Company

In 1984 Novotrade had a small in-house development team in Budapest led by Donat Kiss, to which should be added another 150 freelancers scattered around the Hungarian capital city. These teams were made up mainly of university students with technical studies who took the initiative to program games since the salary was between four and six times higher than the salary they earned in their own jobs.

The emergence of Novotrade at such an early stage in the popularization of microcomputers in 1983-84 and the fact of having Andromeda Software based in London, opened them the doors to the British software market and many games from large companies in the UK were developed by the Novotrade team. A key event for Novotrade to become known in the West was the software presentation organized by the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce in London between November 14 and 16, 1983 in which the British public had the opportunity to know about some programs and games. The English business press praised the shows, highlighting their peaceful nature and praising the original ideas of the Hungarian developers.