Rise Software

Rise Software was a video game developed based in North Liberty, Iowa. The company was formed in 1990 by school teachers and primarily developed titles for the PC, Commodore CDTV and Philips CD-i They focused on educational point-and-click adventure titles under the "Know" series and worked with varying publishers, often electing to publish titles through the marketers of their selected consoles due to being unable to secure deals with bigger publishers. The company became dormant in 1995, but returned with another title in 2002. Since then, the company exited the game industry.

Notable titles

 * Know: Civil War (CDTV, PC) 1991
 * Know: World War I (CDTV, PC, CD-i) 1992
 * Know: House Maintenance (PC, CD-i) 1993
 * Know: Gatherings (CD-i, PC) 1994
 * Know: Teaching (CD-i, PC) 1995
 * Man of the Lord (PC, PS2) 2002