Main Street Publishing, Inc.
Moby ID: 8646
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Main Street Publishing was founded by Gerald VanDiver (also the author of the first Apple Books ( VanLoves) and first database on disk for apple) and also the co-founder of the successful company SSI/ Software Strategies Inc. along with Steve Van Houten.
Main Street was one of the first successful low-cost software house targets mass merchandise retail channels.
Frogger, PacMan as well as many other games that were re-issued. The business model was the same as K-Tel records for releasing hit singles on one record. Main Street had 3 hits for $10 on one disk. They were the first to bring Apple and Windows low cost software to the market. In the mid-80's there was a flourish of companies producing low at $10 and under software for the mass merchant markets. Main Street software was sold in Sears, Target, Kmart, Walgreens, BDaltons, Waldens and many other stores.
Credited on 6 Games
| Superman: The Game (1986 on Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Plus/4...) |
| Familiar Favorites II: Jawbreaker - Crossfire (1986 on Commodore 64) |
| Ardy (1983 on Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari 8-bit) |
| Market Mogul (1983 on DOS) |
| Castle Wolfenstein (1981 on DOS, Commodore 64, Apple II...) |
| SwordThrust (1981 on Apple II) |
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 1 game with Muse Software
- 1 game with First Star Software, Inc.
- 1 game with CE Software
- 1 game with Silas S. Warner
- 1 game with Jim Nangano
- 1 game with Fernando Herrera
- 1 game with Tony Manso
- 1 game with Donald Brown
- 1 game with Richard M. Spitalny
- 1 game with Chris Oberth
- 1 game with Mike Falkner
- 1 game with Jay Ford
- 1 game with Dale Gray
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