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Creative Computing

1973 / 1974 1974 / 1974 tot 1 1975 / 1974 tot 82 1976 / 1974 tot 99 1977 / 1974 tot 109 1978 / 1974 tot 227 1979 / 1974 tot 498 1980 / 1974 tot 511 1981 / 1974 tot 524 1982 / 1974 tot 533 1983 / 1974 tot 535 1984 / 1974 tot 537 1985 / 1974 tot 538 1987 / 1974 tot 539 2013 / 1974 tot 540
Founded in 1974-10 closed in 1985-12
Status: dead
Country: USA

554
games
40
active years
13.5
per year
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

Releases per year

19731
19741
197581
197617
197710
1978118
1979271
198013
198113
19829
19832
19842
19851
19871
20131

541 video games with valid date were considered (97.6%)

Overall rankings

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Common gametypes

puzzle16%simulation13%turn-based13%strategy12%casino/cards7%other35%

Top platforms

Apple II E 213
Ohio Scientific 110
Altair 8800 79
Commodore PET 48
Apple I 15
TRS-80 14
Sol-20 12
Exidy Sorcerer 11
C64 11
DEC PDP-1 10
custom 9
Atari 400/800 9
MS-DOS 3
C128 1
TI Calculators 1
3D Tic-Tac-Toe (Altair MITS 8800)
3D Tic-Tac-Toe
ALTR 1975
King (Altair MITS 8800)
King
ALTR 1975
Hammurabi (Altair MITS 8800)
Hammurabi
ALTR 1975
Apple Invader (Apple II E)
Apple Invader
IIE 1979-07
Blackbox (Commodore 64)
Blackbox
C64 1982
Mission Impossible (Apple II E)
Mission Impossible
IIE 1979
Eliza (Commodore 64)
Eliza
C64 1983
Mille Bornes (MS-DOS)
Mille Bornes
DOS 1984
Animal
C128 1985
Air Traffic Controller
SORC 1978
Milestones (Apple II E)
Milestones
IIE 1983
Voodoo Castle
SORC 1978

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