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FTL was founded by Wayne Holder in 1982. Holder started Software Heaven and FTL as its game division after founding Oasis Systems which specialized in spell checking software. He hired Bruce Webster , with whom he graduated from high school in 1971, to head FTL.
FTL released several games throughout its relatively short history. Surprisingly, most went on to become best sellers and some even set new standards for games of their genres.
Holder and Webster co-designed FTL's first game, , a space trading game. It was released first for the Apple II in March 1984. Webster did most of the programming for the Apple II version, but resigned from FTL after the release of version 2.0 due to programming burn-out.
SunDog was later released for the Atari ST in 1986 and became that system's best selling software for that year and garnered lavish critical acclaim. Doug Bell , Andy Jaros and Mike Newton portedIn computing, a port (derived from seaport) is usually an interface through which data is sent and received. An exception is a software port (derived from transport), which is software that has been "transported" to another computer system (see below for the game to the Atari ST.
Screenshot Oids ( Atari ST) Oids , an arcade gameCentipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, typically installed in businesses such as restaurants, pubs, and video arcades. Most arcade games are video games or pinball machi, was one of FTL's minor releases. It received little attention with a later conversion to the Apple MacintoshMacintosh now known simply as Mac in all official capacities, is a family of personal computers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. of Cupertino, California, USA. Named after the McIntosh, a type of apple favoured by Jef Raskin, the Macintosh was launche, however the original Atari ST release received rave reviews in the UK, where it remains a cult favourite.
It was however eclipsed by the release of FTL's next game.
Dungeon MasterDungeon Master Atari ST) Dungeon Master was the first 3D realtime action role playing computer game and created the genre of Dungeon Crawler games. It was first published in 1987 on Atari ST by FTL Games and went on to become the ST's best selling product, a fantasy role-playing gameThis article is about traditional role-playing games. See video and computer role-playing games for their digital counterparts. A role-playing game RPG is a type of game where players assume the roles of fictional characters via role-playing. In fact, man, was released in 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train for the Atari ST and went on to become the ST's best selling product of all time. It was eventually ported to over a dozen platforms in six languages.
It received too many awards to list here, but it received the first ever Special Award for Artistic Achievement from Computer Gaming WorldComputer Gaming World CGW is the the oldest video game publication still in continuous circulation. Founded in 1981 as a bimonthly newsletter, it was eventually bought by Ziff Davis, a large publishing house, and became the cornerstone of a series of digi when it was initially released.