Company Description

Startly Technologies (originally and still doing business as CE Software) is a software development company based in West Des Moines, Iowa.CE Software began as the programming arm of Computer Emporium, a retail computer store begun in 1978 by Richard Skeie, and started publishing software in 1981. SwordThrust, a text adventure game for the Apple II by Donald Brown, was one of the company's first titles. Other early projects included Mission Escape!, an action game by Jim Jacobson, and Wall Street, a financial strategy game by Donald Brown. Subsequent projects focused on business communications and productivity, with various software solutions for both Macintosh and Windows platforms.