Company:DROsoft
| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Defunct | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Parent | Electronic Arts |
DROsoft was a Spanish computer and video game software distributor headquartered in Madrid. The company was founded in 1985 out of DRO Records, Spain's first independent record label.[1] It is considered to have played a part in the golden age of Spanish software,[2] having been described as one of the "principal distributors" of the age.[3][4]
They were associated with the publication of a number of ZX Spectrum games,[5] some of which were marketed specifically for their translations to Spanish.[6] The company was further noted for translations of British-made games into Spanish, with the quality of the translations justifying their higher prices as compared to the rest of their software lineup.[7]
DROsoft also published the first graphical adventure game developed in Spain, Igor, developed by Pendulo Studios.[8]
In 1988, they entered into an agreement to cooperate with Dinamic Software in distributing games, both in Spain and internationally.[9]
They were acquired by Electronic Arts on 14 November 1994, in order to allow direct distribution of Electronic Arts' software to the Spanish region.[10] One of its founding directors, Miguel Angel Gomez, later became the managing director of EMI Spain;[11] another, Jesús Alonso Gallo, went on to sell another business, Restaurantes.com, to the Michelin Group.[12]
In September 1995 they distributed the first E-books designed for children, as produced by Broderbund.[13] Their last published game was the Spanish version of Discworld in 1995.[14]
References
- ↑ Tejada, Ignacio Saenz de (15 November 1986). "El primer lustro de DRO" (in es). El País. ISSN 1134-6582. https://elpais.com/diario/1986/11/16/cultura/532479606_850215.html.
- ↑ Rodríguez, Fernando (21 February 2003). "Historia del software español de entretenimiento". Macedonia Magazine. http://macedoniamagazine.frodrig.com/etapa_2001_2002/juegos/Historia%20Soft/Historia%20Soft.htm. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ Esteve Gutiérrez, Jaume (2012) (in es). Ocho Quilates: una historia de la Edad de Oro del software español (1987 - 1992). Star-T Magazine Books. ISBN 978-1-5305-2468-6. OCLC 1026223350.
- ↑ Agudo, Sergio (27 May 2016). "La edad de oro del software español: una reivindicación romántica" (in es). https://www.malavida.com/es/analisis/la-edad-de-oro-del-software-espanol-una-reivindicacion-romantica-006106.
- ↑ "Dro Soft (Spain)". https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=999&label_id=4025.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "cite archive".
- ↑ "Dro Soft: Bajaremos los precios de todos nuestros programas" (in es). MicroHobby (Hobby Press) (119): 5. 10-16 March 1987. https://archive.org/details/microhobby-magazine-119.pdf/page/n4/mode/1up. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ Lago, Yago (28 October 2019). "La Mansión Maníaca: entrevista sobre Little Misfortune y 25 años de Igor Objetivo Uikokahonia" (in es). https://as.com/meristation/2019/10/27/reportajes/1572203192_908013.html.
- ↑ "Acuerdo entre Dinamic y Dro Soft" (in es). MicroHobby (Hobby Press) (169): 6. 10-23 May 1988. https://archive.org/details/microhobby-magazine-169.pdf/page/n5/mode/1up. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ "Electronic Arts acquires distributor in Spain; forms third subsidiary in continental Europe" (Press release). Electronic Arts. 14 November 1994. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013 – via TheFreeLibrary.com.
- ↑ Llewellyn, Howell (2 November 1996). "EMI Spain ups VP Miguel Angel Gomez to managing director". Billboard 108 (44). https://books.google.com/books?id=xQkEAAAAMBAJ. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ↑ "Jesús Alonso Gallo, business angel y fundador de restaurantes.com" (in ES). https://www.elreferente.es/emprendedores/jesus-alonso-gallo--1153.
- ↑ "DRO Soft comercializa los Living Books de Broderbund" [DRO Soft distributes Broderbund Living Books] (Press release) (in español). DROsoft. 1 September 1995. Retrieved 10 July 2020 – via PCWorld.
- ↑ "Dro Soft". https://www.mobygames.com/company/dro-soft.
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