Although SOS Software's first release was the original Rockfall for the Atari ST home computer, our founder, Jason Brasier, has been programming since 1983 with his first published title being Hiss for the Acorn Electron in 1988. So you could say that we have been around for a while.

Games and utilities were written for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro computers between 1983 and 1990. During this time Hiss was the only release, albeit a simple type-in listing that appeared in the Electron User magazine, in March 1988.

In 1990 we started to develop titles for the Atari ST home computer. Again several unpublished games and utilities were written, including versions of Othello and a Snake game.

SOS Software was born in 1992 with the release of the very first Rockfall game, which was published on the cover disk of Atari ST User. Shareware versions of the game quickly followed with a Special Edition version of the original, and a whole new sequel in the form of The Perils of Spud. A third game was also written, but didn't make it to release at the time.

We had a bit of a break from 1995, but in 2001 we got our hands on our first PC, which was shortly followed by the means to produce games for this new market. Because we had an unfinished Rockfall game on the Atari ST we decided to revisit this and produce a PC version of the game as our first release on the PC. Rockfall - The Return was finally released in August 2003 via our own website and various online download sites.

Rockfall - The Return was followed by a further two freeware titles in the form of Attack of The Smilies (a Space Invaders game), and a 3D version of Othello (also known as Reversi).

Not content with just the PC market we also acquired our first Apple Mac at the end of 2005, and now simultaneously develop for the PC, Mac and Linux platforms. Our first multi-platform releases include Worm (an up to date version of a game we wrote for the BBC/Electron), and Max Invaders DX.

To date, Rockfall remains the only shareware title in our catalogue with everything else being freeware. We have several titles in the pipeline to add to our shareware catalogue and all will be available across all three platforms.

And now, in 2007, we have expanded this site to include titles from other developers in a bid to bring you the best downloadable games available for the PC, as well as help us out with some extra funding. This move means that we can now bring you over 700 titles!

Despite this last move, we are still developing our own titles and will be doing so for quite some time yet.