DROsoft

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DROsoft was a Spanish computer and video game software distributor headquartered in Madrid. The company was founded in 1985 out of DRO Records, Spain's first independent record label.[1] It is considered to have played a part in the golden age of Spanish software,[2] having been described as one of the "principal distributors" of the age.[3][4]

They were associated with the publication of a number of ZX Spectrum games,[5] some of which were marketed specifically for their translations to Spanish.[6] The company was further noted for translations of British-made games into Spanish, with the quality of the translations justifying their higher prices as compared to the rest of their software lineup.[7]

DROsoft also published the first graphical adventure game developed in Spain, Script error: No such module "Lang"., developed by Pendulo Studios.[8]

In 1988, they entered into an agreement to cooperate with Dinamic Software in distributing games, both in Spain and internationally.[9]

They were acquired by Electronic Arts on 14 November 1994, in order to allow direct distribution of Electronic Arts' software to the Spanish region.[10] One of its founding directors, Miguel Angel Gomez, later became the managing director of EMI Spain;[11] another, Jesús Alonso Gallo, went on to sell another business, Restaurantes.com, to the Michelin Group.[12]

In September 1995 they distributed the first E-books designed for children, as produced by Broderbund.[13] Their last published game was the Spanish version of Discworld in 1995.[14]

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