Keypunch Software

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Keypunch Software was an American software distributor from around 1985-1993. The company usually published budget software packages by mail, but also sold in some stores. They focused mostly on video games made for the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Apple II, and Atari 8-bit, but also distributed any other software they thought they could sell. The company was notorious for selling software they didn't own, usually by taking existing free games and modifying them to make them seem like something else. They would usually remove all credits and re-title the games so the original developers wouldn't find out.

Personal

My cousin had several Keypunch software bundles for his Tandy 1000, and, although most of the games were pretty awful, we played them a lot because we didn't have many other options. It wasn't until I was in my 20s and started making Web pages about the games that I discovered that some of the Keypunch titles were just rebranded older free games. The more I researched the games, the more I discovered that Keypunch was essentially a pirate organization.

Games

These are the games made by Keypunch Software that are important to me:

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