Presage Software records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 122.1287

Collection Scope and Content Note

The records document products developed by Presage Software, Inc. including educational games and other multimedia entertainment. The materials consist of artwork, game manuals, press kits, VHS tapes of promotional videos, and demo CDs. The materials date from 1992 to 2000. Games represented in the collection include Lode Runner 2, Chess Mates, Menlo the Frog: A Musical Fairy Tale, Drawing Discoveries, and more.

Dates

Creation: circa 1992-2000

Conditions Governing Access

The Presage Software records are open for research use by staff of The Strong and users of its library and archive.

Conditions Governing Use

Though the donor has not transferred intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to any copyright, trademark, and associated rights therein) to The Strong, they have given permission for The Strong to make copies in all media for museum, educational, and research purposes.

Administrative History

Presage Software, Inc. is a software developer founded in San Rafael, California in 1986. Presage collaborated with many prominent software publishers including Broderbund, The Learning Company, Activision, Interplay, GT Interactive, Sierra Online, and others. The company was acquired by Human Code, Inc. of Austin, Texas in 1999 and became Presage Studios. Human Code was acquired by Sapient in 2000.

In 1993 Presage purchased the rights to the Lode Runner series of puzzle-platform games. Its Stepping Stone division developed "edutainment" games including Chess Mates. Presage used their proprietary Cross Platform Development System to develop products for DOS, Windows, and Macintosh with shared resources.