Opera Soft S.A.

Moby ID: 1471

AKA +
  • Opera Sport - brand used for sport games
  • Opera Plus - Late brand name for non-sport games.

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Spanish company founded in 1986, and which closed in 1992. It was part of what was known as The Golden Era Of Spanish Software, along with other companies like Zigurat, Topo Soft and Dinamic. While its first work was the Commodore 64 version of Camelot Warriors, its first original game was Livingstone, I Presume?, which brought the company wider success.

The was followed by other games like the sequel Livingstone II, Mutant Zone, Goody and perhaps its most popular game, La AbadĂ­a Del CrĂ­men (based on The Name Of The Rose - the movie was made the previous year) made Opera Soft a major staple among Spanish game makers.

The company split its releases into two labels: Opera Sports for sport-related games and simulations, and Opera Plus for the rest. However like other companies of the end of the '80s, they didn't survive the generational change nor the transition to 16-bit platforms, and the company closed in 1992 after the release of La Colmena (The Beehive).

Some former members of Opera Soft founded Comix, and also one of them was in charge of Exelweiss Entertainment, where they made the sequels Goody Returns and Livingstone, Lost Again.

Credited on 29 Games from 1985 to 1992

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International Athletics (1992 on DOS)
La Colmena (NSFW) (1992 on DOS, Amiga)
Jai Alai (1991 on DOS, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum...)
Opera Super Sports (1991 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...)
Poogaboo: La Pulga 2 (1991 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, MSX...)
Angel Nieto Pole 500 (1990 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...)
Golden Basket (1990 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...)
Mundial de FĂștbol (1990 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, MSX...)
Mythos (1990 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, MSX...)
Poli DĂ­az (1990 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, MSX...)
Rescate en el Golfo (1990 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...)
Sirwood (1990 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...)
Soviet (1990 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, MSX...)
Corsarios (1989 on PC Booter, Amiga, Atari ST...)
Gonzzalezz (1989 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, MSX...)
Guillermo Tell (1989 on MSX, DOS, Amstrad CPC...)
Livingstone II (1989 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...)
MOT (1989 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...)
Solo (1989 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...)
Trigger (1989 on DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...)

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1987

Founded in Spain. Early release Livingstone Supongo soon became a huge hit, and was one of their few internationally-released games (as 'Livingstone I Presume?')

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