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Red Point Soft (1987-1995)

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CABA, Argentina

Computer software store

Red Point Soft (1987-1995) Reviews | Rating 5 out of 5 stars (3 reviews)

Red Point Soft (1987-1995) is located in CABA, Argentina on Av. Santa Fe 3117. Red Point Soft (1987-1995) is rated 5 out of 5 in the category computer software store in Argentina.

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Av. Santa Fe 3117

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Christian JD

Red Point was one of the most popular software stores that commercialised video games for microcomputers in Argentina. They operated between the end of 1987 and mid-1995, and specialised in the MSX platform over their early years before the PC was widespread. Owned by Engineer Osvaldo Destefanis and empowered by the technical knowledge of José Alberto Santillán (a.k.a. Beto JAS), Red Point implemented a proprietary file format known as ITM, which was named after their own copy tool: The legendary Intermega. This file format was used to bundle "bloadable" binaries built up from ROM dumps into ITM files secured with compression and encryption, which were copied onto floppy disks and cassette tapes using Intermega for the MSX platform. Floppy disks and cassette tapes distributed by Red Point were protected with custom loaders to shield the latest game releases that they obtained, formatted as ITM, and sold ahead their competitors.

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Federico Sanchez

Recuerdo a fines de los 80’ yendo ahí a comprar juegos en casette para MSX. El local tenía un entrepiso me parece, y uno de los que atendía recuerdo tenía un datasette muy chico, sin tapa y sacaba los cassette con la uña. Eran de un color bordó, borravino y el papel negro con el logo en rojo. Tengo alguno. Me confunde la dirección, recordaba que estaba cerca de Real Time, en la galería de Sta Fe y Pueyrredon, tenía la idea de que Red Point era en esto que ahora llaman Patio del Liceo. Tenían todas las novedades.

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Beto Jas

una época en que las computadoras hogareñas eran el principal instrumento para juegos, cuando las máquinas arcade pasaron a un segundo plano y las PC apenas estaban empezando a superarlas

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