
The company was founded as Phoenix Software, Inc. in 1981 by Ron Unrath, run out of his house in Lake Zurich, Illinois. In 1984 the company was sold because larger companies started to enter the industry and the advertising rates were going up. The company became Zooom Software for a short time and eventually it was changed to American Eagle Software, Inc.
American Eagles Software, Inc. has been active in the gaming industry from 1981 to 1985, with 6 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Platform, Arcade, with additional titles in other genres. Games from American Eagles Software, Inc. are available across 7 platforms, most notably Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX.