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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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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.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broderbund | Defunct | 1998; 28 years ago (1998) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Fate | Acquired by and folded into The Learning Company. Red Orb Entertainment folded into Mindscape. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Founded | 1980; 46 years ago (1980) San Rafael, California, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Founder | Doug Carlston | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Founder | Gary Carlston | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Headquarters | Eugene, Oregon, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Headquarters | San Rafael, California, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Headquarters | Novato, California, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Industry | Software Video games | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Key people | Doug Carlston (chairman, CEO) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Key people | Gary Carlston | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Key people | Cathy Carlston Brisbois | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Key people | Edmund Auer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Parent | The Learning Company | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Revenue | 172,000,000 ±1000000 United States dollar (1995) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Successor | The Learning Company | 1.00 | infobox |
| Broderbund | Website | broderbund.com | 1.00 | infobox |
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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.
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Source: Wikipedia — Broderbund · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout