Mirrorsoft was a British video game publisher founded by Jim Mackonochie as a division of Mirror Group Newspapers.
In the early 1980s, Jim Mackonochie worked as development manager for British communications company Mirror Group Newspapers.
[1] On a trip to the U.S., Mackonochie got a hold of a Commodore PET personal computer, alongside a copy of VisiCalc, a spreadsheet application for the system.
[1] Unaware of his fate, Mirrorsoft continued operations as usual, including the publishing of First Samurai, Mega-Lo-Mania and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op through Image Works and good projections for Christmas sales,[1] but subsequent to Maxwell's death, Maxwell Communications declared bankruptcy in 1992.
[1] Several visits from potential buyers, including Infogrames and MicroProse, were arranged hastily, and a management buyout was considered, but the easiest option was found to be closing the company down and selling off its assets.