Software and Internet company based in Shreveport, Louisiana
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Softdisk
Headquarters in 2004; these offices were, for the latter part of the company's history, in a converted basement in downtown Shreveport.
Company type
Private
Industry
Software, Internet
Founded
1981
Defunct
2016
Headquarters
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Key people
Jim Mangham, Founder Judi Mangham, Founder Al Vekovius, Founder, Past CEO John Beaird, Past CEO John Carmack, Former Game Programmer John Romero, Former Game Programmer & Designer Tom Hall, Former Game Designer Adrian Carmack, Former Artist Kevin Cloud, Former Artist and Manager Jay Wilbur, Former Manager
Products
Disk magazines, video games
Softdisk was a software and Internet company based in Shreveport, Louisiana. Founded in 1981, its original products were disk magazines (which they termed "magazettes", for "magazine on diskette"). It was affiliated and partly owned by paper magazine Softalk at founding, but survived its demise.
The company has been known by a variety of names, including Softdisk Magazette, Softdisk Publishing, Softdisk, Inc., Softdisk Internet Services, Softdisk, L.L.C., and Magazines On Disk.
Softdisk is most well known for being the former workplace of several of the founders of id Software.
including Softdisk Magazette, Softdisk Publishing, Softdisk, Inc., Softdisk Internet Services, Softdisk, L.L.C., and Magazines On Disk. Softdisk is most...
in Keen Dreams was developed by id and published as a retail title by Softdisk; episodes four and five were released by Apogee as the shareware Commander...
work as a freelance programmer. Softdisk, a computer company in Shreveport, Louisiana, hired Carmack to work on Softdisk G-S (an Apple IIGS publication)...
Macintosh computer system, published by Softdisk beginning in 1988. It was a sister publication of Softdisk for the Apple II, Loadstar for the Commodore...
Apple II, 16-color, Softdisk Dangerous Dave's Risky Rescue, 1993, DOS, EGA, Softdisk Dave Goes Nutz!, 1993, DOS, EGA, Softdisk Dangerous Dave Goes Nutz...
Softdisk was a software and Internet company based in Shreveport, Louisiana. Founded in 1981, its original products were disk magazines (which they termed...
the offices of Softdisk developing multiple games for Softdisk's monthly publishing, including Dangerous Dave. Along with another Softdisk employee, Lane...
It was founded in February 1991 by four members of the software company Softdisk: programmers John Carmack and John Romero, game designer Tom Hall, and...
In September 1990, John Carmack, while working at programming studio Softdisk, developed a way to implement smooth side-scrolling in video games on personal...
is a vehicular combat game developed by id Software and published by Softdisk in April 1991. Hovertank 3D is set during a nuclear war. In Hovertank 3D...
Computer Science. In 1987, Hall worked at Softdisk Inc., where he was both a programmer and the editor of Softdisk, a software bundle delivered monthly. Along...
science. Cloud acquired his first full-time job as a computer artist at Softdisk in 1985. He was hired by id Software on March 10, 1992 to work as an assistant...
Apogee Software, the team planned to quit Softdisk and start their own company. When their boss, Softdisk owner Al Vekovius, confronted them on both...
division from Softdisk's art department, and persuaded Tom Hall to come in at night and help with game design. Romero and the others left Softdisk in February...
side-scrolling platform video game developed by id Software and published by Softdisk in 1991 for DOS. It is the fourth episode of the Commander Keen series...
3-D) is a fantasy themed first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Softdisk and released in November 1992 for DOS. It is the fourth entry in the Catacomb...
created by id Software and published by Softdisk in 1991. Shadow Knights was the first game created for Softdisk, who paid $5000 for it as part of id Software's...
a puzzle video game that was developed by id Software and published by Softdisk in 1991. The game was distributed as shareware, with the first 10 levels...
Mind Shear Software and published by Softdisk. After Mind Shear Software's release of Ironseed in 1994, Softdisk Publishing reached out to them with the...
Romero, designer Tom Hall, and artist Adrian Carmack, left their jobs at Softdisk to found id Software. After making a prototype game in Dreams to develop...
next major game after finishing their contract with their former employer Softdisk. After an initial suggestion for a science fiction game by Hall titled...
Belgian Scene Report (IBM PC) Big Blue Disk was a disk magazine published by Softdisk for IBM PC from 1986. Blackmail (IBM PC, 1993–1996, German) Budyn (IBM...
#20". Softdisk. June 1988. Retrieved 11 March 2020. "Big Blue Disk #29". Softdisk. March 1988. Retrieved 11 March 2020. "Big Blue Disk #35". Softdisk. September...
Romero, and John Carmack (no relation). The founders met while working at Softdisk's Gamer's Edge division and started id in 1991. Adrian Carmack's primary...
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