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==Products== Brøderbund scored an early hit with the game ''[[Galactic Empire (Brøderbund)|Galactic Empire]]'', written by Doug Carlston for the [[TRS-80]]. The company went on to become a powerhouse in the educational and entertainment software markets with titles like ''[[Fantavision]]'', ''[[Choplifter]]'', ''[[Apple Panic]]'', ''[[Lode Runner]]'', ''[[Karateka (computer game)|Karateka]]'', ''[[Wings of Fury]]'', ''[[Prince of Persia]]'', ''[[In the 1st Degree]]'', ''[[The Last Express]]'', ''[[Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?]]'', and ''[[Myst]]'', which stayed the highest grossing home computer game for years. Brøderbund was easily one of the most dominant [[video game publisher|publisher]]s in the computer market of the 1980s, having released [[video game]]s for virtually all major computer systems in the United States. This included not only the popular [[IBM PC|IBM PC-DOS]] [[personal computer]], but also the leading [[home computers]] from the decade, notably the [[TRS-80]], the [[Apple II]] (for which their first title was ''[[Tank Command]]'', written by the third Carlston brother, Professor [[Donal Carlston]]), the [[Commodore 64]], the [[Atari 8-bit]] and the [[Amiga]]. The company even went on licensing some of its titles to [[Europe]]an and [[Japan]]ese companies who ported Brøderbund's games to the different home computers of these regions, such as the [[Amstrad CPC]], the [[MSX]] and the [[ZX Spectrum]]. Brøderbund also publishes the ''[[Print Shop]]'' series of [[desktop publishing]] making programs,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDF113AF937A2575AC0A965958260|title=PERIPHERALS; For Desktop Advice, A Publishing Wizard |last=Shannon|first=L.R.|date=September 14, 1993|work=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> [[Family Tree Maker]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804E6DD113FF930A25756C0A96F958260&scp=7&sq=broderbund%20family%20tree&st=cse|title=NEWS WATCH; Family Tree Maker Software Now Has 1.5 Billion Names |last=Biersdorfer|first=J.D.|date=May 13, 1999|work=[[New York Times]]|pages=1|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> (a genealogy program supported by hundreds of CDs of public genealogy data) and [[3D Home Architect]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E4D8113DF930A15755C0A962958260&scp=1&sq=broderbund%20architect&st=cse|title=COMPANY NEWS; BRODERBUND SHARES JUMP ON LATE EARNINGS REPORT |date=June 23, 1994|work=[[New York Times]]|pages=1|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> a program for designing and visualizing family homes. By the end of the 1980s, games represented only a few percent of Brøderbund's annual sales, which by then were heavily focused in the productivity arena and early education and learning areas. Just before being acquired by The Learning Company, Brøderbund spun off its popular [[Living Books series]] by forming a joint venture with [[Random House Publishing]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DF133BF932A2575AC0A965958260|title=COMPANY NEWS; Random House Children's Books Headed for PC's |last=Adelson|first=Andrea|date=September 11, 1993|work=[[New York Times]]|pages=1|accessdate=2008-11-26}}</ref> Despite the success and quality of the Living Books series the joint venture was marginally successful and was dissolved with The Learning Company deal. For a brief time, Brøderbund was involved in the [[video game console]] market when they published a few games for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES), but all of their NES games, including their own franchises ''[[Lode Runner]]'', ''[[Spelunker (computer game)|Spelunker]]'' and ''[[Raid on Bungeling Bay]]'', were developed by [[Third-party developer|third-party]] Japanese companies. Brøderbund also developed and marketed an ill-fated [[Motion detection|motion sensitive]] NES controller device called the [[U-Force]], which was operated without direct physical contact between the player and the device.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6DF1031F93AA35752C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2|title=Trade Show's Hottest Item: The TV Set|last=Pollack|first=Andrew|date=January 9, 1989|work=[[New York Times]]|pages=1|accessdate=2008-11-27}}</ref> They also published some titles that were produced by companies that didn't have a North American subsidiary, such as [[Compile (software company)|Compile]]'s ''[[The Guardian Legend]]'', [[Imagineer (video game company)|Imagineer]]'s ''[[The Battle of Olympus]]'' or ''[[Legacy of the Wizard]]'', the fourth instalment in [[Nihon Falcom]]'s ''[[Dragon Slayer (series)|Dragon Slayer]]'' series. Brøderbund also briefly had a board game division, which published Don Carlston's [[Personal Preference]], along with several board game versions of their popular computer games.
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