Changes
/* Background */ Completed Oric link.
{| align="center" valign= Background =="top"[[Image:Amsoft_logo_shadow.png|center|500px]]|}
== Background ==The software wing of [[Amstrad]], '''Amsoft''' was created with one very specific goal: to get software on the shelves for the launch of the [[CPC old generation|CPC 464]]. [[Amstrad]] owner [[Alan M. Sugar|Alan Sugar]] viewed this as a key component of his strategy for entering the already crowded British home micro market in the mid-1980s. [[Alan M. Sugar|Sugar]] was determined not to make the same mistake as the people behind already doomed machines like the [[Dragon 32]] and [[Oric 1/Atmos|Oric]] and saw a strong software base as a necessity if he was to break the stranglehold of the more established trio of machines being produced by [[Acorn]], [[Commodore]] and [[Sinclair]].
This domination of the home micro market made it difficult for any manufacturer to make an impact, particularly a new start in the industry, as the software industry in the UK had not reached its full potential by this point and those companies who had began to establish themselves were mostly unwilling to take a gamble on the expensive production of software for a machine with no user base.
Their final game, a conversion of [[Sega]]'s ''[[Spy Hunter]]'' was never released in '''Amsoft''' packagaing and was later brought out by [[US Gold]] as a launch title for their [[US Gold|Kixx]] budget label, the title screen of which still bore the '''Amsoft''' name – a final reminder of this once powerful unit’s presence on the [[CPC]] scene.
== Softography ==
|[[Alien (Game)|Alien]]||[[Argus Press Software]]||1985||956 / 1956||||||
|-
|[[Alien Break In|Alien Break-In]]||[[Romik]]||1984||137||S 137||237||437
|-
|[[Admiral Graf Spee|Almirante Graf Spee]]||[[Temptation Software]]||1984||146||AMC 118||||446
|-
|[[Laserwarp|Attaque au Laser]]||[[Mikro-Gen]]||1984||126||S 126||||426
|-
|[[Classic Adventure|Aventure Classique]]||[[Abersoft]]||1984||187||||||487
|-
|[[Beach Head]]||[[US Gold]]/[[Access]]||1985||07001||||||
|[[Centre Court]]||[[Epicsoft]]||1984||921 / 1921||S 508||2921||
|-
|[[Classic Adventure]]||[[Abersoft]]||1984||187||||||487
|-
|[[Classic Racing]]||[[Paul Neil]]||1985||928 / 1928||||||
|-
|[[Codename MAT]]||[[Micromega]]||1984||129 / 1129||S 129||||429 / 41129
|-
|[[Star Commando|Commandos Galactiques]]||[[Terminal Software]]||1984||147||S 147 / AMC 119||||447
|[[Doors of Doom]]||[[Gem Software]]||1985||06047 / 07047||||||
|-
|[[Dragons]]||[[O. Goodman]]||1985||977 / 1977||AMC 165||||41977
|-
|[[Dragon's Gold]]||[[Romik]]||1985||935 / 1935||||||4935
|[[Dragons|Les Dragons]]||[[O. Goodman]]||1985||977 / 1977||||||41977
|-
|[[Alien Break In|Les Envahisseurs de L'Audela]]||[[Romik]]||1984||137||S 137||237||437
|-
|[[Space Hawks|Les Faucons de L'Espace]]||[[Durell Software]]||1984||177 / 1177||S 115||||477
|[[Macrocosmica]]||[[Datacom]]||1986||06042 / 07042||||||
|-
|[[Manic Miner]]||[[Software Projects]]||1984||173||S 173||||473
|-
|[[Master Chess]]||[[Mikro-Gen]]||1984||125||S 125||225||425 / 41125
|[[Mutant Monty]]||[[Artic Computing]]||1984||922 / 1922||S 507||||4922
|-
|[[Codename MAT|Nom de Code : MAT]]||[[Micromega]]||1984||129 / 1129||S 129||||429 / 41129
|-
|[[Nuclear Defence]]||[[James Software]]||1986||06031 / 07031||||||
|-
|[[Oh Mummy|Oh Momies!]]||[[Gem Software]]||1984||115||AMC 138||215||415|-|[[Oh Mummy|Oh Mummy!]]||[[Gem Software]]||1984||115||AMC 138||215||415
|-
|[[The Galactic Plague|Plaga Galactica]]||[[Indescomp]]||1984||196||S 201 / AMC 125||||496
|[[Punchy]]||[[Mr. Micro]]||1984||150 / 1150||S 150||250||450 / 41150
|-
|[[Pyjamarama]]||[[MicroMikro-Gen]]||1984||943 / 1943||AMC 146||||4943
|-
|[[Qabbalah]]||[[Gem Software]]||1986||06062 / 07062||||||
|-
|[[Quack a Jack]]||[[Paul Shirley]]||1984||181 / 1181||||||481 / 41181
|-
|[[Hunchback|Quasimodo]]||[[Ocean]]||1984||132 / 1132||S 132||||432
|-
|[[Raid]]||[[US Gold]]/[[Access]]||1985||07002||||||
|[[Subterranean Stryker|Raid Souterrain]]||[[Insight Software]]||1985||06010 / 07010||AMC 162||||- / 47010
|-
|[[Roland Ahoy!|Roland a L'Abordage]]||[[Computersmith]]||1984||192 / 1192||AMC 128 / S 502||||492|-|[[Roland Ahoy!]]||[[Computersmith]]||1984||192 / 1192||AMC 128 / S 502||||492
|-
|[[Roland on the Ropes|Roland aux Oubliettes]]||[[Indescomp]]||1984||118 / 1118||S 118||218||418 / 41118
|''Title''||''House''||''Year''||''{{EN}} Soft N.''||''{{ES}} Soft N.''||''{{DE}} Soft N.''||''{{FR}} Soft N.''
