List of ZX Spectrum games
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This is a sortable list of games for the ZX Spectrum
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Adventure A: Planet of Death Adventure A Adventure A: Planet of Death is a 1981 adventure game from Artic Computing for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum computers. In this adventure, the player is stranded on an alien planet. The aim is to escape from this planet by finding his or her captured and disabled spaceship... |
Artic Computing | 1982 | ||
Galaxians | Artic Computing | William J. Wray | 1982 | |
Football Manager | Addictive Games Addictive Games Addictive Games was a UK video game publisher in the 1980s and early 1990s. It is best known for the Football Manager series of games created by company founder Kevin Toms... |
Kevin Toms Kevin Toms Kevin Toms, born in 1957 in Paignton, England, is a computer game designer who founded Addictive Games and is famous for creating the original Football Manager, a simulation game released in the early 1980s that included a portrait of his bearded face on publicity material and cassette covers.Toms... |
1982 | |
Pimania Pimania thumb|right|The ZX81 intro screen.Pimania is a text-and-graphics adventure game released by Automata UK in 1982 for the BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32, and ZX81 computers. The player negotiates a surreal landscape with the aid of the mysterious Pi-Man, Automata's mascot. The B side of the game... |
Automata UK Automata UK Automata UK was a software house which developed and published ZX Spectrum video games between 1982 and 1985. Significant releases included My Name Is Uncle Groucho, You Win A Fat Cigar and Deus Ex Machina .-History:... |
Mel Croucher Mel Croucher Mel Croucher is a British writer and video games pioneer. Originally an architect, he moved into computers and set up Automata UK after the release of the Sinclair ZX81... , Christian Penfold, Chris Edwards |
1982 | |
3D Tanx 3D Tanx 3D Tanx is a shoot 'em up video game written by Don Priestley and published by dk'tronics in 1982 for the ZX Spectrum, C64 and BBC Micro.-Gameplay:... |
dK'Tronics DK'Tronics dk'tronics were a software and hardware company during the 1980s. They primarily made peripherals for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC but also released video games for the Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Vic 20, BBC Micro, Memotech, MSX and Amstrad platforms.... |
Don Priestley Don Priestley Don Priestley is a video game programmer who wrote for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1982 and 1989.-Background:Until 1979, Don Priestley was a teacher. In 1981 both he and his son enrolled in a Pascal course at night school. Although his son dropped out, Don carried on... |
1982 | |
Great Britain Ltd Great Britain Ltd Great Britain Ltd is a British nation-simulation game originally released in 1982 for the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum. The game was written and published by Simon W Hessel.... |
Hessel Software | Simon W Hessel | 1982 | |
Arcadia | Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
David H Lawson | 1982 | |
Hobbit, The The Hobbit (video game) The Hobbit is a computer game released in 1982 and based on the book The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was developed at Beam Software by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler and published by Melbourne House for most home computers available at the time, from more popular models such as the ZX... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Beam Software (Philip Mitchell, Veronika Megler) | JRR Tolkien | 1982 |
Hungry Horace | Psion | William Tang | 1982 | |
Horace Goes Skiing | Psion | William Tang | 1982 | |
Ground Attack | Silversoft | Iain Christopher Hayward | 1982 | |
Granny's Garden Granny's Garden Granny's Garden is an educational adventure game created for the BBC Micro in 1983. It served as a first introduction to computers for many schoolchildren in the United Kingdom during the 1980s and 1990s. The software is still used today in many schools worldwide.Created by Mike Matson for... |
4Mation Educational Resources | Mike Matson, Andrew C Hain | 1983 | |
Crazy Balloon Crazy Balloon Crazy Balloon is an arcade game released by Taito in 1980. Crazy Balloon requires the player to maneuver a balloon through a maze full of thorns in order to reach the goal... s |
A&F Software | [Mike Webb | 1983 | |
Frogger Frogger Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of... |
A&F Software | ZX Incorporated | 1983 | |
Raiders of the Cursed Mine | Arcade Softward | 1983 | ||
Bear Bovver Bear Bovver Bear Bovver is a computer game released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC and was developed by Jon Ritman.-Gameplay:Ted's Sinclair electric truck has broken down and needs new batteries. Ted must climb up the scaffolding and collect the batteries for his electric car. ... |
Artic Computing | Jon Ritman Jon Ritman Jon Ritman is a software developer, notable for his work on major 1980s video games. Working primarily on games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computer range. His first experience with a computer was at the age of 13, and first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 that he bought in 1981.His first... |
1983 | |
My Name Is Uncle Groucho, You Win A Fat Cigar My Name Is Uncle Groucho, You Win A Fat Cigar My Name Is Uncle Groucho, You Win A Fat Cigar is a computer game developed and published by Automata UK for the ZX Spectrum in 1983. Groucho was designed by Mel Croucher who was perhaps better known for his later works Deus Ex Machina and ID.... |
Automata UK Automata UK Automata UK was a software house which developed and published ZX Spectrum video games between 1982 and 1985. Significant releases included My Name Is Uncle Groucho, You Win A Fat Cigar and Deus Ex Machina .-History:... |
Mel Croucher Mel Croucher Mel Croucher is a British writer and video games pioneer. Originally an architect, he moved into computers and set up Automata UK after the release of the Sinclair ZX81... , Christian Penfold |
1983 | |
The Birds and the Bees II: Antics | Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Software Ltd. was a company founded in 1980 by Tony Baden and Tony Milner, two Oxford chemistry graduates. It was one of the first to develop a range of 8-bit computer games during the early 1980s, for Sinclair, Commodore and other home computer brands, particularly for the Spectrum... |
Adrian Sherwin, Tim Lewis, Andrew Peckham | 1983 | |
Manic Miner Manic Miner Manic Miner is a platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 . It is the first game in the Miner Willy series and among the pioneers of the platform game genre. The game itself was inspired by the Atari 800 game Miner 2049er... |
Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Software Ltd. was a company founded in 1980 by Tony Baden and Tony Milner, two Oxford chemistry graduates. It was one of the first to develop a range of 8-bit computer games during the early 1980s, for Sinclair, Commodore and other home computer brands, particularly for the Spectrum... |
Matthew Smith Matthew Smith (games programmer) Matthew Smith is a British computer game programmer. He is best known for his games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1983 and 1984 respectively... |
1983 | |
Styx | Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Software Ltd. was a company founded in 1980 by Tony Baden and Tony Milner, two Oxford chemistry graduates. It was one of the first to develop a range of 8-bit computer games during the early 1980s, for Sinclair, Commodore and other home computer brands, particularly for the Spectrum... |
Matthew Smith Matthew Smith (games programmer) Matthew Smith is a British computer game programmer. He is best known for his games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1983 and 1984 respectively... |
1983 | |
Cassette 50 Cassette 50 Cassette 50 was a compilation of games published by Cascade Games Ltd. The compilation included a Timex digital calculator watch.... |
Cascade Games | 1983 | ||
Winged Warlords Winged Warlords Winged Warlords is a ZX Spectrum game which was published by CDS Microsystems in 1983. It is a clone of Joust, in terms of level design and gameplay... |
CDS Microsystems | Mike Lamb | 1983 | |
Perseus & Andromeda | Digital Fantasia | Brian Howarth Brian Howarth Brian Howarth is a computer game programmer. He wrote many interactive fiction computer games in the early 1980s in a series called Mysterious Adventures.... |
1983 | |
Waxworks Waxworks (1983 video game) Waxworks is a text adventure game by Brian Howarth and Cliff J. Ogden. It was originally published by Digital Fantasia in 1983 for the Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro.... |
Digital Fantasia | Brian Howarth Brian Howarth Brian Howarth is a computer game programmer. He wrote many interactive fiction computer games in the early 1980s in a series called Mysterious Adventures.... , Cliff J Ogden |
1983 | |
Dictator | dK'Tronics DK'Tronics dk'tronics were a software and hardware company during the 1980s. They primarily made peripherals for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC but also released video games for the Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Vic 20, BBC Micro, Memotech, MSX and Amstrad platforms.... |
Don Priestley Don Priestley Don Priestley is a video game programmer who wrote for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1982 and 1989.-Background:Until 1979, Don Priestley was a teacher. In 1981 both he and his son enrolled in a Pascal course at night school. Although his son dropped out, Don carried on... |
1983 | |
Jumbly Jumbly Jumbly is a sliding-block puzzle game by Don Priestley, for the ZX Spectrum. It was published by dk'tronics.... |
dK'Tronics DK'Tronics dk'tronics were a software and hardware company during the 1980s. They primarily made peripherals for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC but also released video games for the Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Vic 20, BBC Micro, Memotech, MSX and Amstrad platforms.... |
Don Priestley Don Priestley Don Priestley is a video game programmer who wrote for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1982 and 1989.-Background:Until 1979, Don Priestley was a teacher. In 1981 both he and his son enrolled in a Pascal course at night school. Although his son dropped out, Don carried on... |
1983 | |
Maziacs Maziacs Maziacs is an action adventure maze video game published by dk'tronics in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and MSX.-History:Maziacs, written by Don Priestley, was based on his earlier ZX81 game Mazogs which was published by Bug Byte in 1982... |
dK'Tronics DK'Tronics dk'tronics were a software and hardware company during the 1980s. They primarily made peripherals for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC but also released video games for the Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Vic 20, BBC Micro, Memotech, MSX and Amstrad platforms.... |
Don Priestley Don Priestley Don Priestley is a video game programmer who wrote for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1982 and 1989.-Background:Until 1979, Don Priestley was a teacher. In 1981 both he and his son enrolled in a Pascal course at night school. Although his son dropped out, Don carried on... |
1983 | |
Harrier Attack Harrier Attack Harrier Attack is a computer game for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Oric 1 and ZX Spectrum initially released in 1983 by Durell Software.-Summary:... |
Durell Software Durell Software Durell Software is a UK software developer based in Taunton, Somerset in the United Kingdom. The company is a provider of back office administration and accounting software to Independent Financial Advisers, Mortgage and General Insurance Brokers. Durell was formerly a leading video games... |
Mike A Richardson | 1983 | |
Menace | Fashionsoft | David W Harper | 1983 | |
Ah Diddums Ah Diddums Ah Diddums is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers released by Imagine in 1983.-Gameplay:The player controls a Teddy Bear who is trying to escape a toy box in order to comfort his crying baby owner. Teddy's job is to arrange building blocks in a certain order in the... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
David H Lawson | 1983 | |
Alchemist Alchemist (video game) Alchemist is a computer game developed by Ian Weatherburn for the ZX Spectrum and released by Imagine Software in 1983. It is an action-adventure game in which the player controls an alchemist who may transform into a golden eagle.-History:... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Ian Weatherburn | 1983 | |
Jumping Jack Jumping Jack (game) Jumping Jack is a platform game created by Albert Ball and Stuart C. Ball for the ZX Spectrum 16K in 1983. It was available for the Atari 8-bit computers and Dragon 32 under the name Leggit!.... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Albert Ball, Stuart C Ball | 1983 | |
Stonkers Stonkers Stonkers is one of the earliest real-time strategy games. It was written for the ZX Spectrum and published by Imagine Software in 1983. It was designed and programmed by John Gibson with graphics by Paul Lindale.-Summary:... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
John Gibson, Paul Lindale | 1983 | |
Splat! Splat! (computer game) Splat! is a computer game released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and the SAM Coupé by Incentive Software. The game was released in 1983, while the Commodore 64 version surfaced in 1984.-Gameplay:... |
Incentive Software Incentive Software Incentive Software Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher founded by Ian Andrew in 1983. Programmers included Sean Ellis, Stephen Northcott and Ian's brother Chris Andrew. Later games were based around the company's Freescape rendering engine... |
Ian Andrew, Incentive Software Incentive Software Incentive Software Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher founded by Ian Andrew in 1983. Programmers included Sean Ellis, Stephen Northcott and Ian's brother Chris Andrew. Later games were based around the company's Freescape rendering engine... |
1983 | |
Fred | Indescomp | Carlos Granados, Paco Menendez, Fernando Rada | 1983 | |
Valhalla | Legend Legend (game publisher) Legend was a video game publishing house also known as Microl/Legend, and earlier as simply Microl. Legend's chairman and founder was John Peel.- Partial list of published games :* 1983 Valhalla* 1984 The Great Space Race... |
Movisoft | 1983 | |
Micro Mouse Goes Debugging Micro Mouse Goes Debugging Micro Mouse Goes Debugging is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum. It was released by MC Lothlorien Ltd in 1983.- Gameplay :The premise was to control Micro Mouse around a screen which contained lines of BASIC program, some of which is missing. While Micro Mouse is replacing the code, he must avoid... |
