its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . march 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message softdisk former type private industry software internet founded shreveport la 1981 defunct 2016 headquarters shreveport la key people jim mangham founder judi mangham founder al vekovius founder past ceo john beaird past ceo john carmack former game programmer john romero former game programmer & designer tom hall former game designer adrian carmack john frasier former lead web developer former artist kevin cloud former artist and manager jay wilbur former manager michael amarello former manager mike hogan system administrator patrick nix vice president sales jason bonnough assistant system administrator lead technical support cregg s. hardwick associate editor products softdisk apple ii diskmagazine softdisk g s apple iigs diskmagazine loadstar commodore 64 diskmagazine softdisk pc softdisk for windows softdisk for mac screen saver studio catacomb 3 d keen dreams website www.softdisk.com softdisk is a software and internet company based in shreveport louisiana . founded in 1981 its original products were disk magazines which they termed magazettes for magazine on diskette . they were affiliated and partly owned by paper magazine softalk at their founding but survived its demise . names they have been known by at various times and for various purposes include softdisk magazette softdisk publishing softdisk inc. softdisk internet services softdisk l.l.c. and magazines on disk . contents 1 publications 2 standalone programs and gamer s edge 3 current state 4 references 5 external links publications edit publications included softdisk for the apple ii loadstar for the commodore 64 big blue disk later on disk monthly and softdisk pc for the ibm pc pc business disk for the ibm pc diskworld later softdisk for mac for the apple macintosh softdisk g s for the apple iigs softdisk for windows for the windows platform published from 1994 1999 . shareware spotlight a short lived publication featuring the best shareware offerings for the pc . by the late 1990s these publications were discontinued although loadstar had a continued life as an independent company catering to a cult following of commodore buffs . standalone programs and gamer s edge edit softdisk has also published some standalone programs including screensaver creator screen saver studio which is now published by flat rock software . they are probably most famous for being the former workplace of several of the founders of id software who worked on a short lived game subscription product gamer s edge . gamer s edge was a monthly 1 pc game disk started in 1990 by john romero . the disk s developers were john carmack john romero and adrian carmack . tom hall then a programmer who worked in the apple ii department of softdisk would come in at night to help with the game design . lane roathe was the editor . before he became a popular author clayton crooks had several games published by softdisk . these developers later left softdisk to found id software . to complete their contractual obligation to softdisk they did several more games for them including dangerous dave in the haunted mansion rescue rover hovertank 3d rescue rover 2 tiles of the dragon catacomb 3d and keen dreams the lost episode of the commander keen series . softdisk later hired a new team to create new titles using the game engines of the earlier games including the founders of jam productions . this connection led to softdisk being mentioned extensively in the earlier parts of the id chronicling book masters of doom . also some of the earliest employees of origin systems worked there before moving on greg malone moebius windwalker dallas snell the quest and ring quest joel rea the quest and ring quest and alan gardner windwalker ultima vi . current state edit softdisk offices seen here as they were in 2004 were for much of the company s history in a converted basement in downtown shreveport . since 1995 softdisk has been an internet service provider web hosting service and internet developer as well and this eventually became their primary area of business . they have offered local dialup service in the shreveport area and web hosting and development services . as of 2006 their web site redirects to that of bayou internet which has taken over their internet operations . the downloadstore.com site formerly owned and operated by softdisk is now run by flat rock software flatrocksoft.com which also publishes former softdisk product screen saver studio and most of the gamer s edge titles as well as on gog.com . the source code for catacomb catacomb 3d and hovertank 3d was released by flat rock in june 2014 under the gnu general public license in a manner similar those done by id and partners . 2 references edit romero john . dangerous dave ii the haunted mansion rome.ro photos john romero n.d. retrieved on may 20 2015 . larabel michael june 6 2014 . id software s softdisk open sources some really old games . phoronix . retrieved june 6 2014 . kushner david 2003 . masters of doom how two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture new york random house . isbn 0 375 50524 5 . shannon l.r. 1987 . peripherals ; new look of magazines the new york times october 27 1987 1 external links edit official website redirects to bayou.com softdisk legacy software information official site archive licensed collection of the apple versions softdisk magazine ; softdisk g s and uptime includes mac softdisk at mobygames v t e id software main franchises commander keen wolfenstein doom quake other games dangerous dave hovertank 3d catacomb 3 d rescue rover shadow knights orcs & elves rage games published heretic hexen beyond heretic hexen ii people current kevin cloud tim willits marty stratton former john carmack john romero adrian carmack tom hall jay wilbur mark rein 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