|-
|[[Amstrad PP5 (Promotional Pack)]]||Amsoft||1987||07073||||||||12-|[[Amstrad PP8 (Promotional Pack)]]||Amsoft|||||999||||||
|-
|[[6128 Games Collection]]||||1986||||||||
|-
|[[Amstrad PP5 Compilation Disk|Amstrad PP5 Promotional Pack]]||Amsoft||1987||07073|||||||
|-
|[[Amstrad PP8 Promotional Pack]]||Amsoft|||||||||||
|-
|[[Amstrad PP15 Promotional Pack]]||Amsoft/[[Mastertronic]]||1988|||||||||
|-
|[[Super Games I]]||Schneider||19--|||||||28565||
|-
|[[Super Games II]]||Schneider||19--|||||||28566||
|-
|[[Super Games III]]||Schneider||19--|||||||28756||
|-
|[[Super Sport I]]||Schneider||19--|||||||28567||
|-
|[[Super Sport II]]||Schneider||19--|||||||28996||
|-
|}
|[[Star Watcher]]||[[Triptych Publishing]]||1984||915 / 1915||AMD 300||||
|-
|[[Teach Yourself Amstrad Basic - A Tutorial Guide - Part I]]||Amsoft||1984||111||AML-100||211||411
|-
|[[Teach Yourself Amstrad Basic - A Tutorial Guide - Part II]]||Amsoft||1985||156||||256||
|[[Amsdraw]]||||1984||||AMC-703||||
|-
|[[Amstest]]||||1985||06017||AMC-706||||
|-
|[[Amsword]]||[[Tasman Software]]||1984||164 / 1164||S-164 / AMD-511||||
|[[Forth]]||[[Abersoft]]||1984||188 / 1188||AMC-705||||
|-
|[[Hisoft Devpac]]||[[Hisoft]]||1984||116 / 1116||S-116||216||
|-
|[[Hisoft Pascal 4T]]||[[Hisoft]]||1984||155 / 1155||S-155||||
|-
|[[Hisoft Pascal 4T|Hisoft Pascal]]||[[Hisoft]]||1984||155 / 1155||S-155||||
|-
|[[Home Accounts Manager]]||[[Dialog Software]]||1984||942 / 1942||||||
|-
|[[Stock-Aid]]||[[Dialog Software]]||1984||940 / 1940||||||
|-
|[[SuperCalc 2]]||[[Sorcim/IUS]]||1985||07028||||||
|-
|[[Decision Maker|Tomando Decisiones]]||[[Triptych Publishing]]||1984||918 / 1918||AMD-501||||
=== Storage / Media ===
* Amsoft [[C15 Personal Computer Cassette Tape]] [http://jonathanen.com/pages/Items/Amstrad/Cassette/C15_Tape.jpg]
* Amsoft [[CF2 Compact Floppy Disc]]
* Amsoft Printer Paper (mentioned in DMP1 Users Manual, page 8)
* Amsoft PL-1 Printer Cable (mentioned in DMP2000 Users Manual, chapter 1, page 6)
== Logos ==
[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:Amsoft_logo.png Amsoft logo in PNG format]
[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:Amsoft_vector_logo.svg Amsoft vector graphics logo in SVG format]
[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:Amsoft_logo_shadow.png Amsoft logo with shadow in PNG format]
[http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:Amsoft_vector_logo_shadow.svg Amsoft vector graphics logo with shadow in SVG format]
== Links ==
* [http://www.cpc-imperiumwirtzmann.de/ schneider.html Pentagon web (CPC Imperium)]
[[Category:CPC_related_companies]] [[Category:Computer_and_video_game_companies]]
