Tynesoft
Tynesoft Computer Software was a software developer and publisher in the 1980s and early 1990s. History. The company was originally set up in 1983 to release educational software but soon moved into the video games market on which it concentrated for most of its time. It developed numerous games for a wide variety of 8-bit micros, particularly those less well catered for by other publishers such as the Commodore 16, BBC Micro and Atari 8-bit. They also had a budget label, Micro Value, that issued compilations, reissues and some original games. They had most success with their  multi-load games such as "Summer Olympiad", "Circus Games" and "Rodeo Games". They also released licensed ports to smaller systems such as Software Projects' "Jet Set Willy" (Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16/Plus/4, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron), First Star Software's "Boulder Dash" (BBC, Electron) and "Spy vs. Spy" (C16/+4, BBC, Electron) and Mindscape's "Indoor Sports" (C16/+4, BBC, Electron). From the late 1980s, they released games for the 16-bit computers Amiga and Atari ST as well as PC but failed to capture a large share of this new market and with the demise of the 8-bit  games scene, their sales fell. The company went bankrupt in 1990 when its sister printing business incurred massive debts, before it could publish its game based on the Games Workshop boardgame "Blood Bowl". The name continues to this day in a completely unrelated business.