MC Lothlorien | 1983 | ||
Pheenix | Megadodo Software | Martin Ward | 1983 | |
Penetrator Penetrator (computer game) Penetrator is an early Sinclair ZX Spectrum game made by Melbourne House programmer Philip Mitchell, one of the early hits. It was released in 1982 as a clone of the Scramble arcade game.... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Beam Software (Philip Mitchell) | 1983 | |
3D Deathchase 3D Deathchase 3D Deathchase is a 1983 computer game written for the ZX Spectrum by Mervyn Estcourt and published by Micromega in the UK and Ventamatic in Spain.-Gameplay:... |
Micromega | Mervyn J Estcourt | 1983 | |
Starclash Astro Fighter Astro Fighter is a two-dimensional, space shoot 'em up arcade game released in 1980. It was developed and published by Data East in Japan and was published outside of Japan by Gremlin/Sega.-Plot:... |
Micromega | Derek Brewster | 1983 | |
The Train Game The Train Game The Train Game is a simulation video game originally published by Microsphere for the ZX Spectrum in 1983.-Gameplay:The player assumes the role of a chief operations manager at a railway. Two different track layouts are included, A and B, each viewed from overhead on a single screen. Trains must be... |
Microsphere | 1983 | ||
Knot in 3D Knot in 3D Knot in 3D is a ZX Spectrum game by Malcolm Evans, originally published in 1983 by New Generation Software. It resembles a three-dimensional Knot in 3D is a ZX Spectrum game by Malcolm Evans, originally published in 1983 by New Generation Software. It resembles a three-dimensional Knot in 3D is a... |
New Generation Software New Generation Software New Generation Software was a firm famous for the computer games with innovative graphics it produced for the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum computers. It was conceived in the spring of 1982 shortly after the lead developer, Malcolm Evans created 3D Monster Maze New Generation Software was a firm... |
Malcolm E Evans | 1983 | |
Laser Snaker Laser Snaker Laser Snaker is one of many snake games for the ZX Spectrum. It was written by Stephen Crow and published in 1983 by Poppy Soft.The game involves working up through a progression of eight skill levels, ultimately reaching "SUPREME SNAKER"... |
Poppy Soft | Stephen Crow Stephen Crow Stephen Crow is a game programmer who worked in the 1980s on the ZX Spectrum platform, programming for companies such as Hewson Consultants and Bubble Bus Software. He also worked with members of the Graftgold team... |
1983 | |
Horace & the Spiders | Psion | William Tang | 1983 | |
Ant Attack | Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.... |
Sandy White, Angela Sutherland | 1983 | |
Bugaboo (The Flea) Bugaboo (The Flea) Bugaboo , originally released in Spain as La Pulga, is a computer game released in for the Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64 and MSX. It was the first computer game ever made in Spain. It was ported to the Amstrad CPC under the name Roland in the Caves, to exploit the CPC's recurring Roland character... |
Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.... |
Paco & Paco (Indescomp) | 1983 | |
Traxx | Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.... |
Salamander Software (Jeff Minter Jeff Minter Jeff 'Yak' Minter is a British computer/video game designer and programmer. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and his recent works include Neon , a non-game music visualization program that has been built into the Xbox 360 console, and the video games Space Giraffe , and Space Invaders... ) |
1983 | |
Spectipede | R&R Software | Kevin Allison | 1983 | |
Potty Painter Potty Painter Potty Painter is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum and released by Rabbit Software in 1983. The game had a Maze format to it with bonus games in between levels.- Gameplay :... |
Rabbit Software Rabbit Software Rabbit Software was an English company which produced home computer games for machines such as the Commodore VIC-20, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64 in the early to mid 1980s... |
John F Cain | 1983 | |
Everest Ascent | Richard Shepherd Software Richard Shepherd Software Richard Shepherd Software was a software house active between 1982 and 1984. The company was known for releasing text adventure games, most notably Urban Upstart. These were programmed by Richard Shepherd himself and Pete Cooke. Richard Shepherd's finance utility, Cash Controller, was the first... |
Richard Shepherd | 1983 | |
Urban Upstart Urban Upstart Urban Upstart is a 1983 text adventure video game. It was programmed by Pete Cooke and published by Richard Shepherd Software for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.-Plot:... |
Richard Shepherd Software Richard Shepherd Software Richard Shepherd Software was a software house active between 1982 and 1984. The company was known for releasing text adventure games, most notably Urban Upstart. These were programmed by Richard Shepherd himself and Pete Cooke. Richard Shepherd's finance utility, Cash Controller, was the first... |
Pete Cooke Pete Cooke Pete Cooke is a famous British computer games programmer, best known for his work published in the 1980s for the 8-bit home computers, especially the ZX Spectrum.... |
1983 | |
Stop the Express Stop the Express Stop the Express is a ZX Spectrum video game made by Hudson Soft in 1983. There were also versions for the Commodore 64 and the MSX.- Gameplay :... |
Sinclair Research | Hudson Soft Hudson Soft , formally known as , is a majority-owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation is a Japanese electronic entertainment publisher headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. It was founded on May 18, 1973... |
1983 | |
Joust Joust (arcade game) Joust is an arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. It is a platform game that features two-dimensional graphics. The player uses a button and joystick to control a knight riding a flying ostrich... |
Softek | Andrew Glaister Andrew Glaister Andrew Glaister, born July 4, 1967 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, is a video game programmer.He initially started programming games on the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1981 and 1987, forming a company called Programmers Development Systems Ltd.... |
Williams Electronics | 1983 |
BC's Quest for Tires | Software Projects Software Projects Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance... |
Michael Davies | Sierra On-Line | 1983 |
Thrusta | Software Projects Software Projects Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance... |
Patrick Richmond | 1983 | |
Frenzy Frenzy (video game) Frenzy was an arcade game published by Stern Electronics in 1982. It was a sequel to the hit 1980 arcade game Berzerk.-Description:Frenzy followed the basic paradigm set by Berzerk: the player must navigate a maze full of hostile robots. The goal of the game is to survive as long as possible and... |
Spectrum Games Spectrum Games Spectrum Games is the trading name of a small company that designs role-playing games .It was founded in 2000 by Cynthia Celeste Miller and Sabrina Belle . In 2002, Eddy Webb was brought into the fold and soon became vice-president... |
Adrian Sherwin | 1983 | |
Stack Light Rifle Stack Light Rifle The Stack Light Rifle is a light gun that was manufactured by Stack Computer Services and created for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and the Commodore VIC-20. It was released in 1983. The rifle is bundled with three games on tape, High Noon, Shooting Gallery and Grouse Shoot for the Spectrum... |
Stack Computer Services | 1983 | ||
Atic Atac Atic Atac Atic Atac is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1983. It takes place within a flip-screen castle in which the player must seek out the "Golden Key of ACG"... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
1983 | ||
Cookie | Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1983 | |
Jetpac Jetpac Jetpac is a ZX Spectrum, VIC-20 and BBC Micro video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1983. The game is the first in the Jetman series, and was the company's very first release. The game was written by Chris Stamper with graphics by Tim Stamper... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1983 | |
Lunar Jetman Lunar Jetman Lunar Jetman is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1983. The game is the second in the Jetman series, following on from his adventures in Jetpac, and one of the few games released to support the Currah Microspeech. In the game, Jetman has to defend the... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1983 | |
Pssst PSSST Pssst is a ZX Spectrum video game made by Ultimate Play The Game in 1983. In the game Robbie the Robot has to protect his plant as it is attacked by various insects , each of which needs a different repellent. The game was written by Chris Stamper and Tim Stamper... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1983 | |
Tranz Am Tranz Am Tranz Am is a ZX Spectrum video game released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1983. The game was one of the very few Spectrum games also available in ROM format for use with the Interface 2.... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1983 | |
Beach-Head | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
David J Anderson, Ian Morrison | Access Software | 1983 |
Angler | Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Dirk Olivier | 1983 | |
Yomp | Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Oz Software | 1983 | |
Snooker Snooker (video game) Snooker is a 1983 sports simulation video game published by Visions Software Factory.-Summary:This video game simulates the game of snooker on the major home computers of that era, including Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, and BBC Micro.The players take turns to hit a... |
Visions Software Factory | Tim Bell | 1983 | |
Android 2 Android 2 Android 2 is a shoot 'em up maze video game written by Costa Panayi and published by Vortex Software in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum and in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC.It is the sequel to Android 1: The Reactor Run, released earlier in 1983.-Gameplay:... |
Vortex Software Vortex Software Vortex Software was a video game developer founded by Costa Panayi and Paul Canter in the early 1980s to sell the game Cosmos which Panayi had developed for the Sinclair ZX81... |
Costa Panayi Costa Panayi Costa Panayi was a computer game programmer during the 1980s. He founded Vortex Software with Paul Canter, publishing games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.... |
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All or Nothing | Abbex Electronics | Paul Reynolds | 1984 | |
Krakatoa | Abbex Electronics | Paul Reynolds | 1984 | |
War Game | Abbex Electronics | Paul Reynolds | 1984 | |
Beamrider Beamrider Beamrider is a scrolling shooter designed for the Intellivision by Activision programmer David Rolfe. The game was then ported to the Atari 2600 , Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum as well as the MSX platform.-Summary:Beamrider takes place above Earth's atmosphere,... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Software Conversions | 1984 | |
Ghostbusters | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
James Software (David Crane, David Aubrey Jones) | Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies... |
1984 |
HERO H.E.R.O. H.E.R.O. is a single-player video game published by Activision. First developed for the Atari 2600 and released in March 1984, the game was ported to many of the home computers and gaming consoles of that era... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Software Conversions | 1984 | |
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a platforming video game originally released for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1984. It is the sequel to the popular Pitfall!. Both games were designed and written by David Crane and published by Activision... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Software Conversions | 1984 | |
River Raid River Raid River Raid is a scrolling shooter videogame and was released in 1982 by Activision for the Atari 2600, and later the Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, C64, ColecoVision, IBM PCjr, Intellivision, ZX Spectrum, and MSX... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Software Conversions | 1984 | |
Zenji | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Software Conversions | Mat Hubbard | 1984 |
Pirate Adventure | Adventure International Adventure International Adventure International was a computer game publishing company that existed from 1978 until 1985, started by Scott and Alexis Adams. Their games were notable for being the first implementation of the adventure genre to run on a microcomputer system... |
Scott Adams Scott Adams (game designer) Scott Adams is the co-founder, with ex-wife Alexis, of Adventure International, an early publisher of games for home computers.... , Alexis Adams |
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Chuckie Egg Chuckie Egg A&F Software's Chuckie Egg is a home computer video game released in 1983, initially for the ZX Spectrum, the BBC Micro and the Dragon. Its subsequent popularity saw it released over the following years on a wide variety of computers, including the Commodore 64, Acorn Electron, MSX, Tatung... |
A&F Software | Nigel Alderton | 1984 | |
Son of Blagger Son of Blagger Son of Blagger, the sequel to Blagger, is a scrolling platform game created by Tony Crowther and released by Alligata for the Commodore 64 computer in 1983. A ZX Spectrum port by Elliot Gay and a BBC Micro port were released in 1984.... |
Alligata Software | Elliot Gay | 1984 | |
Galaxian Galaxian is an arcade game developed by Namco in 1979. It was published by Namco in Japan and was imported to North America by Midway in 1980. A fixed shooter-style game in which the player controls a spaceship at the bottom of the screen and shoots enemies descending in various directions, it was designed... |
Atarisoft Atarisoft Atarisoft was a brand name used by Atari, Inc in 1983 and 1984 to market video games they published for home systems made by their competitors. Each platform had a specific color attributed by Atarisoft for its game packages... |
David Aubrey Jones | Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
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Ms Pac-Man | Atarisoft Atarisoft Atarisoft was a brand name used by Atari, Inc in 1983 and 1984 to market video games they published for home systems made by their competitors. Each platform had a specific color attributed by Atarisoft for its game packages... |
Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... /Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
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Pac-Man Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,... |
Atarisoft Atarisoft Atarisoft was a brand name used by Atari, Inc in 1983 and 1984 to market video games they published for home systems made by their competitors. Each platform had a specific color attributed by Atarisoft for its game packages... |
Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... /Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
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Pole Position | Atarisoft Atarisoft Atarisoft was a brand name used by Atari, Inc in 1983 and 1984 to market video games they published for home systems made by their competitors. Each platform had a specific color attributed by Atarisoft for its game packages... |
Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
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Deus Ex Machina Deus Ex Machina (video game) Deus Ex Machina was a computer game designed and created by Mel Croucher and published by Automata UK for the ZX Spectrum in October 1984.The game was the first to be accompanied by a fully synchronised audio cassette tape which contained a voice and music track. The cast included Ian Dury, Jon... |
Automata UK Automata UK Automata UK was a software house which developed and published ZX Spectrum video games between 1982 and 1985. Significant releases included My Name Is Uncle Groucho, You Win A Fat Cigar and Deus Ex Machina .-History:... |
Mel Croucher Mel Croucher Mel Croucher is a British writer and video games pioneer. Originally an architect, he moved into computers and set up Automata UK after the release of the Sinclair ZX81... |
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Psytron | Beyond Software Beyond Software Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight... |
Psy-Sci (Tayo Olowu, Paul Voysey) | 1984 | |
Spellbound Spellbound (1984 video game) Spellbound is a Q*Bert clone written by P.W. Norris and published by Beyond Software.-External links:* at KLOV... |
Beyond Software Beyond Software Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight... |
PW Norris | 1984 | |
Lords of Midnight | Beyond Software Beyond Software Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight... |
Mike Singleton Mike Singleton Mike Singleton is a British author and video game developer who wrote various well-regarded titles for the ZX Spectrum during the 1980s. His titles include The Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Throne of Fire, Dark Sceptre and War In Middle Earth. He also wrote a novel, The Eternal Empire,... |
JRR Tolkien | 1984 |
Turmoil Turmoil (1984 video game) Turmoil is a computer game released in for the ZX Spectrum, and in for the MSX by Bug Byte.The player takes control of Mechanic Mick who has been employed by a rich Arabian Sheikh. the Sheikh has refused to pay Mick for work done, so Mick decides to steal his collection of expensive cars in lieu... |
Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Software Ltd. was a company founded in 1980 by Tony Baden and Tony Milner, two Oxford chemistry graduates. It was one of the first to develop a range of 8-bit computer games during the early 1980s, for Sinclair, Commodore and other home computer brands, particularly for the Spectrum... |
David Turner | 1984 | |
Twin Kingdom Valley Twin Kingdom Valley Twin Kingdom Valley was a text adventure game with animated pictures for the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Commodore 16 and ZX Spectrum... |
Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Bug-Byte Software Ltd. was a company founded in 1980 by Tony Baden and Tony Milner, two Oxford chemistry graduates. It was one of the first to develop a range of 8-bit computer games during the early 1980s, for Sinclair, Commodore and other home computer brands, particularly for the Spectrum... |
Trevor Hall | 1984 | |
Abyss | Cases Computer Simulations Cases Computer Simulations Cases Computer Simulations was a software company which specialized in strategy and war games for the ZX Spectrum, a number of which were ported to the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC and IBM PC.... |
JPW Smith | 1984 | |
Timebomb Timebomb (video game) Timebomb is a game for the 16K ZX Spectrum computer , published in 1984 by CDS Microsystems. It is an unlicensed port of the arcade coin-op Check Man. While the player moves, the game plays Beethoven's Für Elise.-External links:* at KLOV* * at Coagulus Software... |
CDS Microsystems | 1984 | ||
Mrs Mopp Mrs Mopp Mrs Mopp is a 1983 arcade game developed by Tina Billett for the ZX Spectrum. It was originally issued by Computasolve and later rereleased by Atlantis Software.... |
Computasolve | Tina Billett | 1984 | |
Danger Mouse in Double Trouble | Creative Sparks Creative Sparks Creative Sparks was a British video games software house in existence during the 1980s. The company started out as Thorn EMI Computer Software, a division of the now-defunct British conglomerate Thorn EMI, and later changed its name.... |
Martin Harris, Nick Burroughs | Cosgrove Hall | 1984 |
Danger Mouse in the Black Forest Chateau | Creative Sparks Creative Sparks Creative Sparks was a British video games software house in existence during the 1980s. The company started out as Thorn EMI Computer Software, a division of the now-defunct British conglomerate Thorn EMI, and later changed its name.... |
Brian Belson, Edgar Belka, Kevin Buckner | Cosgrove Hall | 1984 |
War of the Worlds, The | CRL Group | Jeff Wayne Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that express... |
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Zig Zag Zig Zag (video game) Zig Zag is a maze video game written by Ed Hickman and published by dk'tronics in 1984. It was released for the ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64.-Gameplay:... |
dk'tronics DK'Tronics dk'tronics were a software and hardware company during the 1980s. They primarily made peripherals for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC but also released video games for the Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Vic 20, BBC Micro, Memotech, MSX and Amstrad platforms.... |
Ed Hickman | 1984 | |
Eureka! | Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Andromeda Software | Ian Livingstone Ian Livingstone Ian Livingstone OBE is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. He is a co-writer of the first Fighting Fantasy gamebook, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and co-founder of Games Workshop.... |
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Codename MAT II | Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Derek Brewster | 1984 | |
Kokotoni Wilf Kokotoni Wilf Kokotoni Wilf is an arcade adventure game released by Elite Systems in for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game was inspired by Jet Set Willy.- Gameplay :... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Rory, Andy, Neil, Ste | 1984 | |
Booty Booty (computer game) Booty is a computer game released in 1984 for various home computers. The game was one of Firebird's launch titles.-Gameplay:Players take the part of a cabin boy who has to collect numbered keys to open corresponding numbered locks while avoiding the ship's pirates. Points are awarded by... |
Firebird Software | John F Cain | 1984 | |
Mr Freeze | Firebird Software | David T Clark | 1984 | |
Viking Raiders | Firebird Software | Mark Lucas | 1984 | |
Wild Bunch The Wild Bunch (game) The Wild Bunch is a computer game released in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and 1985 for the Amstrad CPC by Firebird Software. Despite its name, it has no relation to the 1969 film but is set in the Wild West... |
Firebird Software | Kevin Smith | 1984 | |
Boulder Dash Boulder Dash Boulder Dash, originally released in 1984 for Atari 8-bit computers, is a series of computer games released for the Apple II, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and ColecoVision home computers, and later ported to the NES, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron, PC, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and many other platforms... |
Front Runner Front Runner The Front Runner is a small day sailing dinghy. It is a high-performance, responsive, and comfortable one-design class sailboat. It is stable and user-friendly, having an immense cockpit with all control lines leading aft... |
Chris Gray | First Star Software First Star Software First Star Software, Inc. is a computer game development, publishing and licensing company, founded by Richard Spitalny and Fernando Herrera in 1982. It is best known for its classic Boulder Dash franchise and Spy vs. Spy titles, originally written for 8-bit home computers like the Apple II, Atari... |
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Tir Na Nog | Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games was a British software company founded in 1983 by Roy Carter and Greg Follis in order to publish their first game, Ad Astra. They generally specialized in games for the ZX Spectrum even though the company was originally named with the intention of publishing games for Dragon computers... |
Greg Follis, Roy Carter | 1984 | |
Oh Mummy Oh Mummy Oh Mummy is a computer game for the Amstrad CPC models of home computer. It was developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft in 1984. It was often included in the free bundles of software that came with the computer.- Gameplay :... |
Gem Software | Darren White, John Line | 1984 | |
Potty Pigeon Potty Pigeon Percy The Potty Pigeon is a 1984 computer game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Gremlin Graphics for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.The goal was to fly around and collect sticks to build your nest... |
Gremlin Graphics | Shaun Hollingworth, R Vessey, P Jackson | 1984 | |
Wanted: Monty Mole Wanted: Monty Mole Wanted: Monty Mole is a platform game that was published in 1984 by Gremlin Graphics. Versions were released for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers.-Gameplay:... |
Gremlin Graphics | Peter M Harrap | 1984 | |
Hareraiser Hareraiser Hareraiser is a computer game, originally released in 1984 in the UK for most home computer platforms. It was released in two parts; Prelude and Finale. A prize worth £30,000 was on offer if the game could be solved.-Gameplay:... |
Haresoft | Kit Williams Kit Williams Christopher 'Kit' Williams is an English artist, illustrator and author best known for his book Masquerade, a pictorial storybook which contains clues to the location of a golden jewelled hare created by Williams and then buried "somewhere in Britain."Williams wrote another puzzle book with a bee... |
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Avalon Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie is a computer game released for the ZX Spectrum by Hewson Consultants in 1984. An arcade adventure, the game involved controlling Maroc the mage in his quest to destroy Avelach, Lord of Chaos. An unusual feature of the game was the fact that the player's character... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Steve Turner Steve Turner (game programmer) Steve Turner was a computer game musician and designer. His development team, Graftgold, mostly wrote for games published by Hewson Consultants during the 1980s.... for Graftgold Graftgold Graftgold was an independent computer game developer that came to prominence in the 1980s, producing numerous computer games on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-The Hewson era:... |
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Knight Driver | Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Simon Micro-Soft (Clive Brooker) | 1984 | |
Technician Ted Technician Ted Technician Ted, also known as The Chip Factory: Featuring Technician Ted, is a platform computer game for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers that was published in 1984 by Hewson Consultants.... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Steve Marsden, David Cooke | 1984 | |
BC Bill BC Bill B.C. Bill is a 1984 game released by Imagine Software for several computer systems of the time.The game features its hero, caveman B.C. Bill, setting out to build a family. He is armed with a club, with which he can hit and either stun or kill a variety of roaming creatures... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Eric the Bear | 1984 | |
Millionaire Millionaire (video game) Millionaire is a management game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by John Hunt and ported to the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro.- Gameplay :... |
Incentive Software Incentive Software Incentive Software Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher founded by Ian Andrew in 1983. Programmers included Sean Ellis, Stephen Northcott and Ian's brother Chris Andrew. Later games were based around the company's Freescape rendering engine... |
John Hunt | 1984 | |
Heroes Of Karn | Interceptor Micros | David M Banner, Terry Greer | 1984 | |
Great Space Race The Great Space Race (computer game) The Great Space Race is a ZX Spectrum space-based combat and adventure game published in 1984 by Legend.- History :... |
Legend Legend (game publisher) Legend was a video game publishing house also known as Microl/Legend, and earlier as simply Microl. Legend's chairman and founder was John Peel.- Partial list of published games :* 1983 Valhalla* 1984 The Great Space Race... |
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Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge is a 1985 vehicle simulation game released for the Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron and BBC Micro, licensed by British stunt performer, Eddie Kidd.... |
Martech Martech Martech Games Ltd was a video game publisher active between 1982 and 1989.Martech was formed by David Martin and brother-in-law John Barry, initially under the name Software Communications Ltd under partnership with a firm of exporters. They were initially based at Bay Terrace, Pevensey Bay, East... |
Ian McArdle | Eddie Kidd | 1984 |
Voyage into the Unknown Voyage into the Unknown Voyage into the Unknown is a game released by Mastertronic for the ZX Spectrum in 1984.The game is notorious for its extremely poor quality compared with other contemporary releases, and for being programmed in BASIC instead of machine code as was standard at the time... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Amoeba Software | 1984 | |
Survival | Macmillan Software/Sinclair Research | Five Ways Software | 1984 | |
Sir Lancelot | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Stephen Cargill, Arnie, Ian Piumarta | 1984 | |
