Odyssey Software

Odyssey Software
Odyssey Software
Industry Computer and Video Games
Founded 1987 (defunct 1995)
Headquarters Eastham, Massachusetts
Key people Art V. Cestaro III

Odyssey Software was a computer game developer founded in 1987 in Eastham, Massachusetts by Art V. Cestaro III. The company produced games for the Amiga and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

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History

Odyssey's earliest titles were expanded works based on arcade games popular at that time. Byteman was based on Pac Man, Jailbreak was based on Arkanoid, Deathbots was based on Berzerk, and Space War was based on Asteroids.

After its early attempts at working as an independent game developer Odyssey began taking contracts from other established companies. In 1990, Moon Ranger, was produced under contract with Color Dreams for the NES. Odyssey established a relationship with American Video Entertainment, who contracted Deathbots for the NES. After Deathbots, Odyssey went on to produce Solitaire and Blackjack, which American Video Entertainment subsequently published. Three other Nintendo titles (Backgammon, Cue Stick, and Poker) were in production but American Video Entertainment went out of business before any of these titles could be published.

Odyssey was involved early in the Mad Dog McCree project, doing video cleanup by hand, but were never contracted for the final development of this title.

Odyssey Software went out of business in 1995.

Notable employees

Odyssey's original employees were programmers George C. Rucker III, Lane Waters. and Scott Lahteine, and graphic artists Soren Young, Dave Flamburis, John Silano, and Ranjeet Singhal. Around 1990 Mike Smith and Steve Tilton joined the team to work on Moon Ranger. In 1993 Jerry Normandin joined Odyssey for the Mad Dog McCree project. Other employees of Odyssey include Mike Davis, Mark Kelly, Monty Eriksin, Dennis St. Aubin, and Tomisa Starr.

Games developed by Odyssey

  • Byteman (1988)
  • Deathbots (for Amiga) (1988)
  • Jailbreak (1988)
  • Space War (1988)
  • Moon Ranger (1989)
  • Deathbots (for NES) (1990)
  • Solitaire (1991)
  • Blackjack (1992)

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