IFamilySoftware.com
Title
Family Software - Drag Racing Computers and Software
Description
Family Software was founded by Bob Kodadek from Aston, PA, in 1986. Bob was introduced to drag racing by his oldest brother, Frank, at the age of 12. Bob built his first car, a '49 Ford Coupe, when he was 15 years old and was racing at 16. Bob graduated from Upper Darby Senior High School, and then spent two years in the US Army attaining the rank of Sergeant E5. He attended and graduated from Chrysler Corporation's Technical Training School, and became a Chrysler-Plymouth and Dodge technician specializing in engine building and automatic transmission repair. During this time Bob competed in C/Stock, D/Stock, C/Gas, D/Gas, and D/MP. After 16 years of racing, working in many auto dealerships, and owning his own repair shop, he decided that computers and software were indeed the future and began studying computers and physics in preparation for a major career change. He also finished courses of study at Chicago Technical College.
When the Personal Computer first appeared on the scene, Bob was already programming in machine language (ML) and wrote many programs for the Commodore Vic-20, C64, and C128 home computers. He starting writing for many of the computer magazines of the day and became a guru of machine language programming. He soon became an associate editor of RUN magazine, Commodore magazine, and Compute! Gazette for Commodore.
In 1984, Bob started writing Pro Stock, the first drag racing game for a personal computer entirely in machine language! Pro Stock was submitted to many software publishers, including Activision. Pro Stock underwent many changes and eventually became Drag Race Eliminator and was again sent to Activision. Month after month passed and Activision continued to make numerous promises, but in reality had secretly rushed to produce their own drag racing game. At this time, Bob was offered the position of editor for Compute! magazine, but declined because it would necessitate a move to North Carolina. Instead, when he found out what Activision was doing, he started Family Software and started selling Drag Race Eliminator for the Commodore 64 on his own. It quickly became one of the most popular racing games available. Besides Activision's Top Fuel Eliminator, there was another copycat drag race program that followed shortly after, but they were all short-lived. Bob ported the game over to the IBM PC when it first arrived on the scene, and the rest is history. Drag Race Eliminator to this day, is the only authentic, two-player, drag racing program with accuracy to one thousandth's of a second. Drag Race Eliminator also remains the longest selling racing game in the history of personal computers.
Contact
- Family Software
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- Aston Pennsylvania
- United States 19014
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- 6104975561