Codename MAT Codename MAT Codename MAT II, also written by Brewster, was published later in 1984 by Domark for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. It featured a new ship, the Centurion II, which had two different weapons and a more complex damage system – on-board droids could be assigned repair tasks by the player... |
Micromega | Derek Brewster | 1984 | |
Kentilla Kentilla Kentilla is a text adventure game written by Derek Brewster and published by Micromega. It was later rereleased as a budget title by Mastertronic.... |
Micromega | Derek Brewster | 1984 | |
Alien | Mind Games | Concept Software (John Heap & Paul Clancey) | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
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Pyjamarama Pyjamarama Pyjamarama is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. It features Wally Week as the central character and is the second of a series of games featuring Wally and/or members of his family. It was published by Mikro-Gen... |
Mirko-Gen | Chris Hinsley | 1984 | |
Emerald Isle Emerald Isle (video game) Emerald Isle is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in 1984.-Overview:A plane has crashed after being struck by a storm over the Bermuda Triangle; the sole occupant has escaped by parachute and finds himself on an unknown island inhabited by strange peoples and creatures.... |
Level 9 | Level 9 | 1984 | |
Erik the Viking Erik the Viking (game) The Saga of Erik the Viking is a text-based adventure game by the Austin brothers of Level 9 Computing, published by Mosaic Publishing in 1984. The game runs on Amstrad CPC, BBC model B, Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum... |
Mosaic Publishing | Level 9 (Pete Austin) | 1984 | |
Treasure Island Treasure Island (video game) Treasure Island was a computer game made in the mid-1980s, based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson. In the game, the player takes on the role of Jim Hawkins , and has to battle through hordes of pirates before a final showdown with Long John Silver... |
Mr Micro | Jim Greg | 1984 | |
Out of the Shadows | Mizar Computing | RW Walker & RMR Woodwardin | 1984 | |
Trashman | New Generation Software New Generation Software New Generation Software was a firm famous for the computer games with innovative graphics it produced for the Sinclair ZX81 and ZX Spectrum computers. It was conceived in the spring of 1982 shortly after the lead developer, Malcolm Evans created 3D Monster Maze New Generation Software was a firm... |
Malcolm E Evans Malcolm Evans (computer programmer) Malcolm Evans is a British computer game programmer, best known for his games 3D Monster Maze for the Sinclair ZX81 and Trashman for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1982 and 1984 respectively.... |
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Daley Thompson's Decathlon | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Paul Owens, Christian F Urquhart | Daley Thompson Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE , is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times.... |
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Gift from the Gods | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Denton Designs Denton Designs Denton Designs was a British video games developer based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1984 and initially specialised in developing software for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer... (John Gibson, Simon Butler) |
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Gilligan's Gold | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Ronald Rhodes Ronald Rhodes Ronald Rhodes was a British sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he finished fifth in K-1 1000 m event while being eliminated in the semifnals of the K-1 4 x 500 m event.... , Keith Burkhill |
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Hunchback Hunchback (video game) Hunchback is an arcade game developed by Century Electronics in 1983. The player controls Quasimodo from the Victor Hugo novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Paul Owens, Christian F Urquhart | Century Electronics | 1984 |
Evil Dead | Palace Software Palace Software Palace Software was a British video game publisher and developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was notable for the Barbarian and Cauldron series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particular the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64... |
Michael Fox | Renaissance Pictures Renaissance Pictures Renaissance Pictures is an American film production company. Founded by director Sam Raimi, producer Rob Tapert and actor Bruce Campbell, with help from publicist Irvin Shapiro, on August 10, 1979, to produce their film The Evil Dead, along with its sequels Evil Dead II and Army of... |
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Panama Joe Montezuma's Revenge (video game) Montezuma's Revenge is a video game for Atari home computers, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Sega Master System, and ZX Spectrum . It was created by Robert Jaeger and published in 1984 by Parker Brothers. The game's title references a colloquial American... |
Parker Software/Sinclair Research | Amazon Systems | 1984 | |
Battlezone | Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.... |
Bill Witts | Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
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Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie is a ZX Spectrum computer game by Sandy White. It was published in the 1984 by Quicksilva. It is the sequel to the popular Ant Attack, by the same author, and uses the same 'Softsolid 3D' isometric graphics.-Storyline:... |
Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.... |
Spaceman Ltd (Sandy White & Angela Sutherland) | 1984 | |
Nebula | Red Shift Red Shift (publisher) Red Shift was a video game publisher active between 1983 and 1985. They were well known for their strategy games and had a close working relationship with Julian Gollop and Games Workshop.-History:... |
Julian Gollop Julian Gollop Julian Gollop is a British designer of strategy video games and founder of the defunct game studios Mythos Games and Codo Technologies.Gollop's career spans over 25 years, during which he has designed games for numerous systems over the years, from the early 8-bit home computers to 32-bit PCs... |
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Grand Prix Manager Grand Prix Manager (1984 video game) Grand Prix Manager is a Formula 1 management simulation video game released for the ZX Spectrum in 1984. It was written by P. Boulton and published by Silicon Joy.-Gameplay:... |
Silicon Joy | 1984 | ||
Eric & the Floaters Bomberman Bomberman is a strategic, maze-based computer and video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft. The original game was published in 1983 and new games in the series are still being published to this day. Today, the commercially successful Bomberman is featured in over 70 different games... |
Sinclair Research | Hudson Soft Hudson Soft , formally known as , is a majority-owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation is a Japanese electronic entertainment publisher headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. It was founded on May 18, 1973... |
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Jet Set Willy Jet Set Willy Jet Set Willy is a computer game originally written for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time.... |
Software Projects Software Projects Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance... |
Matthew Smith Matthew Smith (games programmer) Matthew Smith is a British computer game programmer. He is best known for his games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1983 and 1984 respectively... |
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Lode Runner Lode Runner Lode Runner is a 1983 platform game, first published by Brøderbund. It is one of the first games to include a level editor, a feature that allows players to create their own levels for the game. This feature bolstered the game's popularity, as magazines such as Computer Gaming World held contests... |
Software Projects Software Projects Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance... |
Platinum Productions (David J Anderson, Ian Morrison) | Brøderbund Brøderbund Brøderbund Software, Inc. was an American maker of computer games, educational software and The Print Shop productivity tools. It was best known as the original creator and publisher of the popular Carmen Sandiego games. The company was founded in Eugene, Oregon, but moved to San Rafael,... |
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Lazy Jones Lazy Jones Lazy Jones is a computer game for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX and Tatung Einstein. It was written by David Whittaker and released by Terminal Software in 1984. The Spectrum version was ported by Simon Cobb.... |
Terminal Software | Simon Cobb | 1984 | |
Knight Lore Knight Lore Knight Lore is a computer game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. The game is the third in the Sabreman series, following on from his adventures in Sabre Wulf and Underwurlde. Unlike the earlier games in the series it used Ultimate's filmation engine to achieve a 3D look... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1984 | |
Sabre Wulf Sabre Wulf Sabre Wulf is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. The game is the first in the Sabreman series. It was written originally by Tim Stamper and Chris Stamper, and later ported to many other computer platforms... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1984 | |
Underwurlde Underwurlde Underwurlde is a video game for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. The game is the second in the Sabreman series, following on from his adventures in Sabre Wulf. The format of the game is a 2D side view flip-screen platform game... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1984 | |
Blue Max Blue Max (computer game) Blue Max is a video game from 1983 by Synapse Software, released for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers. In 1984 it was released for the ZX Spectrum by U.S. Gold... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Bob Polin | Synapse Software Synapse Software Synapse Software Corporation was an American computer game development and publishing company active during the early-1980s. They developed primarily for the Atari 400 and 800 computers, and the Commodore 64 and IBM PCjr... |
1984 |
Bruce Lee | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Ron J Fortier & Kelly Day for Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Datasoft Datasoft Datasoft, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher founded in 1980 by Pat Ketchum. Based out of Chatsworth, California, Datasoft ported games from arcade systems to personal computers and acquired licenses for games from famous movies and TV shows.... |
1984 |
Strangeloop | Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Charles Goodwin | 1984 | |
Tornado Low Level Tornado Low Level Tornado Low Level is a game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC computers, and released by Vortex Software in 1984. It was written by Costa Panayi who also coded Android, Android 2, Highway Encounter, Cyclone and Revolution.-Summary:The player controls a Tornado fighter jet and must... |
Vortex Software Vortex Software Vortex Software was a video game developer founded by Costa Panayi and Paul Canter in the early 1980s to sell the game Cosmos which Panayi had developed for the Sinclair ZX81... |
Costa Panayi Costa Panayi Costa Panayi was a computer game programmer during the 1980s. He founded Vortex Software with Paul Canter, publishing games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.... |
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Strontium Dog: The Killing | Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.... |
Paul Hargreaves | 2000 AD | 1984 |
The Biz | Virgin Games | 1984 | ||
They Stole a Million They Stole A Million They Stole a Million is a strategy computer game released by Ariolasoft in 1986. The objective of the game is to plan robberies and execute the crime.The player first purchases blueprints of the house where the soon-to-be-stolen object is kept... |
39 Steps | Tigress Marketing | 1985 | |
Hacker Hacker (computer game) Hacker is a 1985 computer game by Activision. It was designed by Steve Cartwright, produced by Brad Fregger and was released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari XL/XE, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh, MS-DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Softzone | 1985 | |
Software Star Software Star Software Star is a 1985 game released by Kevin Toms for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.- Gameplay :Essentially a text-based management game. The player's task is to manage a software house, create new games, manage his publicity and make a profit of £10000... |
Addictive Games Addictive Games Addictive Games was a UK video game publisher in the 1980s and early 1990s. It is best known for the Football Manager series of games created by company founder Kevin Toms... |
Kevin Toms Kevin Toms Kevin Toms, born in 1957 in Paignton, England, is a computer game designer who founded Addictive Games and is famous for creating the original Football Manager, a simulation game released in the early 1980s that included a portrait of his bearded face on publicity material and cassette covers.Toms... |
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Chuckie Egg 2 Chuckie Egg 2 Chuckie Egg 2 is the sequel to 1983 hit computer game Chuckie Egg. Released in 1985 and featuring the same lead character, Henhouse Harry, the game took players beyond the single-screen format of the original into a large factory. Here, Harry had to assemble a toy-carrying chocolate egg from its... |
A&F Software | 1985 | ||
Archon: The Light & the Dark | Ariolasoft Ariolasoft Ariolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records... |
Lynsoft | Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers... |
1985 |
Realm of Impossibility Realm of Impossibility Realm of Impossibility is a computer game created by Mike Edwards and published by Electronic Arts in 1984 for the Apple IIe, Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64 computer systems. It was converted to the ZX Spectrum in 1985 and published by Ariolasoft UK Ltd.-Summary:The game was originally... |
Ariolasoft Ariolasoft Ariolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records... |
Mike Edwards | Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers... |
1985 |
Skyfox Skyfox Skyfox is a 1984 action computer game developed by Ray Tobey and published by Electronic Arts. Ariolasoft published the game in Europe. Originally developed for the Apple II, it was ported to the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and Macintosh in 1985 and to the Amiga and Atari ST in 1986... |
