Datamost was a software design company based in Chatsworth, California that operated in the early 1980s, producing games and other software mainly for the Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari platforms, with some for the IBM PC. Chatsworth is a district of the City of Los Angeles California in the San Fernando Valley region The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. Datamost also published educational and reference materials related to computers and computer programming. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions.

Software

The title screen from Datamost's Cavern Creatures. Cavern Creatures is a 1983 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers written by Paul Lowrance and published by Datamost,

The title screen from Datamost's Spectre. Spectre is a 1982 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers written by Bob Flanagan and Scott Miller and published by Datamost

The title screen from Datamost's Super Bunny. Super Bunny is a 1983 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers written by Vic Leone and published by Datamost

Datamost's software projects included:

• County Fair by Dan Illowsky (1981)
• Thief by Bob Flanagan (1981)
• Money Munchers by Bob Bishop (1982)
• Aztec by Paul Stephenson (1982)
• Guardian by Bob Flanagan (1982)
• Space Strike by Michael Abrash (1982)
• Tharolian Tunnels by Rod Nelsen (1982)
• The Bilestoad by Marc Goodman (1982)
• The Missing Ring by Terry Romine (1982)
• Snack Attack by Dan Illowsky (1982)
• Spectre by Bob Flanagan and Scott Miller (1982)
• Swashbuckler by Paul Stephenson (1982)
• Tubeway by David Van Brink (1982)
• WizPlus (1982)
• Ardy The Aardvark by Chris Oberth (1983)
• Argos by Ron Lowrance (1983)
• Cavern Creatures by Paul Lowrance (1983)
• Cohen's Towers by Frank Cohen and Alan Sinder (1983)
• Conquering Worlds by Walter Hochbrueckner (1983)
• The Cosmic Tunnels by Tim Ferris (1983)
• The Tail of Beta Lyrae by Philip Price
• Monster Smash by Dave Eisler and Mark Riley (1983)
• Mating Zone by Tom Luhrs (1983)
• Neon by Ray Gari (1983)
• Night Raiders by Peter Filiberti (1983)
• Pandora's Box by Bob Flanagan (1983)
• Round About (1983)
• Space Ark by Bob Flanagan (1983)
• Space Cadette by Dan Illowsky (1983)
• Super Bunny by Vic Leone and Bill Russell (1983)
• Ankh by David Van Brink (1984)
• Cribbage II by Art Carpet
• Earthly Delights by Roger Webster and Daniel Leviton (1984)
• Mabel's Mansion by Kevin Bagley (1984)
• Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory by Ron Rosen and Robert McNally (1984)
• My Chess II by David Kittinger and Walter Hochbrueckner (1984)
• Polar Pierre by Ron Rosen (1984)

Some Atari variants of these games had software protection and featured music generated by the Advanced Music Processor by Philip Price. Thief is a 1982 Computer game created by Bob Flanagan and published by Datamost. Money Munchers is a 1982 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers created by Bob Bishop and published by Datamost. Aztec is a 1982 Computer game, created by Paul Stephenson and published by Datamost. Space Strike is a 1982 Computer game for the IBM PC family of computers created by Michael Abrash and published by Datamost. Tharolian Tunnels is a 1982 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers created by Rod Nelsen and published by Datamost. The Bilestoad is a Computer game by Marc Goodman (credited as "Mangrove Earthshoe" for the Apple II platform released in 1982 The Missing Ring is a 1982 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers published by Datamost. Snack Attack is a 1982 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers created by Dan Illowsky and published by Datamost. Spectre is a 1982 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers written by Bob Flanagan and Scott Miller and published by Datamost Swashbuckler is a 1982 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers created by Paul Stephenson and published by Datamost. Tubeway is a 1982 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers created by David Arthur Van Brink and published by Datamost. Wizardry is a series of Computer role-playing games developed by Sir-Tech, that were popular in the 1980s Cavern Creatures is a 1983 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers written by Paul Lowrance and published by Datamost, The Tail of Beta Lyrae is a 1983 Computer game for the Atari family of computers created by Philip Price with music by Gary Philip Price is best known for computer game designs and creative programming done using the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and was one of the founders of Paradise Programming Super Bunny is a 1983 Computer game for the Apple II family of computers written by Vic Leone and published by Datamost Earthly Delights is a 1983 Apple II Text adventure game created by Roger Webster and Daniel Leviton and published by Datamost. This article is about the Datamost game For the 2007 game 'Mr Philip Price is best known for computer game designs and creative programming done using the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and was one of the founders of Paradise Programming Music in those versions with the Advanced Music Processor were composed by Gary Gilbertson and included Cosmic Tunnels, Mr. Gary Gilbertson was a music Composer for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers Robot and his Robot Factory and Monster Smash.

Publications

Datamost's publications included:

• How to Program the Apple II Using 6502 Assembly Language (1981)
• How to Write an Apple Program (1982) by Ed Faulk
• P-Source (Inside Apple Pascal) (1982) by Randall Hyde
• The Elementary Apple (1983) by William B. Sanders
• The Atari Experience
• Atari Roots (1984) [1] by Mark Andrews
• The Musical Atari (1984) by Hal Glickman
• The Apple Almanac by Eric Goez and William Sanders
• Apple Macintosh Primer (1984) by William B. Sanders

External links

• Datamost, Inc. entry from MobyGames