BBG Software
Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski Software
Company type
Private
IndustrySoftware
Headquarters
Ahrensburg
,
West Germany
ProductsVideo games, programming tools, technical books

BBG Software (also written as BBG-Software and Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski Software) was a German software developer and publisher based in Ahrensburg, West Germany. The company was active in the mid- and late 1980s and is documented in connection with software for the Sharp MZ, MSX and Schneider CPC home-computer markets.[1][2][3]

History

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In 1984, BBG Software advertised itself as a supplier of software for the Sharp MZ series from Schimmelmannstr. 90, D-2070 Ahrensburg.[1] By 1986, contemporary magazine sources were using the expanded company name Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski Software and listing the address as Beimoorweg 2–4, D-2070 Ahrensburg, with the telephone number 04102/43940.[2] A 1989 software-industry directory still listed the company at Beimoorweg 2–4 in Ahrensburg.[3]

The full name Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski Software', with business seat in Ahrensburg, is also recorded in later German library authority data.[4]

BBG Software was also active as a publisher of technical books for Sharp home computers. In 1984, Happy Computer reviewed Alles über den MZ 700, described as a 114-page book issued by BBG Software-Verlag.[5] A 1985 German National Library record also lists BBG-Software and Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski-Software, Ahrensburg in connection with the book Alles über den MZ 800.[6]

Products

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Among the company's documented software products was Othello for Schneider computers, reviewed by Aktueller Software Markt in 1986.[2] Specialist software databases also associate BBG Software with MSX products including MSX-BASIC Compiler, MSX-Fortran and AIP-Logo.[7][8]

BBG Software is also remembered for the Sharp MZ platform game Advoka, which preservation archives attribute to the company as publisher.[9]

Legacy

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Publicly accessible sources clearly document BBG Software from 1984 to at least 1989.[1][2][3] Its later corporate history is unclear from currently available public sources.

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "HC Mein Home Computer 1984-08". Internet Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Aktueller Software Markt – Ausgabe 1986/03". Internet Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Aktueller Software Markt – Ausgabe 1989/05". Internet Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  4. "Bialke-Berendsen-Gliszczynski-Software (Ahrensburg)". Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  5. "Happy Computer N12.1984.10". Internet Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  6. "Alles über den MZ 800 : [d. grosse Buch zum Sharp MZ-800-Personalcomputer]". Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  7. "BBG Software company information". Generation MSX. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  8. "All BBG Software software that they developed / published". Generation MSX. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  9. "Advoka – Sharp MZ Software Archive". Sharp MZ Software Archive. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
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