Software Creations (US)

Software Creations (US)

Software Creations was a division of Linton Enterprises located in Clinton, Massachusetts, and run by Dan Linton. It was not connected with Software Creations (UK), the British software development company specializing in computer games located in Manchester, England.

oftware Creations BBS

Software Creations BBS was the bulletin board system (BBS) operated by the company, and known for being a popular distribution site for shareware game developers. It was the "Home BBS" for Apogee Software/3D Realms [cite web|title=3D Realms Company History - 1991|url=http://www.3drealms.com/history2.html|accessdate=2007-11-07] , and was also used by Id Software, Capstone, Parallax, Activision and others.

The BBS featured:
* 134 nodes
* PCBoard BBS software
* U.S. Robotics modems
* Novell NetWare, supporting NFS utilized by Software Creations' own "WEB BBS"
* A website at http://www.swcbbs.com (now defunct)

The BBS received multiple awards:
* "Best BBS and Web Site", Dvorak Awards, 1995 [cite web|title=1995 Dvorak Awards|url=http://www.citivu.com/dvorak/95awds.html#bbswebsite|accessdate=2007-11-07]
* "Most popular BBS", Boardwatch, 1993

The company and BBS were purchased by Total Entertainment Network in September of 1995 [cite news|title=Total Entertainment Network acquires Software Creations|work=Business Wire|date=1995-09-19|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Total+Entertainment+Network+acquires+Software+Creations%3B+Purchase+of...-a017436169|accessdate=2007-11-07] . The BBS has since been shut down.

References

* http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-2680.html


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