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P PROLOGUE +--------------------------------------+ | | | During the mid 8O's, all the kids in | | the block were playing games on the | | Commodore 64. The machine was the | | talk of the town. | | | | Today technology has passed the | | Commodore 64 by a million miles. | | | | And the kids in the block play their | | games on the PC, Nintendo and Sega. | | In some cases, even the Amiga. | | | +--------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------+ |But then something really interesting | | happened. The former Eastern block | |opened. And not having adapted proper-| |ly the western block economically, | | one could hardly afford the PC, | | Nintendo or Sega. | | | | So the Commodore 64 experienced yet | | another success. | | | | And with it, so did the games. | +--------------------------------------+ C S Cherry Software ________________________________________ T The come of age _______________ It may appear slighly odd producing games for a computer that was launched in 1981. The Commodore 64 is still the same machine today, as it was back then. The programmingtechniques are differ- ent. Therefore the games we do today, were impossible to do just a few years back. T The launch of a company _______________________ Cherry Software was founded in early 1993 with one firm belief - to produce highquality software for the Commodore 64. To create a solid economy, and even more importantly, routine in the soft- warebusiness, we focues on the East European market only. Since some 6 months back, Cherry Software has ex- panded immensly. Moving to new offices, employing new people and hiring even more developing teams. Today Cherry Software employs 12 entire freelancing teams, all devoted in finishing their products for the Commodore 64 market. ** \/ F Finding the markets ___________________ Still, we know there is much more po- tential market than the Eastern parts of Europe. The Commodore 64 has since its launch in 1981 sold over 15 millin computers, making it one of the biggest successes in digital history. Today, 1995 there are still 85O.OOO active Commodore users, and it is our sincere duty to let them know that we exist. G Great news from the front _________________________ Even greater news from the front have appeared most recently. The German based company ESCOM bought the entire Commo- dore company, and with that announced a relaunch in production of the Com- modore 64. According to ESCOM, this is not to cover the Eastern parts of Europe, but instead focusing on an entirely new market; China. ESCOM have estimated over 2 million Commodore 64's being sold there before the end of the year. This triggers an enormous market, and a great potential for all game- creators who are still out there in the field. T Taking the lead _______________ Today we dare saying we will be leading the softwaremarket on the Commodore 64. Most of our programmers, in-house and freelancing, have their roots in the public domain/demosector, having had all the time in the world to pollish their talents. ** \/ Q Quality is the keyword ______________________ Our games will speak for themselves. Unfortunately, there has been a slight setback in the software market on the Commodore 64. A few years of dull puzzlegames and uninspiring titles that have not quite managed to sail under the flag of quality. That is not what we want. But more importantly, that is not what the players want. They want addictive, beautiful and stimulating games. That's what they will get. Due to immense expansion C H E R R Y S O F T W A R E seeks programmers for the 6502/68000/6800/65C016-processors as well as artist and musicians. CHERRY SOFTWARE today employs 12 entire development teams involved in producing fullprice titles. Our negotiations with ESCOM will trigger a wide oppurtunity to joboffers and money to make. Send your qualifications and samples of artwork to the address below. +------------------------------+ | CHERRY SOFTWARE | | CHERRY SOFTWARE | | Att: Personel & Organization | | Rullagergatan 9 | | 415 26 Goteborg | | Sweden | | | | Tel: +46/(O)31-373297 | +------------------------------+