Spectral Associates

Spectral Associates was an American maker of computer games for the TRS-80 Color Computer. It was founded in 1980 and went defunct sometime in the late 1980s. Spectral Associates sold their software through Radio Shack and via direct sales. It was a very prolific game company for the TRS-80 Color Computer I and II in its heyday.

Computer Games

 * Cave Walker (1986, via Tandy Corporation)
 * Color Meteoroids 1.6 (1981)
 * Color Space Invaders 1.4 (1981)
 * Color Space War (cassette)
 * Cubix
 * Decathlon
 * Froggie
 * Galagon
 * Ghost Gobbler (cassette/disk)
 * Ice Castles
 * Interbank Incident (1985–1987)
 * Lancer (1983, cassette/disk)
 * Lunar Rover 1
 * Lunar Rover Patrol (1983, cassette/disk)
 * Keys of the Wizard (cassette)
 * Madness and the Minotaur (1982, cassette)
 * Maze Escape (32K and above, cassette)
 * Module Man
 * Ms. Gobbler (cassette/disk)
 * Pegasus and the Phantom Riders (1985–1987)
 * Pengon (cassette)
 * Piggy (cassette)
 * Planet Invasion (cassette)
 * Qix
 * Realm of Nauga (cassette)
 * Roller Controller
 * Space Sentry (cassette/disk)
 * Springster (1985–1987)
 * Storm Arrows (cassette/disk)
 * Treasury Pack 1 (disk) - these treasuries included (not necessarily an all-inclusive list): Keys of the Wizard, Lunar Rover Patrol, Cubix, Module Man, Qix, Roller Controller, Pengon, Decathlon, Lancer, Froggie, Galagon, and Lunar Rover 1
 * Treasury Pack 2 (disk)
 * Whirlybird Run (1982, cassette/disk)

Computer Games (Educational)

 * Alpha Search (educational, cassette/disk)

Applications/Utilities

 * Clone 80cc (cassette)
 * RGB Patch (disk)
 * Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)
 * Holiday Demonstration Program (1986, Radio Shack store demo)

July 1980 - June 1981

 * Introduced a 16K upgrade, ($75.00) an editor/assembler, plus several other utilities and one of the first games: SPACE INVADERS. They were also in the process of developing MAGIC BOX which would enable Model I & III tapes to be loaded into the Color Computer.

July 1981 - June 1982

 * Color Computer technical manual (book)

July 1983 - June 1984

 * Color Basic Unravelled II (book)
 * Disk Basic Unravelled II (book)
 * Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)
 * Super Extended Basic Unravelled II (book)

Other

 * The Facts for the TRS-80 Color Computer (book, Copyright (c) 1983, First printing: Nov 1981, Fifth Printing: Jul 1983)
 * CoCo 3 Secrets Revealed