10
BBC 10
Electron 8
Amstrad PCW 6
MSX 4
Atari 400/800 3
Oric 3
C16/Plus4 2
Apple II E 2
Enterprise 1
Fire Power (Amiga OCS)
Fire Power
OCS 1987
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (Atari ST)
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes
ST 1987
Daily Double Horse Racing (MS-DOS)
Daily Double Horse Racing
DOS 1988
Strip Poker II (Amiga OCS)
Strip Poker II
OCS 1988
Colossus X Backgammon & Draughts (MS-DOS)
Colossus X Backgammon & Draughts
DOS 1990
Colossus Chess X (MS-DOS)
Colossus Chess X
DOS 1990
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (Acorn Electron)
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes
ELEC 1987
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (Amstrad CPC)
Brian Clough's Football Fortunes
CPC 1987
Reversi (ZX Spectrum)
Reversi
SPC 1983
Centerfold Squares (Amiga OCS)
Centerfold Squares
OCS 1988
Cyrus II Chess (Amstrad CPC)
Cyrus II Chess
CPC 1985
Steve Davis Snooker (Acorn Electron)
Steve Davis Snooker
ELEC 1986

CDS Software best rated games

Brian Clough's Football Fortunes1987c64
Colossus Chess X1990dos
Colossus Chess 41985c64
Colossus Chess 41986cpc
Fire Power1987ocs
Colossus Chess X1988st
Colossus Chess X1989ocs
Spectrum Safari1983spc
Colossus Mah Jong1987cpc
Steve Davis World Snooker1989ocs

CDS Software worst games

Daily Double Horse Racing1988dos
Casino Roulette1988st
Strip Poker II1988ocs
Bravo Romeo Delta1992ocs
Daily Double Horse Racing1989st

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