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Broderbund: History, Companies & Products

Broderbund Software, Inc. (formerly stylized as Brøderbund) was an American maker of video games, educational software, and productivity tools. Broderbund is best known for the 8-bit video game hits Choplifter, Lode Runner, Karateka, and Prince of Persia (all of which originated on the Apple II), as well as The Print Shop—originally for printing signs…

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Broderbund topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Broderbund.

Related topics
104
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
107
Extracted relationships
113
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
107

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 73 topics
Overview · 23 topics
Etymology · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1980; 46 years ago (1980) San Rafael, California, US
Industry
Software Video games
Headquarters
Eugene, Oregon, US · San Rafael, California, US · Novato, California, US
Defunct
1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Fate
Acquired by and folded into The Learning Company. Red Orb Entertainment folded into Mindscape.
Founder
Doug Carlston · Gary Carlston

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Etymology

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Broderbund connects Entity context

The extracted context around Broderbund shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Broderbund → African, Afrikaans, Afrikaner, Although, American, Apple II, Bank Street, Bank Street Writer, Before, Besides Doug, Broederbond, Brøderbund, Burr, By, Carlstons, Cathy, Co, Deleage, Don, Doug Another extracted example is Broderbund → Apple II, Apple Panic, Carlston, Carmen Sandiego, Choplifter, Doug Carlston, Fantavision, Fury, Galactic Empire, Karateka, Lode Runner, Logical Journey, Myst, Persia, Prince, Professor Donal Carlston, Tank Command, The, The Guardian Legend, TRS-80. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Broderbund

Top relations

related to history · 41
Broderbund → African, Afrikaans, Afrikaner, Although, American, Apple II, Bank Street, Bank Street Writer, Before, Besides Doug, Broederbond, Brøderbund, Burr, By, Carlstons, Cathy, Co, Deleage, Don, Doug
related to Products · 25
Broderbund → Apple II, Apple Panic, Carlston, Carmen Sandiego, Choplifter, Doug Carlston, Fantavision, Fury, Galactic Empire, Karateka, Lode Runner, Logical Journey, Myst, Persia, Prince, Professor Donal Carlston, Tank Command, The, The Guardian Legend, TRS-80
related to Acquisition · 14
Broderbund → Broderbund's, Broderbund's Print Shop, Brøderbund's, CD-ROM, Doug Carlston, In, Mindscape's PrintMaster, Nickelodeon, On June, Rugrats, SoftKey, The, The Learning Company, US
see also · 5
Broderbund → Broderbund's, List, Mindscape, OregonRed Orb Entertainment, San Francisco Bay Area
Key people · 4
Broderbund → Cathy Carlston Brisbois, Doug Carlston (chairman, CEO), Edmund Auer, Gary Carlston
Headquarters · 3
Broderbund → Eugene, Oregon, US, Novato, California, US, San Rafael, California, US
Founder · 2
Broderbund → Doug Carlston, Gary Carlston
Defunct · 1
Broderbund → 1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Fate · 1
Broderbund → Acquired by and folded into The Learning Company. Red Orb Entertainment folded into Mindscape.
Founded · 1
Broderbund → 1980; 46 years ago (1980) San Rafael, California, US

Important terminology

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Important terminology

company software games brøderbund learning doug carlston video game titles print shop series gary carmen sandiego entertainment early published apple

Broderbund relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 113 structured relationships around Broderbund. Examples in this analysis include Broderbund → Defunct → 1998; 28 years ago (1998) and Broderbund → Fate → Acquired by and folded into The Learning Company. Red Orb Entertainment folded into Mindscape.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BroderbundDefunct1998; 28 years ago (1998)1.00infobox
BroderbundFateAcquired by and folded into The Learning Company. Red Orb Entertainment folded into Mindscape.1.00infobox
BroderbundFounded1980; 46 years ago (1980) San Rafael, California, US1.00infobox
BroderbundFounderDoug Carlston1.00infobox
BroderbundFounderGary Carlston1.00infobox
BroderbundHeadquartersEugene, Oregon, US1.00infobox
BroderbundHeadquartersSan Rafael, California, US1.00infobox
BroderbundHeadquartersNovato, California, US1.00infobox
BroderbundIndustrySoftware Video games1.00infobox
BroderbundKey peopleDoug Carlston (chairman, CEO)1.00infobox
BroderbundKey peopleGary Carlston1.00infobox
BroderbundKey peopleCathy Carlston Brisbois1.00infobox
BroderbundKey peopleEdmund Auer1.00infobox
BroderbundParentThe Learning Company1.00infobox
BroderbundRevenue172,000,000 ±1000000 United States dollar (1995)1.00infobox
BroderbundSuccessorThe Learning Company1.00infobox
BroderbundWebsitebroderbund.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Broderbund bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Games, Company and Learning. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Broderbund
    • Games
    • Company
    • Learning
    • Video
    • Published
    • Doug
    • Game
    • Carlston
    • Division
    • Products
    • Market
    • Early
  • broderbund
    • Games
    • Company
    • Learning
    • Video
    • Published
    • Doug
    • Game
    • Carlston
    • Division
    • Products
    • Market
    • Early
  • video games
    • Game
    • Games
    • Video
    • Division
    • Entertainment
    • Published
    • Myst
    • Persia
    • Prince
    • San
    • Software
    • Broderbund
  • educational software
    • Carmen
    • Sandiego
    • Titles
    • Games
    • Company
    • Doug
    • Video
    • Carlston
    • Myst
    • Now
    • Persia
    • Prince
  • the learning company
    • Learning
    • Softkey
    • Software
    • Gary
    • Doug
    • Carlston
    • Sold
    • San
    • Million
    • Products
    • Used
    • Broderbund's
  • the jim henson company
    • Learning
    • Software
    • Gary
    • Doug
    • Carlston
    • Sold
    • San
    • Softkey
    • Games
    • Million
    • Name
    • Year
  • human engineered software
    • Carmen
    • Sandiego
    • Titles
    • Games
    • Company
    • Doug
    • Video
    • Carlston
    • Myst
    • Now
    • Persia
    • Prince
  • synapse software
    • Carmen
    • Sandiego
    • Titles
    • Games
    • Company
    • Doug
    • Video
    • Carlston
    • Myst
    • Now
    • Persia
    • Prince

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Broderbund, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Broderbund with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
BroderbundHistory · splits 34 ⟂ 74
BroderbundOverview · splits 84 ⟂ 24
BroderbundEtymology · splits 99 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

Broderbund

Nodes108
Edges107
Triples113
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018519
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Broderbund to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Broderbund · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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