{{Short description|Canadian software publisher and technology company}} {{for|CDS Software, the UK software publisher|CDS Software}} {{One source | date = November 2019 }}'''Commercial Data Systems, Ltd.''' (CDS) was a software publisher and technology company based in Emerald Park, Saskatchewan.
In the 1980s, CDS was primarily involved in the production of computer games for 8-bit computers such as the Commodore 64. The best-known and most original of these was ''Frantic Freddie'', which combined fast-paced arcade play with an addictive soundtrack of pop tunes arranged by Kris Hatlelid. Most of their other offerings were either sports simulations or clones of popular arcade games such as ''Joust'' (''Pegasis'') and ''Frogger'' (''Froggee''/''Road Toad'').
CDS stopped publishing games around 1990. As of the late 1990s, it shifted its business focus to consulting. The company was dissolved in May 2010.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Certificates of Dissolution (2010) |url=http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/gazette/part1/2010/G1201025.pdf | work=The Saskatchewan Gazette |date=2010-06-25 |access-date=2017-03-03 |volume=106 |number=25 |page=1337 }}</ref>
==Software releases== <!--When adding to this list, make very sure that the game is not actually a CDS Software game. Many sources mix them up.--> *''5-Pin Bowling'' (1984) *''Frantic Freddie'' (1983) *''Froggee'' (1982) *''Motor Mouse'' *''Pegasis'' (1983) *''Witch Way'' (1983)
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060309225949/http://commodore.tv/show.php?s=pub&pubid=718&name=CDS_%28Commercial_Data_Systems%29_Software_Ltd. Screenshots from some CDS games] *[https://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=53 Review of ''Frantic Freddie'']
Category:Defunct video game companies of Canada Category:Canadian companies disestablished in 2010
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