Brøderbund Software
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| Fate | Acquired by The Learning Company |
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| Successor | The Learning Company |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Defunct | 1998 |
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| Products | Computer software and video games |
| Website | www.broderbund.com |
Brøderbund Software, Inc. was an American maker of video games, educational software and productivity tools. Brøderbund is best known for the 8-bit computer game hits Choplifter, Lode Runner, Karateka, and Prince of Persia (all of which originated on the Apple II), as well as The Print Shop—originally for printing signs and banners on dot matrix printers—and the Myst and Carmen Sandiego games. The company was founded in Eugene, Oregon, and moved to San Rafael, California, then later to Novato, California. Brøderbund was purchased by The Learning Company in 1998.
Many of Brøderbund's software titles, such as The Print Shop, PrintMaster and Mavis Beacon, are still published under the name "Brøderbund". Games released by the revived Brøderbund are distributed by Encore, Inc. Brøderbund is now the brand name for Riverdeep's graphic design, productivity, and edutainment titles such as The Print Shop, Carmen Sandiego, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, the Living Books series, and Reader Rabbit titles, in addition to publishing software for other companies, notably Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm.
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