Ariolasoft Ariolasoft Ariolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records... |
Ray Tobey | Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers... |
1985 |
Starquake | Bubblebus | Stephen Crow Stephen Crow Stephen Crow is a game programmer who worked in the 1980s on the ZX Spectrum platform, programming for companies such as Hewson Consultants and Bubble Bus Software. He also worked with members of the Graftgold team... |
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Doomdark's Revenge Doomdark's Revenge Doomdark's Revenge is the sequel to the seminal ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC game The Lords of Midnight by Mike Singleton. It has similar game mechanics to Lords, but adds more detail and complexity with the number of characters and locations increased.-Background:After Doomdark's... |
Beyond Software Beyond Software Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight... |
Mike Singleton Mike Singleton Mike Singleton is a British author and video game developer who wrote various well-regarded titles for the ZX Spectrum during the 1980s. His titles include The Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Throne of Fire, Dark Sceptre and War In Middle Earth. He also wrote a novel, The Eternal Empire,... |
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Bounces Bounces Bounces is a 1985 sports/fighting game released for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.Points are scored by catching and throwing the bouncing ball into a goal, or by knocking the opponent out with the ball or hand-to-hand combat. Each contestant is hampered by being attached to the wall by a length... |
Beyond Software Beyond Software Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight... |
Denton Designs Denton Designs Denton Designs was a British video games developer based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1984 and initially specialised in developing software for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer... (Steven Cain & Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... ) |
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Shadowfire Shadowfire (video game) Shadowfire is a computer game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, published by Beyond. It is notable as one of the first games to use a menu-and-icon-driven interface. It was followed by a sequel, Enigma Force, in 1986.-Plot:... |
Beyond Software Beyond Software Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight... |
Denton Designs Denton Designs Denton Designs was a British video games developer based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1984 and initially specialised in developing software for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer... (Steven Cain & Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... ) |
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Spy vs Spy | Beyond Software Beyond Software Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight... |
Incentive Software Incentive Software Incentive Software Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher founded by Ian Andrew in 1983. Programmers included Sean Ellis, Stephen Northcott and Ian's brother Chris Andrew. Later games were based around the company's Freescape rendering engine... (Tag, The Kid) |
First Star Software First Star Software First Star Software, Inc. is a computer game development, publishing and licensing company, founded by Richard Spitalny and Fernando Herrera in 1982. It is best known for its classic Boulder Dash franchise and Spy vs. Spy titles, originally written for 8-bit home computers like the Apple II, Atari... |
1985 |
Arnhem Arnhem (video game) Arnhem: The 'Market Garden' Operation is a battle strategy game by SSI. It was released for MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC in 1985 and for the Commodore Amiga in 1991. In the U.K. it was published by CCS.-Overview:... |
Cases Computer Simulations Cases Computer Simulations Cases Computer Simulations was a software company which specialized in strategy and war games for the ZX Spectrum, a number of which were ported to the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC and IBM PC.... |
Robert T Smith | 1985 | |
Their Finest Hour | Century Communications | John K Wilson, Nicholas Palmer Nick Palmer Nicholas Douglas Palmer is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire from 1997 until he lost the seat at the 2010 general election to Conservative Anna Soubry, by 390 votes.Described by Andrew Roth as "quietly effective", he was... |
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Danger Mouse in Making Whoopee! | Creative Sparks Creative Sparks Creative Sparks was a British video games software house in existence during the 1980s. The company started out as Thorn EMI Computer Software, a division of the now-defunct British conglomerate Thorn EMI, and later changed its name.... |
Phil Snell | Cosgrove Hall | 1985 |
Formula One Formula One (1985 video game) Formula One is a Formula One racing management videogame published in 1985 by CRL Group PLC, developed by G.B. Munday and B.P. Wheelhouse for the ZX Spectrum, and converted to Amstrad CPC by Richard Taylor.... |
CRL Group | G.B. Munday, B.P. Wheelhouse | 1985 | |
Tau Ceti | CRL Group | Pete Cooke Pete Cooke Pete Cooke is a famous British computer games programmer, best known for his work published in the 1980s for the 8-bit home computers, especially the ZX Spectrum.... |
1985 | |
Bored of the Rings | Delta 4 Delta 4 Delta 4 was a British software developer created by Fergus McNeill, writing and publishing interactive fiction.Delta 4 designed games between 1984 and 1987. Some were self-published, others were released by CRL Group, Piranha or Silversoft... |
Fergus McNeill | 1985 | |
West Bank Bank Panic Bank Panic is an arcade game developed by Sanritsu and manufactured by Sega in 1984. West Bank is a clone of the game, released on several platforms.-Game description:... |
Dinamic Software Dinamic Software Dinamic Software was a Spanish videogames producer and publisher company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent company named Dinamic Multimedia... |
Alvaro Mateos Herrera | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1985 |
Brian Bloodaxe Brian Bloodaxe Brian Bloodaxe is a British platform game written by Charles Bystram and released by The Edge Software in 1985. It was published for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC 464 .-Plot:... |
Edge Software | Charles Bystram | 1985 | |
Fairlight | Edge Software | Bo Jangeborg Bo Jangeborg Bo Jangeborg is a Swedish computer programmer. He made several programs for the ZX Spectrum, the best known being the game Fairlight, its sequel Fairlight II and the graphic tool The Artist... |
1985 | |
Back to the Future | Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Mark Eyles, Martin Walker, Herv Jones, Mike Saxby | Amblin Entertainment Amblin Entertainment Amblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1981. Amblin is only a production company, and has never distributed its own movies, nor has it fully financed its... |
1985 |
Commando Commando (arcade game) is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in 1985. Its influence can be seen in several later games in the genre .... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Keith Burkhill, Nigel Alderton, Jon Harrison | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1985 |
Frank Bruno's Boxing | Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Andy Williams, Trevor Perks, Paul Holmes, Gary Priest, Jon Harrison | Frank Bruno Frank Bruno Franklin Roy Bruno MBE is an English former boxer whose career highlight was winning the WBC Heavyweight championship in 1995. Altogether, he won 40 of his 45 contests... |
1985 |
Grand National Grand National (computer game) Grand National is a British computer game that was published in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum based on the horse race of the same name. Similar in parts to games like Hyper Sports and Daley Thompson's Decathlon, the game had a novel twist of being able to bet on the outcome of a race also.-Plot:The idea... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Andy Williams, Paul Holmes | 1985 | |
Elite | Firebird Software | Torus | Ian Bell Ian Bell (programmer) Ian Colin Graham Bell is a game programmer, game designer and game producer. He is most famous for co-authoring the computer game Elite .He attended the independent St Albans School... , David Braben David Braben David John Braben is a British computer programmer, best known for co-writing Elite, a hugely popular and influential space trading computer game, in the early 1980s.-Life and work:... |
1985 |
Subsunk Subsunk Subsunk is a text adventure game by Firebird released in for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers.- Plot :Ed Lines, reporter for the "Seafaring Gazette", is aboard the nuclear submarine Sealion for a routine patrol when the sub is attacked and disabled by a foreign power... |
Firebird Software | Peter Torrance, Colin Liddle | 1985 | |
Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing is a British 1985 computer game for 8-bit home computers released by Activision and later re-released by Mastertronic for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.-Gameplay:... |
Gamestar GameStar GameStar is a monthly released PC computer game magazine, published by the IDG Entertainment Media GmbH in Germany. In 2008 it had an average monthly circulation of 250,000 copies and is therefore the best sold PC computer game magazine in Europe. It is also being published in Hungary, the Czech... |
A Lyndon, D Barnett | Barry McGuigan Barry McGuigan Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE , known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.-Background:... |
1985 |
Chaos Chaos (video game) Chaos: The Battle of Wizards is a turn-based tactics computer game which was released on the ZX Spectrum in 1985. It was written by Julian Gollop and originally published by Games Workshop.-History:... |
Games Workshop Games Workshop Games Workshop Group plc is a British game production and retailing company. Games Workshop has published the tabletop wargames Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000... |
Julian Gollop Julian Gollop Julian Gollop is a British designer of strategy video games and founder of the defunct game studios Mythos Games and Codo Technologies.Gollop's career spans over 25 years, during which he has designed games for numerous systems over the years, from the early 8-bit home computers to 32-bit PCs... |
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Dun Darach Dun Darach Dun Darach is an arcade adventure published in 1985 by Gargoyle Games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC computers.The background history is based on Celtic folklore about the hero Cuchulainn, and his battles against the people of Connachta in ancient Ireland. "Dun Darach" or "Dún na nDarach"... |
Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games was a British software company founded in 1983 by Roy Carter and Greg Follis in order to publish their first game, Ad Astra. They generally specialized in games for the ZX Spectrum even though the company was originally named with the intention of publishing games for Dragon computers... |
Greg Follis, Roy Carter | 1985 | |
Marsport Marsport Marsport is a science fiction computer game that was released for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computers in 1985. It was published by Gargoyle Games in the United Kingdom and Dro Soft in Spain. Marsport was intended to be the first part of a trilogy called "The Siege of Earth" but parts two... |
Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games was a British software company founded in 1983 by Roy Carter and Greg Follis in order to publish their first game, Ad Astra. They generally specialized in games for the ZX Spectrum even though the company was originally named with the intention of publishing games for Dragon computers... |
Greg Follis, Roy Carter | 1985 | |
Monty is Innocent Monty is Innocent Monty is Innocent is a video game released in for the Sinclair Spectrum. It is a sequel to the 1984 video game Wanted: Monty Mole.- Story :... |
Gremlin Graphics | Chris Kerry | 1985 | |
Monty on the Run Monty on the Run Monty on the Run is a computer game created by the software house Gremlin Graphics and released in 1985 for the C64, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore Plus/4, written by Peter Harrap for the Spectrum with music by Rob Hubbard.... |
Gremlin Graphics | Peter M Harrap | 1985 | |
Southern Belle | Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Bob Hillyer, Mike Male | 1985 | |
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory | Hill MacGibbon | A Curtis, N Head | Roald Dahl Roald Dahl Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and screenwriter.Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent, rising to the rank of Wing Commander... |
1985 |
Fourth Protocol | Hutchingson Computer Publishing | Electronic Pencil Company (David Jones, Ray Owen, Andrew Glaister, Paul Norris, David Dunn) | Frederick Forsyth Frederick Forsyth Frederick Forsyth, CBE is an English author and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan and The Cobra.-... |
1985 |
Hyper Sports Hyper Sports Hyper Sports is a video game published in 1984. It is the sequel to Konami's Track & Field and features seven all-new Olympic events. Like its predecessor, Hyper Sports featured two run buttons and one action button per player.... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (games programmer) Jonathan "Joffa" M. Smith was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time.His most notable games include Cobra,... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1985 |
Mikie Mikie Mikie, known in Japan as , is a arcade game by Konami where the player must guide a student called "Mikie" around the school, classroom, and locker room to collect hearts which make up a letter from his girlfriend Mandy while being chased by various members of the school staff... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (games programmer) Jonathan "Joffa" M. Smith was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time.His most notable games include Cobra,... , Martin Galway Martin Galway Martin Galway is one of the best known composers of music for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip, and for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1985 |
Yie Ar Kung-Fu | Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
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Confuzion Confuzion Confuzion is a puzzle game developed and published by Incentive Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC Micro, and Acorn Electron. The object is to guide a spark along a fuse wire. It is similar to the later and more widely known Pipe Mania... |
