Personal Software

1976 / 1976 tot 1 1977 / 1976 tot 3 1978 / 1976 tot 21 1979 / 1976 tot 24 1980 / 1976 tot 30 1982 / 1976 tot 32 1996 / 1976 tot 35
Founded in 1976 closed in 1984
Status: dead
Country: USA


Personal Software was an early personal computer software publisher. It was founded in 1976 by Dan Fylstra and Peter R. Jennings as Personal Software, and first published Jennings' Microchess program for the MOS Technology KIM-1 computer, and later Commodore PET and Apple II versions. It later published a wider variety of games and some applications programs. In 1979 it released VisiCalc, which would be so successful that in 1982 the company was renamed "VisiCorp".

It is known for Zork, Zork Universe

Releases per year

19761
19772
197818
19793
19806
19822
19963

35 video games with valid date were considered (94.5%)

Common gametypes

board game35%turn-based12%casino/cards12%strategy12%action/reflex7%other17%

Top platforms

Apple II E 15
TRS-80 8
Commodore PET 3
Tandy Coco 2
BBC 2
MS-DOS 1
Atari 400/800 1
KIM-1 1
Apple I 1
Oric 1
Win3.1 1
Windows 1