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Access Software

1983 / 1983 tot 2 1984 / 1983 tot 6 1985 / 1983 tot 13 1986 / 1983 tot 20 1987 / 1983 tot 29 1988 / 1983 tot 34 1989 / 1983 tot 38 1990 / 1983 tot 46 1991 / 1983 tot 51 1992 / 1983 tot 56 1993 / 1983 tot 58 1994 / 1983 tot 62 1995 / 1983 tot 66 1996 / 1983 tot 70 1997 / 1983 tot 73 1998 / 1983 tot 76 1999 / 1983 tot 78 2000 / 1983 tot 79 2001 / 1983 tot 80 2002 / 1983 tot 81 2003 / 1983 tot 86 2004 / 1983 tot 87 2014 / 1983 tot 91 2021 / 1983 tot 94
Founded in 1983 closed in 1999
Status: bought
Country: USA

98
games
39
active years
2.4
per year
aka(s): Access

Was bought out by Microsoft in April 1999.

It is known for Leader Board Golf, SIMPLE 1500, SIMPLE 2000, SIMPLE 2960 Tomodachi, Tetris, Tex Murphy, The Conveni, Wizardry

Releases per year

19832
19844
19857
19867
19879
19885
19894
19908
19915
19925
19932
19944
19954
19964
19973
19983
19992
20001
20011
20021
20035
20041
20144
20213

94 video games with valid date were considered (95.9%)

Overall rankings

1
28
13
1
0

Common gametypes

sport27%shooter18%action/reflex15%adventure14%puzzle5%other19%

Top platforms

C64 14
MS-DOS 14
Apple II E 8
Windows 8
Linux 7
Amiga 6
Atari 400/800 6
GBA 5
Saturn 5
Atari ST 5
Mac OS Classic 3
PC Engine CD 3
Win3.1 2
Master System 1
SNES 1
Tenchi Muyo! Rensa Hitsuyou (Saturn)
Tenchi Muyo! Rensa Hitsuyou
SAT 1997-02-28
Microsoft Golf 2.0 (Windows 3.1)
Microsoft Golf 2.0
W31 1994
Beach-Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back (Apple II E)
Beach-Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back
IIE 1985-10
Leaderboard (Amiga OCS)
Leaderboard
OCS 1986
All-Star Slammin' D-Ball (PlayStation)
All-Star Slammin' D-Ball
PS1 2002-02-05
Crime Wave (Amiga OCS)
Crime Wave
OCS 1991
Tex Murphy: Overseer (Windows)
Tex Murphy: Overseer
WIN 1998
Links: The Challenge of Golf (MS-DOS)
Links: The Challenge of Golf
DOS 1990
10th Frame (Commodore 64)
10th Frame
C64 1986
World Class Leader Board (MS-DOS)
World Class Leader Board
DOS 1989
Links: The Challenge of Golf (Sega-CD/Mega-CD)
Links: The Challenge of Golf
SCD 1994-05-12
World Class Leader Board (Amiga OCS)
World Class Leader Board
OCS 1988

Access Software best rated games

Links 386 Pro1992dos
Links: The Challenge of Golf1990dos
World Class Leader Board1987c64
Leaderboard1986st
10th Frame1987st
Crime Wave1990dos
World Class Leader Board1991sms
Martian Memorandum1991dos
Executive Leaderboard1987c64
Links 20012001win

Access Software worst games

Heavy Metal1990ocs
Heavy Metal1989dos
Links: The Challenge of Golf1994scd
Heavy Metal1988c64
Crime Wave1991ocs

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