Incentive Software Incentive Software Incentive Software Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher founded by Ian Andrew in 1983. Programmers included Sean Ellis, Stephen Northcott and Ian's brother Chris Andrew. Later games were based around the company's Freescape rendering engine... |
Brendan Kelly | 1985 | |
Moon Cresta Moon Cresta is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. Incentive Software published a version of this arcade game for many 8-bit home computers of the time. Dempa also released a port of both Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta for the X68000... |
Incentive Software Incentive Software Incentive Software Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher founded by Ian Andrew in 1983. Programmers included Sean Ellis, Stephen Northcott and Ian's brother Chris Andrew. Later games were based around the company's Freescape rendering engine... |
Timothy Walter, Philip Taglione, Pete Carter | 1985 | |
Tales of the Arabian Nights Arabian (arcade game) is a platform arcade game created in by Sun Electronics and published by Atari Inc. The player assumes the role of an adventurous Arabian prince whose goal is to rescue the princess from her palace... |
Interceptor Micros | Keith A Purkiss, D Deans, DJ Burt | Sun Electric Sun Electric Sun Electric is the name of an electronic music group from Berlin. Their first release was the single "O'Locco" on the Wau! Mr. Modo label in 1990, and they have considerable body of work released via the R&S / Apollo labels throughout the following decade. Sun Electric have been active and... /Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
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Empire of Karn | Interceptor Micros | 1985 | ||
Monopoly Monopoly (video game) There have been more than a dozen video game adaptations of Parker Brothers' highly successful board game Monopoly.The first of the adaptations were released in 1985 with the release of Monopoly for the BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. Over the years, Monopoly has been released for... |
Leisure Games | Mat Buckland | Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. Since 1883, the company has published more than 1,800 games; among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo , Sorry, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, Ouija, Aggravation, and Probe... /Waddingtons Waddingtons Waddingtons was a publisher of card and board games in the United Kingdom. The company was founded by John Waddington of Leeds, England and Wilson Barratt, under the name Waddingtons Limited... |
1985 |
Action Biker Action Biker Action Biker is a 1985 game for 8-bit home computers released by Mastertronic... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
MJ Child | KP Skips | 1985 |
Finders Keepers Finders Keepers (computer game) Finders Keepers is a computer game written by David Jones and the first game in the Magic Knight series. It was published on the Mastertronic label for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64 in 1985... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
David Jones David Jones (programmer) David Jones is a former freelance computer game programmer who was prolific in the mid-to-late 1980s. He is best known for the creation of the cult computer game character Magic Knight in his 1985 game Finders Keepers for the Mastertronic budget label and released on the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC,... |
1985 | |
Jason's Gem Jason's Gem -Summary:In this video game, the hero Jason must make his way through a series of caves in search of the legendary gem of the title. It was published in 1985 by Mastertronic and written by Simon White.... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Simon White | 1985 | |
Nonterraqueous Nonterraqueous Nonterraqueous is a computer game for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, released by Mastertronic in 1985.- Gameplay :The player controls a robot , whose mission is to destroy the central computer currently in control of the planet Nonterraqueous... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Stephen N Curtis, Mark Jacobs Mark Jacobs (video game designer) Mark Jacobs is the former GM/VP/CEO of Mythic Entertainment, Inc. He is one of the pioneers in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game industry, having created two early MUDs, Aradath and Dragon's Gate serving as both the designer and programmer in addition to his duties as... |
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One Man & His Droid | Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Clive Brooker, James Wilson | 1985 | |
Spellbound | Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
David Jones David Jones (programmer) David Jones is a former freelance computer game programmer who was prolific in the mid-to-late 1980s. He is best known for the creation of the cult computer game character Magic Knight in his 1985 game Finders Keepers for the Mastertronic budget label and released on the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC,... , Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard is a music composer best known for his composition of computer game theme music, especially for microcomputers of the 1980s such as the Commodore 64... , Ray Ray Ray may refer to:People:* Raymond* Ray * Ray In geography:* Ray, Arizona* Ray, Indiana and Michigan* Ray, North Dakota* Ray, Minnesota* Ray County, Missouri, a county in the United States... |
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Soul of a Robot Soul of a Robot Soul of a Robot is a computer game sequel to Nonterraqueous for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX, released by Mastertronic in 1985. It was sometimes called Nonterraqueous 2.- Plot :... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Stephen N Curtis, Mark Jacobs Mark Jacobs (video game designer) Mark Jacobs is the former GM/VP/CEO of Mythic Entertainment, Inc. He is one of the pioneers in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game industry, having created two early MUDs, Aradath and Dragon's Gate serving as both the designer and programmer in addition to his duties as... |
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Fighting Warrior | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Studio B (Stuart Cargill, Russell Comte) | 1985 | |
Way of the Exploding Fist | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Beam Software (Gregg Barnett, Greg Holland, Steven Taylor, William Tang) | 1985 | |
Gyroscope | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Steve Lamb, Tony Mack, Dave Dew | 1985 | |
Rock 'n Wrestle | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Beam Software (Steven Taylor, Frank Oldham, Damian Watharow) | 1985 | |
Sherlock Sherlock (video game) Sherlock is a 1984 text adventure developed under the lead of Philip Mitchell by Beam Software. It was published by Melbourne House. Five programmers worked for 18 months on the title and a Sherlock Holmes expert was employed full-time for a year to advise the team on accuracy.Technically, the... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Beam Software (Phillip Mitchell) | 1984 | |
Terrormolinos Terrormolinos Terrormolinos is a text adventure released by Melbourne House in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron, all retailing for £7.95.-Summary:... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Trevor Lever, Peter Jones | 1985 | |
Back to Skool Back to Skool Back to Skool is a computer game, sequel to the popular Skool Daze, created by David Reidy for the ZX Spectrum and released by Microsphere in 1985... |
Microsphere | David S Reidy, Keith Warrington | 1985 | |
Skool Daze Skool Daze Skool Daze is a computer game created by David Reidy for the ZX Spectrum and released by Microsphere in 1985. A Commodore 64 port was subsequently made... |
Microsphere | David S Reidy, Keith Warrington | 1985 | |
Everyone's A Wally Everyone's A Wally Everyone's a Wally is a computer game released in 1985 by Mikro-Gen for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. The effective sequel to Pyjamarama, it featured the same hero character, Wally Week, and used an upgraded version of the same game engine. It was authored by Chris Hinsley,... |
Mikro-Gen | Chris Hinsley | 1985 | |
Dynamite Dan Dynamite Dan Dynamite Dan is a platform game for the ZX Spectrum and other 8-bit formats written by Rod Bowkett and released by Mirrorsoft in 1985.-Summary:... |
Mirrorsoft Mirrorsoft Mirrorsoft was a computer game software publisher in the United Kingdom, owned by Mirror Group Newspapers. It was founded as a publisher of educational software before moving into games. One offshoot of its printing roots was Fleet Street Publisher on several platforms... |
Rod Bowkett | 1985 | |
Dynamite Dan II | Mirrorsoft Mirrorsoft Mirrorsoft was a computer game software publisher in the United Kingdom, owned by Mirror Group Newspapers. It was founded as a publisher of educational software before moving into games. One offshoot of its printing roots was Fleet Street Publisher on several platforms... |
Rod Bowkett | 1985 | |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Denton Designs Denton Designs Denton Designs was a British video games developer based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1984 and initially specialised in developing software for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer... (John Gibson, Karen Davies) |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood Frankie Goes to Hollywood Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson , with Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole , and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and... |
1985 |
International Match Day | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Jon Ritman Jon Ritman Jon Ritman is a software developer, notable for his work on major 1980s video games. Working primarily on games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computer range. His first experience with a computer was at the age of 13, and first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 that he bought in 1981.His first... , Chris Clarke |
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NOMAD | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... , Ian Weatherburn, Roy Gibson Roy Gibson Roy Gibson was a Director General of ESRO, and the first Director General of ESA, serving from 1975 until 1980.- Early years :Mr Gibson was born in 1924 and educated at the Universities of Oxford and London... |
1985 | |
Pud Pud in Weird World | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (games programmer) Jonathan "Joffa" M. Smith was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time.His most notable games include Cobra,... , Christine Smith |
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Rambo Rambo (1985 video game) Rambo is a 1985 video game based on the film Rambo: First Blood Part II. It was produced by Platinum Productions and published by Ocean Software for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64.... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Platinum Productions, David J Anderson, F David Thorpe | Carolco Pictures Carolco Pictures Carolco Pictures, Inc., Carolco International N.V., or Anabasis Investments was an American independent film production company that, within a decade, went from producing such blockbuster successes as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the first three movies of the Rambo series to being bankrupted by... |
1985 |
Nodes of Yesod Nodes of Yesod Nodes of Yesod is a video game developed and published by Odin Computer Graphics in 1985. The game is very similar to Underwurlde, which was released a year earlier.... |
Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.-History:... |
Steve Wetherill, Colin Grunes, Stuart James Fotheringham, Paul Salmon, Fred Gray Fred Gray (composer) Fred Gray is a composer of video game music. Among his works on Commodore 64 are Shadowfire, Mutants, Madballs and Enigma Force. On the Amiga he made the music for games such as Black Lamp, Eco, Stargoose and Victory Road.... |
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Robin of the Wood Robin of the Wood Robin of the Wood is a maze game published in 1985 for several 8-bit computer formats by Odin Computer Graphics in the UK and Serma Software in Spain. It was based on the English legend Robin Hood.... |
Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.-History:... |
Steve Wetherill, Paul Salmon, Fred Gray Fred Gray (composer) Fred Gray is a composer of video game music. Among his works on Commodore 64 are Shadowfire, Mutants, Madballs and Enigma Force. On the Amiga he made the music for games such as Black Lamp, Eco, Stargoose and Victory Road.... |
1985 | |
Cauldron Cauldron (computer game) Cauldron is a two-dimensional shoot 'em up/platformer computer game developed and published by British developer Palace Software . The game was released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers... |
Palace Software Palace Software Palace Software was a British video game publisher and developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was notable for the Barbarian and Cauldron series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particular the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64... |
Tony Barber, Steve Brown | 1985 | |
Macadam Bumper | Personal Software Services Personal Software Services Personal Software Services was a British software company based in Coventry, founded by Gary Mays and Richard Cockayne in 1981. The company was acquired by Mirrorsoft in 1987.... |
ERE Informatique ERE Informatique ERE Informatique was one of the first French video game companies, founded in 1981 by Philippe Ulrich and Emmanuel Viau. The company hired freelance game programmers that received royalties for their creations. Initially, the company published titles for the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum and Oric home... |
1985 | |
Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier Jet Set Willy II Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier was a platform game released in 1985 by Software Projects for a variety of 8-bit home computers. It was the only official sequel to Jet Set Willy, one of the most successful and popular home computer games ever released... |
Software Projects Software Projects Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance... |
Derrick P Rowson | 1985 | |
International Karate International Karate International Karate is a karate fighting game created and published by System 3 for various home computers. Of these versions the 1986 releases for Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers, created by Archer MacLean with music by Rob Hubbard, stand out for their good playability and overall high... |
