ak tronic Software & Services GmbH

ak tronic Software & Services GmbH is a German budget publisher and distribution company based in Saerbeck, North Rhine–Westphalia. Tracing its roots to Alfred Kaup’s 1978 electronics mail-order business, the software division became an independent company in the 1990s; Peter Schroer is documented as an early key executive. ak tronic operated retail budget labels including the “Software Pyramide” and the Green Pepper (games) and Red Pepper (applications) series, and is credited on a large catalogue of licensed and budget PC/console releases. Corporate moves recorded in sources include acquiring Novitas (2001) and taking a minority stake in a re-founded phenomedia (2004). The game entries below, including versions and later rereleases grouped in this archive, span systems such as Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Xbox, Wii, Xbox One, PSP, GameCube, and Nintendo DS.