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| | Puhasoft | | Type: | Developer |
| Handle: | Puhasoft |
| First Name: | László |
| Gender: | M |
| Active: | no |
| Country: |  Hungary |
| Email: |  info(at)puhasoft dot hu |
| Social: | [ Web ] |
| Notes: | The meaning of "Puha" is "Soft" in Hungarian. |
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| | Notes | (Paraphrased from emails:)
About Puhasoft:
I first received a C16 from a company called "Iskolaszámítógép szervíz", plus a Japanese tape device. Later I joined this company; we were servicing C16's for schools. When I received this machine, the name "Puhasoft" already existed. "Puhasoft" always just meant myself, some folks in shops where a lot of my games were sold sometimes called me "Mr. Puhasoft", and in 2005, I founded "Puhasoft Kft" (Puhasoft Inc.).
About distribution:
Mikronika was a local shop, which exists to this day. I had a deal with them; they purchased a color TV for me (which - back then - was a big deal), and in return they were selling my games. This is how their name ended up on the covers. With the help of the color TV, I was able to develop Joe And The Seriff.
Besides Mikronika, the following shops also distributed my games:
- Ofotért
- Keravill
- 3 bookstores in Budapest, which were part of "Müszaki Könyváruház" (unfortunately I can't remember their names).
- Several smaller electronics shops from Hegyeshalom all the way to Vienna.
I sold the cassettes to the shops for 150 HUF, I'm not sure how much they were reselling them for.
Additionally, "Androméda Software" took these programs to America, but I don't know if anything ever came of it.
Joe And Seriff sold about 3000 pieces, Urvirag sold about 2000-2500. Flipper sold maybe around 1000 copies. These include both the C16 and C64 versions.
About development:
Everything was developed using only paper, pencils, and the built-in Monitor. Joe And The Seriff took about 2 months. Űrvirag took about 3 months (even though it's a rewrite of the former).
More programs:
There were 3 more programs that were commercially sold (but are currently lost):
A basic game called "Kiszorító" (a nibbly-type game). The cover had a cartoon from "Ludas Matyi magazine" (with the artists permission).
Another program was Fektesd le, this was based on a board game, which could be used for education. You could store up questions and answers ahead of time. When players wanted to kick each other out, they received a question. If it was answered correctly, they were successful.
A game simply called "Master mind", which was a mastermind implementation. The program generated a 4 digit number and the player had to guess it. Rodin's "Thinker" was on the cover.
Later we created some arcade machines. You could win with these! The insides were C16's. One was a roulette game ("Rulett"), the other was Zsoldos Repülő. These were later released on cassettes as well, but they didn't sell well, due to the orientation. |
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