System 3 System 3 (software company) System 3 Software Ltd is a British video game developer and publisher.Founded in 1983 by Mark Cale, the company has been responsible for many critically acclaimed videogame experiences, most notably The Last Ninja series, Myth: History in the Making, Impossible Mission, Constructor, Street Wars,... |
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Arc of Yesod | Thor Computer Software | Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.-History:... |
1985 | |
Ian Botham's Test Match | Tynesoft Tynesoft Tynesoft Computer Software was a software developer and publisher in the 1980s and early 1990s.- History :The company was originally set up in 1983 to release educational software but soon moved into the video games market on which it concentrated for most of its time... |
Ian Botham Ian Botham Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder with 14 centuries and 383 wickets in Test cricket, and remains well-known by his nickname "Beefy"... |
1985 | |
Alien 8 Alien 8 Alien 8 is a ZX Spectrum video game. It was written by Tim Stamper and Chris Stamper of Ultimate Play The Game, and was released by the company in 1985. The game was also ported to the BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC and MSX platforms. It is the follow-up to Ultimate's Knight Lore, which had been released... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1985 | |
Gunfright Gunfright Gunfright is a ZX Spectrum video game developed by Ultimate Play The Game for U.S. Gold in 1986. The game makes use of the same scrolling isometric projection engine used previously in Nightshade. The player takes the role of sheriff in the town of Black Rock. Some outlaws are headed into town... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1985 | |
Nightshade Nightshade (video game) Nightshade is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1985. Building upon the earlier titles Knight Lore and Alien 8 using the flip-screen, isometric gameplay branded Filmation, Nightshade introduces a scrolling isometric environment branded Filmation II.-... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
Tim & Chris Stamper | 1985 | |
Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back Beach-Head II: The Dictator Strikes back is 1985 computer game, a sequel to Beach-Head. It was developed and published by Access Software. It was designed by Bruce Carver and his brother, Roger, and was released for the Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit , Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.The spelling... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
David J Anderson, Ian Morrison, Alan Laird | Access Software | 1985 |
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1985 | |
Dam Busters The Dam Busters (video game) The Dam Busters is a combat flight simulator set in World War II produced by U.S. Gold. The graphics are very simple by today's standards, and shows only four colours . The game was released on several platforms and was one of the earliest flight simulators available on home computers... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Platinum Productions (David J Anderson, Ian Morrison) | 1985 | |
Impossible Mission Impossible Mission Impossible Mission is a platform computer game for several home computers. The original version for the Commodore 64 was programmed by Dennis Caswell and published by Epyx in 1984.-Description:... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1985 | |
Raid over Moscow Raid over Moscow Raid Over Moscow is a computer game for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Enterprise 128 and Apple II family by Access Software published in Europe by U.S. Gold... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Platinum Productions (David J Anderson, Ian Morrison, F David Thorpe) | Access Software | 1985 |
Spy Hunter Spy Hunter Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. It has also been ported to various home computers and video game systems.... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Bally Midway | 1985 | |
Tapper Tapper Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The goal of the game is to serve beer and collect empty mugs and tips.-Overview:... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Duncan Sinclair Duncan Sinclair Duncan Sinclair was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Minto Township, Ontario and became a salesman.... , Paul Holmes, Ian Morrison, David J Anderson |
Bally Midway | 1985 |
Zaxxon Zaxxon Zaxxon is a 1982 arcade game developed and released by Sega. Some sources claim that Japanese electronics company Ikegami Tsushinki also worked on the development of Zaxxon... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
David J Anderson, Ian Morrison | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1985 |
Cyclone | Vortex Software Vortex Software Vortex Software was a video game developer founded by Costa Panayi and Paul Canter in the early 1980s to sell the game Cosmos which Panayi had developed for the Sinclair ZX81... |
Costa Panayi Costa Panayi Costa Panayi was a computer game programmer during the 1980s. He founded Vortex Software with Paul Canter, publishing games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.... |
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Highway Encounter Highway Encounter Highway Encounter is a computer game released on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K, Amstrad CPC, MSX, and Commodore 64 by Vortex Software in 1985... |
Vortex Software Vortex Software Vortex Software was a video game developer founded by Costa Panayi and Paul Canter in the early 1980s to sell the game Cosmos which Panayi had developed for the Sinclair ZX81... |
Costa Panayi Costa Panayi Costa Panayi was a computer game programmer during the 1980s. He founded Vortex Software with Paul Canter, publishing games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.... |
1985 | |
Ballblazer Ballblazer Ballblazer is a 1984 computer game created by Lucasfilm Games . It was originally released for the Atari 8-bit systems, such as the Atari 800 and the Atari 5200. It was also ported to other popular platforms of the day, such as the Apple II, ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Atari 7800, and... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Graeme Devine Graeme Devine Graeme Devine is a computer game designer and programmer who co-founded Trilobyte, created bestselling games The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour, and designed id Software's Quake III Arena. He was also Chairman of the International Game Developers Association from 2002-2003... |
Lucasfilm Games | 1986 |
Eidolon, The The Eidolon The Eidolon was one of two games that were part of Lucasfilm Games' second wave in December of 1985. The other was Koronis Rift. Both took advantage of the fractal technology developed for Rescue on Fractalus!, further enhancing it... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
PAW Software (Tony Adams, Tony Porter) | Lucasfilm Games | 1986 |
Rescue on Fractalus! | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Dalali Software | Lucasfilm Games | 1986 |
Kirel Kirel Kirel is an isometric 3D puzzle arcade game game released by Addictive Games in for the Sinclair Spectrum.- Overview :"Kirel" must defuse the bombs before they explode while evading monsters which will sap his energy.- Gameplay :... |
Addictive Games Addictive Games Addictive Games was a UK video game publisher in the 1980s and early 1990s. It is best known for the Football Manager series of games created by company founder Kevin Toms... |
Siegfried Kurtz | 1986 | |
Hardball! | Advance Software | Sean Pearce | Accolade | 1986 |
Loco Loco (computer game) Loco is a 1984 computer game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Alligata for the Commodore 64. In 1986 it was converted for the ZX Spectrum and Atari 8-bit family.... |
Alligata Software | Richard Stevenson, Nigel Speight, David Wright | 1986 | |
Survivors Survivors (video game) Survivors is a game for home computers published by Atlantis Software originally in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum. It was ported to the MSX, Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 16/Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, Acorn Electron and BBC Micro and the Amstrad CPC... |
Atlantis Software Atlantis Software Atlantis Software was a London-based UK computer games publisher that published a number of games during the 1980s and early 1990s.The company was set up by Michael Cole and Rodger Coghill in January 1984 with the first four games released in May of that year... |
Glynn Carey | 1986 | |
Graham Gooch's Test Cricket Graham Gooch's Test Cricket Graham Gooch's Test Cricket is a 1985 cricket game released for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum by Audiogenic. It was later reissued by budget label Alternative Software as Graham Gooch's Match Cricket.-Gameplay:... |
Audiogenic Software | R Desforges | Graham Gooch Graham Gooch Graham Alan Gooch OBE DL is a former cricketer who captained Essex and England. He was one of the most successful international batsmen of his generation, and through a career spanning from 1973 until 2000, he became the most prolific run scorer of all time with 67,057 runs... |
1986 |
Enigma Force | Beyond Software Beyond Software Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight... |
Denton Designs Denton Designs Denton Designs was a British video games developer based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1984 and initially specialised in developing software for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer... (Steven Cain & Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... ) |
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BMX Simulator BMX Simulator BMX Simulator is a sports arcade video game released by Codemasters in for several home computer systems. It is notable in that it is the first extreme sports video game... |
Jon Harrison, Tony Porter | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
|1986 | |
Dizzy Dizzy - The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure Dizzy, or Dizzy – The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure, was the first video game featuring the character Dizzy, an anthropomorphic egg. The game was designed by two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, frequently referred to as the Oliver twins... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Oliver twins Oliver Twins The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school. Their first game, Super Robin Hood for the Amstrad CPC, was published in 1985 by Codemasters... |
1986 | |
Boggit, The The Boggit The Boggit: Bored Too is a text adventure game by Delta 4 released in for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is a parody of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit and of the earlier game based upon it also called The Hobbit... |
CRL Group | Delta 4 Delta 4 Delta 4 was a British software developer created by Fergus McNeill, writing and publishing interactive fiction.Delta 4 designed games between 1984 and 1987. Some were self-published, others were released by CRL Group, Piranha or Silversoft... (Fergus McNeill, Judith Child) |
1986 | |
Dracula Dracula (adventure game) Dracula is a text adventure game by CRL released in for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.- Plot :... |
CRL Group | Rod Pike, Ian Ellery | 1986 | |
Army Moves Army Moves Army Moves is a scrolling shooter game developed by Dinamic Software for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum. It was first released in and published by Dinamic in Spain and by Imagine Software. Dinamic Software also developed a MS-DOS version of the game, published... |
Dinamic Software Dinamic Software Dinamic Software was a Spanish videogames producer and publisher company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent company named Dinamic Multimedia... |
Victor Ruiz, Santiago Morga, Manuel Cubedo, Javier Cubedo | 1986 | |
Friday the 13th | Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still... |
1986 | |
Split Personalities Split Personalities (computer game) Split Personalities is a sliding square puzzle game that involves piecing together the faces of famous personalities and politicians.-Gameplay:... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Ernieware, David Whittaker | 1986 | |
Fat Worm Blows a Sparky Fat Worm Blows a Sparky Fat Worm Blows a Sparky is an action / maze video game written by Julian Todd in the five months before going to University and published by Durell Software in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum.-Gameplay:... |
Durell Software Durell Software Durell Software is a UK software developer based in Taunton, Somerset in the United Kingdom. The company is a provider of back office administration and accounting software to Independent Financial Advisers, Mortgage and General Insurance Brokers. Durell was formerly a leading video games... |
Julian Todd Julian Todd Julian Todd is a British computer programmer and activist for freedom of information. He works in Liverpool.He was inventor and co-founder of Public Whip with Francis Irving. And also the affiliated TheyWorkForYou website, a project which parses raw Hansard data to track how members vote in the UK... |
1986 | |
Saboteur | Durell Software Durell Software Durell Software is a UK software developer based in Taunton, Somerset in the United Kingdom. The company is a provider of back office administration and accounting software to Independent Financial Advisers, Mortgage and General Insurance Brokers. Durell was formerly a leading video games... |
Clive Townsend | 1986 | |
Thanatos Thanatos (video game) Thanatos is an arcade adventure videogame which was published by Durell Software in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC-Development:... |
Durell Software Durell Software Durell Software is a UK software developer based in Taunton, Somerset in the United Kingdom. The company is a provider of back office administration and accounting software to Independent Financial Advisers, Mortgage and General Insurance Brokers. Durell was formerly a leading video games... |
Mike A Richardson, Jane Richardson, Julian Breeze | 1986 | |
Turbo Esprit Turbo Esprit Turbo Esprit is a video game published by Durell Software in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. The game was very detailed and advanced for its time, featuring car indicator lights, pedestrians, traffic lights, and a view of the car's interior controls. It may also be the... |
Durell Software Durell Software Durell Software is a UK software developer based in Taunton, Somerset in the United Kingdom. The company is a provider of back office administration and accounting software to Independent Financial Advisers, Mortgage and General Insurance Brokers. Durell was formerly a leading video games... |
