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Keypunch Software, Inc. was an American budget software publisher and shareware distributor active in the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the company marketed low-cost compilations and utilities for home computers such as the Apple II, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit and ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS; some releases used the label Box Office Software.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]By 1985, packaging for Keypunch compilations listed the company at 1221 Pioneer Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota.[4] In 1986, Compute! reported that Keypunch had introduced a line of $9.99 Atari ST titles, with Amiga versions planned.[2] The following year, Antic described a “new family” of 8-bit programs from the company sold at low prices through mass-market retailers.[1]
Keypunch also acted as a U.S. distributor for certain third-party games. A 1990 Amiga World review of Ikari Warriors lists the U.S. distributor as “Keypunch Software, 1221 Pioneer Building, St. Paul, MN 55101.”[5] By 1990, the company was also issuing titles under the Box Office Software imprint.[3]
Products
[edit]Keypunch primarily issued multi-game compilations and low-cost utility or education disks across several platforms. Examples documented in contemporary packaging and museum/press records include Adventure Pak/Adventure Quest series and other Apple II/Commodore/PC compilations,[4] along with MS-DOS collections such as Strike Force.[6]
Reception and criticism
[edit]Retrospective reporting has criticized some Keypunch releases for repackaging public-domain or shareware games. A technical history of Sopwith by its modern maintainer notes that a version titled Red Baron appeared in Keypunch’s Strike Force compilation with attribution removed and the game labelled “public domain.”[7] Museum catalog entries corroborate Strike Force as a Keypunch-published compilation for IBM PC compatibles.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "New Products: EasyFind System; ...; Keypunch Software; Warship". Antic. March 1987. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
- ^ a b "Inexpensive ST Software". Compute!. September 1986. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
- ^ a b "New Products (Box Office Software, a division of Keypunch)" (PDF). Compute!'s Gazette. May 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
- ^ a b "Adventure Pak (Atari series) inlay" (PDF). The Museum of Computer Adventure Game History. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
- ^ "Ikari Warriors (review)". Amiga World. January 1990. p. 60. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
- ^ a b "Strike Force". Centre for Computing History. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
- ^ Taylor, David (2019). "History of Sopwith, Part 3: Sopwith escapes the lab". Archived from the original on July 2, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
External links
[edit]- pixelatedarcade
.com /companies /keypunch-software-inc /overview – company overview and catalog (database) - www
.mobygames .com /company /1264 /keypunch-software-inc / – catalog and notes (database)
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