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Main Street Publishing
Main Street Publishing,
611 W. Travelers Trail
Burnsville, Minnesota
55337.
USA
(800) 334-3645;
(612) 894-7950.
Year Founded: 1985
Year Defunct: 1987
Main Street Publishing was founded by Gerald VanDiver (also the author of the first Apple Books ( VanLoves) and first database on dick for apple) and also the co-founder of the successful company SSI/ Software Strategies Inc. along with Steve Van Houten.
Main Street was one of the first successful low-cost software house targets mass merchandise retail channels.
Frogger, PacMan as well as many other games that were re-issued. The business model was the same as K-Tel records for releasing hit singles on one record. Main Street had 3 hits for $10 on one disk. They were the first to bring Apple and Windows low cost software to the market. In the mid-80's there was a flourish of companies producing low at $10 and under software for the mass merchant markets. Main Street software was sold in Sears, Target, Kmart, Walgreens, BDaltons, Waldens and many other stores.
MAIN ST. PUBLISHING offers classic titles under $10 (many at $6.95 and lower).
Remember Muse Software's Castle Wolfenstein, Robotwar, and Titan Empire?
How about Origin System's Caverns of Callisto or CE Software's Sword Thrust series?
Those are just some of the titles which Main St. is making available at bargain prices.
The low-end competition should benefit the consumer by increasing the value offered per game at both ends of the spectrum.
If Bing Gordon's "rule of thumb" for game value ($1 of value for every hour played, 40 bucks for 40 or more hours) is correct, the observant consumer should find 1987 to be a great year for purchasing classic titles at outstanding value.
Released titles (some):
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Learning to Count Foreign : Math, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Math Mission, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Mathaletics II, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Commodore 64/128
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Outer Space Mathematics, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. States, Capitals, and Landmarks, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Storybook Addition and Subtraction, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Trivia, Trivia and more Trivia, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Commodore 64/128
611 W. Travelers Trail
Burnsville, Minnesota
55337.
USA
(800) 334-3645;
(612) 894-7950.
Year Founded: 1985
Year Defunct: 1987
Main Street Publishing was founded by Gerald VanDiver (also the author of the first Apple Books ( VanLoves) and first database on dick for apple) and also the co-founder of the successful company SSI/ Software Strategies Inc. along with Steve Van Houten.
Main Street was one of the first successful low-cost software house targets mass merchandise retail channels.
Frogger, PacMan as well as many other games that were re-issued. The business model was the same as K-Tel records for releasing hit singles on one record. Main Street had 3 hits for $10 on one disk. They were the first to bring Apple and Windows low cost software to the market. In the mid-80's there was a flourish of companies producing low at $10 and under software for the mass merchant markets. Main Street software was sold in Sears, Target, Kmart, Walgreens, BDaltons, Waldens and many other stores.
MAIN ST. PUBLISHING offers classic titles under $10 (many at $6.95 and lower).
Remember Muse Software's Castle Wolfenstein, Robotwar, and Titan Empire?
How about Origin System's Caverns of Callisto or CE Software's Sword Thrust series?
Those are just some of the titles which Main St. is making available at bargain prices.
The low-end competition should benefit the consumer by increasing the value offered per game at both ends of the spectrum.
If Bing Gordon's "rule of thumb" for game value ($1 of value for every hour played, 40 bucks for 40 or more hours) is correct, the observant consumer should find 1987 to be a great year for purchasing classic titles at outstanding value.
Released titles (some):
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Learning to Count Foreign : Math, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Math Mission, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Mathaletics II, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Commodore 64/128
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Outer Space Mathematics, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. States, Capitals, and Landmarks, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Storybook Addition and Subtraction, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Atari
Main Street Publishing, Inc. Trivia, Trivia and more Trivia, n.d.
Physical Description: 1 computer disk ; 5 ¼ in. Commodore 64/128