Ultrasoft


Ultrasoft was a computer game developer and computer game publisher located in Bratislava, Slovakia. The company specialised in the development and publishing of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer. With over 40 titles to its credit, Ultrasoft was the biggest game software publisher in Czechoslovakia and, arguably, one of the biggest European producers of computer games during the 1990s. The most successful titles included the platform game Towdie and puzzle games Atomix and Hexagonia – Atomix 2. Apart from computer games, the company also published a dozen or so non-game titles, mostly for learning foreign languages, as well as text, image, sound and music editors.
Ultrasoft also acted as an exclusive distributor within the territory of Czechoslovakia for Domark and Ocean Software game software houses based in England.
The company was founded by Louis Wittek in 1989, and dissolved in 1998.

Published games

TitleYearDeveloper Genre
Arkarum1990Rumatisoft Shoot 'em up
Atomix1991Scorpion Puzzle video game
Axons1992Ľubomír Salanci Shoot 'em up
Bukapao1991Ľudovít Wittek Text adventure
Cesta Bojovníka 1992KM Soft Fighting game
Chrobák Truhlík 1991Sybilasoft Text adventure
Crux 921992Marek Trefný Action Puzzle video game
Double Dash1991Fuxoft Action Puzzle video game
F.I.R.E.1991Fuxoft Shoot 'em up
Galactic Gunners1992Cybexlab Software Shoot 'em up
Hexagonia – Atomix 21992Scorpion Puzzle video game
Jet Story1992Cybexlab Software Arcade game
Kliatba Noci 1993Microtech Systems
DSA Computer Graphics
Action-adventure game
Komando 21992Microtech Systems
DSA Computer Graphics
Shoot 'em up
Logic1991Rumatisoft Puzzle video game
Notorik1992Bytepack Action-adventure game
Octopussy1992Bytepack Text adventure
Pedro 1 1992Gold Storm Action-adventure game
Pedro 2 1993Gold Storm Action-adventure game
Pedro 3 1993Gold Storm Action-adventure game
Phantom F4 - Part 11992Microtech Systems DSA Computer Graphics
DSA Computer Graphics
Action game
Phantom F4 - Part 21992Microtech Systems
DSA Computer Graphics
Action game
Pick Out 21993Bytepack Puzzle video game
Prva Akcia 1992Microtech Systems
DSA Computer Graphics
Arcade game
Quadrax1994David Durčák and Marián Ferko Puzzle video game
Rýchle Šípy 1 1991Májasoft and CIDsoft Text adventure
Rýchle Šípy 2 1991Májasoft and CIDsoft Text adventure
Sach-Mat 1992Ján Deák Chess video game
Sherwood1992DSA Computer Graphics Action Strategy video game
Skladačka 1992Deltasoft Text adventure
Star Dragon1991Scorpion Shoot 'em up
Tetris 21991Fuxoft Puzzle video game
Towdie1994DSA Computer Graphics Action-adventure game
Twilight1995Ľubomír Dekan, Radoslav Javor and Norbert Grellneth Adventure game

Other published titles

Between 1991–1994 Ultrasoft also published a specialised monthly magazine Bit, aimed at owners of home computers and dealing with computer games in particular.