Distinctive Software
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Founded | 1985-??-?? |
Headquarters | Burnaby, BC, CA |
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Distinctive Software was a Canadian development company located in Burnaby, Vancouver BC in Canada. The company was known for making computer ports of arcade games, and is best known for making the Test Drive games. Occasionally, they went by the alias "Unlimited Software". The company was sold to Electronic Arts in 1991 and became "Electronic Arts Canada". It is now known today as "EA Vancouver".
Some staff would form Radical Entertainment, Relic Entertainment, Next Level Games and Black Box Games.
Contents
Games
Music Development
Amiga
The sound team used a custom sound driver by Kris Hatlelid.
Genesis
For Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego, Steve Hayes used his own driver.
For The Duel: Test Drive II, Alistair Hirst composed music using Accolade's sound driver by Russell Shiffer.
DOS
The sound team used Kris Hatlelid's KSM format. According to various game credits, the driver was created with Brian Plank.
NES
The sound team used KSM (Kris' Music System, referring to Kris Hatlelid) in which they wrote in assembler macros.
Audio Personnel
These composers worked at Distinctive Software:
- Alistair Hirst
- Brian Plank
- Ivan Allan
- J. Daniel Scott
- Kris Hatlelid
- Mike Sokyrka
- Patrick Payne
- Traz Damji
These people were sub-contracted via Electronic Arts:
Links
- mobygames.com/company/distinctive-software-inc - MobyGames.