• Distinctive Software, Inc. was a Canadian video game developer established in Burnaby, British Columbia, by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember after their success...
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  • spin-offs. Distinctive Software developed its 1989 sequel, The Duel: Test Drive II, using several software libraries. Distinctive (as Unlimited Software, Inc...
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    years as the president of Worldwide Studios. In 1982, he founded Distinctive Software, which was later acquired by Electronic Arts in 1991 and renamed...
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    publicly traded software company, Sydney Development Corporation formed in 1978. From 1987 to 1991 he was President and CEO of Distinctive Software Inc. of Vancouver...
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    located in Burnaby, British Columbia. The development studio opened as Distinctive Software in January 1983, and is also Electronic Arts's largest and oldest...
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    The Duel: Test Drive II (category Distinctive Software games)
    The Duel: Test Drive II is a 1989 racing video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Commodore...
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    Columbia and started in the video game industry in the late 1980s at Distinctive Software in Burnaby. His first game was Hardball II released in 1989. Taylor...
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  • Sports Boxing Distinctive Software Mindscape Sports Amiga, MS-DOS, Atari ST, macOS June 15, 1991 4D Sports Tennis Distinctive Software Mindscape Sports...
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  • Stunts (video game) (category Distinctive Software games)
    known as 4D Sports Driving) is a 3D racing video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Broderbund in 1990. The game places emphasis on...
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  • Wilkinson and Rory Armes previously worked for Distinctive Software during the late 1980s. When Distinctive Software was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1991...
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    Electronic Arts (category Macintosh software companies)
    toward internal game studios, often through acquisitions, such as Distinctive Software becoming EA Canada in 1991. Into the 2020s, EA develops and publishes...
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  • Walt Disney Computer Software. Dick Tracy: The Crime Solving Adventure, for Amiga and MS-DOS, developed by Distinctive Software and also published by...
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  • Test Drive (1987 video game) (category Distinctive Software games)
    Test Drive is a racing video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade, released in 1987 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64,...
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  • trademark function, and has distinctive character. Registrability can be understood as a continuum, with "inherently distinctive" marks at one end, "generic"...
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  • Super Contra (category Distinctive Software games)
    conversions). A pair of computer versions of Super C developed by Distinctive Software were released in North America for the Amiga and IBM PC compatibles...
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  • AppNeta (category Software companies based in Massachusetts)
    AppNeta is a computer software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with research and development based in Vancouver, British Columbia. currently...
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    on 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-07. Software Industry Report (1997-06-04). "Electronic Arts; Distinctive Software Inc". AllBusiness. Retrieved 2008-04-13...
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    the design and development of video analytics, network video management software, surveillance cameras, and access control products. Avigilon devices are...
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  • concerning software copyright have close parallels in other domains of copyright law, there are a number of distinctive issues that arise with software. This...
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  • series. While the first two Test Drive titles were developed by Distinctive Software, the third one was developed in-house at Accolade. This resulted...
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    Resources Investment Corporation Capcom Vancouver Catalena Productions Distinctive Software EA Black Box Foley, Welch and Stewart Future Shop Gaslamp Games HarbourLynx...
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  • Inc. Delphine Software International, a now bankrupt software company Destination Software, Inc., a video game company Distinctive Software Inc., a video...
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    Resources Investment Corporation Capcom Vancouver Catalena Productions Distinctive Software EA Black Box Foley, Welch and Stewart Future Shop Gaslamp Games HarbourLynx...
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  • Wheels toys. The Need for Speed series was originally developed by Distinctive Software, a video game studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
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  • (developed by Distinctive Software) 1992 Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihō Bucky O'Hare Monster in My Pocket Nightshade (developed by Beam Software) Star...
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  • Grand Prix Circuit Distinctive Software Accolade APPII, CPC, C64, AMI, ST, DOS, ZX, Mac 1988 Grand Prix Construction Set Superior Software Acornsoft BBC 1987...
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  • Australia on October 24, 1991. Top Gun: Danger Zone, developed by Distinctive Software and published by Konami, was released for PC (DOS) in 1991. The players...
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  • The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness (category Distinctive Software games)
    published by Konami on January 1, 1992 for MS-DOS. Developed by Distinctive Software, it is based on the Simpsons franchise and features many aspects...
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  • Retrieved August 23, 2012. Frind, Markus (2007). "Looking for 3 Senior Software Developers". PlentyOfFish Blog. Archived from the original on December...
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  • Top Gun: Danger Zone (category Distinctive Software games)
    Top Gun: Danger Zone is a video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Konami in 1991 for DOS. Danger Zone (Top Gun) is a flight simulator...
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