ðɪ ˈeɪtbˈɪt sˈɔftwɛɹ mˈɑːɹkɪt dwˈɪndəld təwˈɔːɹd ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z ænd sˈaɪmz əfˈɪʃəli ɐnˈaʊnst ðæt mˈaɪkɹoʊdˌiːl wʊd nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚ pˈʌblɪʃ fɚðə dɹˈæɡən ænd tˈændi məʃˈiːnz ˌɔn wˈʌn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt; fɹʌm ðɪs pˈɔɪnt ðeɪ wʊd kˈɑːnsəntɹˌeɪt ɔnðə nˈuːɚ dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃən ʌv sˈɪkstiːnbˈɪt kəmpjˈuːɾɚz, ðɪ ɐmˈiːɡə ænd ætˈɑːɹɹi ˌɛstˈiː, wɪð ðɛɹ ɹᵻmˈeɪnɪŋ stˈɑːk ʌv dɹˈæɡən ænd tˈændi sˈɔftwɛɹ təbi sˈoʊld ˈɔf baɪ ɐ kˈʌmpəni kˈɔːld kəmpjˈuːɾeɪp.
The 8-bit software market dwindled toward the end of the 1980s and Symes officially announced that Microdeal would no longer publish for the Dragon and Tandy machines on 1 January 1988; from this point they would concentrate on the newer generation of 16-bit computers, the Amiga and Atari ST, with their remaining stock of Dragon and Tandy software to be sold off by a company called Computape.