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- Distinctive Software, Inc. (DSI) was a Canadian software house established in Burnaby, British Columbia, by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember. It is the predecessor to EA Canada. Distinctive Software was best known in the late 1980s for their ports, racing and sports games, distributed in most part by Accolade, with whom they worked closely.
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Distinctive Software, Inc. was a Canadian video game developer established in Burnaby, British Columbia, by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember after their success with the game Evolution. Mattrick (age 17) and Jeff Sember approached Sydney Development Corporation, who agreed to publish Evolution in 1982.
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Distinctive Software Inc. (DSI) was a Canadian video game developer established in Burnaby, British Columbia, by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember after their success with the game Evolution. Mattrick (age 17) and Jeff Sember approached Sydney Development Corporation, who agreed to publish Evolution in 1982. Distinctive Software was the predecessor to EA Canada.
Distinctive Software was best known in the late 1980s for their ports, racing and sports games, including the Test Drive series and Stunts.
also made sports games like 4D Boxing, and the second title in the Hardball series, Hardball II.
In 1991, DSI was acquired by Electronic Arts in a deal worth US$10 million and became EA Canada.
In 1989, programmers Pete Gardner and the "Old Kid" (Amory Wong) of DSI, under the pseudonym USI (Unlimited Software, Inc.), converted Sega's arcade game Out Run into a DOS version. For Out Run, they used several software libraries they had developed for Test Drive II. Consequently, Accolade charged that DSI violated a working agreement, and sued. ...
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1.http://www.burnabynow.com/business/ea-canada-pushes-boundaries-in-burnaby-1.1344456
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3.https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/18/business/company-news-electronic-arts-to-buy-distinctive.html
Distinctive Software, Inc. was founded by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember in 1982. At least from 1988 until 1991 DSI resided in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada). In 1991 the company was acquired by Electronic Arts and became EA Canada.
The Duel: Test Drive II is a 1989 racing video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Sega Genesis and SNES.
Jun 15, 1991 · Distinctive Software, Sculptured Software, Sydney Development, Imagineering Inc.
Distinctive Software, Inc. (DSI) was a Canadian software house established in Burnaby, British Columbia, by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember. It is the predecessor to EA Canada.