Mike A Richardson | 1986 | |
Bobby Bearing Bobby Bearing Bobby Bearing is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by The Edge in for the Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.- Plot :... |
Edge Software | Robert Figgins, Trevor Figgins | 1986 | |
Fairlight II Fairlight II (video game) Fairlight II: A Trail of Darkness is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by The Edge in for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. It is the sequel to Fairlight.- Plot :... |
Edge Software | Bo Jangeborg Bo Jangeborg Bo Jangeborg is a Swedish computer programmer. He made several programs for the ZX Spectrum, the best known being the game Fairlight, its sequel Fairlight II and the graphic tool The Artist... , Niclas Osterlin |
1986 | |
Shao-Lin's Road Shao-Lin's Road Shao-Lin's Road is a 1985 arcade game released by Konami. This game is also known as Kicker. The game was ported to several early home computers. It has also been featured in classics compilations: Konami Arcade Classics in 1999, Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits in 2007, and most recently as a... |
Edge Software | Mike Leaman, Stephen Cargill | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1986 |
Aliens: The Computer Game | Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Steve Cartwright Steve Cartwright Steve Cartwright is an American computer and video game designer. He is best known as one of the original Activision game designers credited with such hits as Barnstorming, Megamania, Seaquest and Hacker... , Glyn Anderson Glyn Anderson Glyn Anderson has designed, programmed, and managed the production of entertainment products for video game consoles starting with the Intellivision, as well as for PCs from the early MS-DOS days to the present... , Peter Kaminski, Gene Smith, John May, John White |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1986 |
Aliens | Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Pennsoft, Soft Machine, Mev Dinc | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1986 |
Big Trouble in Little China Big Trouble in Little China (video game) Big Trouble in Little China is a 1986 video game designed by Mevlut Dinc and published by Electric Dreams Software for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It is a tie-in licence for the film of the same name.-Gameplay:... |
Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Mev Dinc, Focus | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1986 |
Hijack | Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Paradise Software (David Shea, Mark Eyles, Nigel Brownjohn) | 1986 | |
Dandy | Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
RamJam | 1986 | |
Spindizzy Spindizzy (computer game) Spindizzy is an isometric computer game released for several 8-bit home computer formats in 1986 by Electric Dreams Software. It features action and puzzle game elements. Players must navigate a series of screens to explore a landscape suspended in a dimensional space... |
Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Paul Shirley, Phil Churchyard | 1986 | |
Super Hang On | Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Chris Wood, ZZKJ, Mev Dinc | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1986 |
1942 | Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Dominic Wood | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1986 |
Bomb Jack Bomb Jack is an arcade platform game that was released in 1984 by Tehkan . It was followed by two official sequels, the console and computer title Mighty Bomb Jack, and the arcade game Bomb Jack Twin... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Paul Holmes, Andy Williams | Tehkan | 1986 |
Ghosts 'n Goblins Ghosts 'n Goblins is a 1985 platform game developed by Capcom for video arcades and has since been released on several other platforms. It is the first game in the Ghosts'n Goblins franchise.-Gameplay:... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Keith Burkhill, Nigel Alderton, Jon Harrison | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1986 |
Paperboy Paperboy (video game) Paperboy is a 1984 arcade game by Atari Games. The players take the role of a paperboy who delivers newspapers along a suburban street on his bicycle. This game was innovative for its theme and novel controls.-Gameplay:... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Steve Lamb, Tony Mack | Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1986 |
Roller Coaster Roller Coaster (video game) Roller Coaster is a platform-based game which contains some strategy and puzzle elements. Uniquely it holds the claim of being the first video game to ever simulate amusement rides.... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
S Brockelhurst | 1986 | |
Space Harrier Space Harrier is a third-person rail shooter game, released by Sega in 1985. It was produced by Yu Suzuki, responsible for many popular Sega games. It spawned several sequels: Space Harrier 3-D , Space Harrier II , and the spin-off Planet Harriers .... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Keith Burkhill | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1986 |
Light Force Light Force (video game) Light Force is a shoot 'em up game released by FTL in for several home computer systems.-Plot:The Regulus system is under attack by aliens. A single Terran fighter of the "Light Force" of Galactic Fighter Command must defeat the invaders and rescue their hostages.-Gameplay:The game is a... |
Faster Than Light | Greg Follis, Roy Carter | 1986 | |
Druid Druid (computer game) Druid is a series of computer games for the Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64, also ported to Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum, published by Firebird in 1986. Graphics and design by Dene Carter. Code by Andrew E. Bailey. Music by David M... |
Firebird Software | Dean Carter, Andrew Bailey | 1986 | |
Empire! Empire! Empire! is a space combat and trading video game designed by Andrew Glaister and published by Firebird Software in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.-Gameplay:... |
Firebird Software | Andrew Glaister Andrew Glaister Andrew Glaister, born July 4, 1967 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, is a video game programmer.He initially started programming games on the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1981 and 1987, forming a company called Programmers Development Systems Ltd.... |
1986 | |
Rebelstar Rebelstar --Rebestar Raiders was originally released for the 48k ZX Spectrum in 1984 by Red Shift Ltd, a war games publisher who had also released Gollop's space strategy game, Nebula. It was written in BASIC.... |
Firebird Software | Julian Gollop Julian Gollop Julian Gollop is a British designer of strategy video games and founder of the defunct game studios Mythos Games and Codo Technologies.Gollop's career spans over 25 years, during which he has designed games for numerous systems over the years, from the early 8-bit home computers to 32-bit PCs... |
1986 | |
Seabase Delta Seabase Delta Seabase Delta is a text adventure game by Firebird released in for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. It is the sequel to Subsunk.- Plot :... |
Firebird Software | Peter Torrance, Colin Liddle | 1986 | |
Thrust | Firebird Software | Jeremy Smith, Dave Lowe | 1986 | |
Heavy on the Magick Heavy on the Magick Heavy on the Magick is a computer game for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum published in 1986 by Gargoyle Games. The game's influences draw heavily from the occult, with the Master Therion in the plot below a reference to Aleister Crowley. To finish the game, the player must invoke numerous demons who... |
Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games was a British software company founded in 1983 by Roy Carter and Greg Follis in order to publish their first game, Ad Astra. They generally specialized in games for the ZX Spectrum even though the company was originally named with the intention of publishing games for Dragon computers... |
Roy Carter, Greg Follis | 1986 | |
Sweevo's World Sweevo's World Sweevo's World is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Gargoyle Games in for the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. An enhanced version for the Spectrum 128K was also released, titled Sweevo's Whirled... |
Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games was a British software company founded in 1983 by Roy Carter and Greg Follis in order to publish their first game, Ad Astra. They generally specialized in games for the ZX Spectrum even though the company was originally named with the intention of publishing games for Dragon computers... |
Roy Carter, Greg Follis | 1986 | |
Jack the Nipper Jack the Nipper Jack the Nipper is a video game by Gremlin Graphics released in for several home computer systems. It was followed by a sequel, Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers.-Gameplay:... |
Gremlin Graphics | Greg A Holmes, Mick Laa, Peter M Harrap | 1986 | |
Trailblazer | Gremlin Graphics | Shaun Hollingworth, Peter M Harrap, Chris Kerry | 1986 | |
Pyracurse Pyracurse Pyracurse is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Hewson in for the Sinclair Spectrum.- Plot :The archeologist Sir Pericles Pemberton-Smythe has disappeared while exploring the mysterious ruins of an ancient city in the forests of South America... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Mark Goodall, Keith Prosser | 1986 | |
Quazatron Quazatron Quazatron is an action video game genre released in 1986 by Graftgold Ltd. It was designed by Steve Turner for the ZX Spectrum.-History:Quazatron was a Spectrum version of Paradroid, which was written by Graftgold partner Andrew Braybrook in 1985... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Steve Turner Steve Turner (game programmer) Steve Turner was a computer game musician and designer. His development team, Graftgold, mostly wrote for games published by Hewson Consultants during the 1980s.... |
1986 | |
Uridium Uridium Uridium is a science fiction side-scrolling shoot 'em up for the Commodore 64 . It consists of fifteen levels, each named after a metal element, with the last level being called Uridium... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Dominic Robinson Dominic Robinson Dominic Robinson is a computer game programmer. He came to prominence as an in-house programmer for Hewson Consultants when he converted Uridium to the Spectrum in 1986. This was followed by another classic Spectrum shoot-em up, Zynaps, and a puzzle/shooter, Anarchy, both of which were released... |
1986 | |
Uridium+ | Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Dominic Robinson Dominic Robinson Dominic Robinson is a computer game programmer. He came to prominence as an in-house programmer for Hewson Consultants when he converted Uridium to the Spectrum in 1986. This was followed by another classic Spectrum shoot-em up, Zynaps, and a puzzle/shooter, Anarchy, both of which were released... |
1986 | |
Green Beret Rush'n Attack Rush'n Attack, originally released in Japan and Europe as , is an action/platform arcade game released by Konami in 1985. Rush'n Attack is remembered for its Cold War setting and its reliance on the player using a knife to dispatch enemies... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (games programmer) Jonathan "Joffa" M. Smith was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time.His most notable games include Cobra,... , F David Thorpe |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1986 |
MOVIE M.O.V.I.E. M.O.V.I.E. is a video game written by Dusko Dimitrijevic for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC and was published by Imagine Software in 1986.-Plot:... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Dusko Dimitrijevic, F David Thorpe | 1986 | |
Ping Pong Konami's Ping Pong Konami's Ping Pong is a sports arcade game created in 1985 by Konami. The game is noted as the first video game to accurately reflect the gameplay of table tennis, as opposed to earlier over-simplifications like Pong... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Bernie Duggs, Martin Galway Martin Galway Martin Galway is one of the best known composers of music for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip, and for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1986 |
Terra Cresta Terra Cresta is an arcade game that was released by Nichibutsu in 1985.- Overview :Terra Cresta is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up. The player controls a ship, initially with limited firepower. Numbered pods appear containing further parts of the ship that will increase firepower... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (games programmer) Jonathan "Joffa" M. Smith was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time.His most notable games include Cobra,... , Martin Galway Martin Galway Martin Galway is one of the best known composers of music for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip, and for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum... |
Nichibutsu | 1986 |
Yie Ar Kung-Fu II Yie Ar Kung-Fu II is a computer game where the main character fights martial arts masters and is a sequel to Yie Ar Kung-Fu. This sequel was released for the Commodore 64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and Thomson TO7-70 home computer systems and featured a different approach to the game... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Julian Horn | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1986 |
Jackal Jackal (video game) , released in North America for the arcades as Top Gunner, is an overhead run and gun arcade game released by Konami in 1986.-Gameplay:... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Cyclone (David Whitehouse, Stephen Lockley, Adrian Carless) | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1986 |
Kane Kane (video game) Kane is a multi-section action game published by Mastertronic, originally for the Commodore 64 in 1986. The game was then ported to a wide variety of other home computers. The game is set in the Wild West, and its name is a reference to the main character of the film High Noon... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Simon Freeman, John Darnell | 1986 | |
The Incredible Shrinking Fireman The Incredible Shrinking Fireman The Incredible Shrinking Fireman is a computer game released by Mastertronic in 1986. The game was written by Andy Mitchell and David Kidd.-Game Objective:... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
A Mitchell, Dave K | 1986 | |
Molecule Man Molecule Man (video game) Molecule Man is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Mastertronic in for a variety of 8-bit home computers.- Plot :Molecule Man is trapped in a radioactive maze and must reach the escape teleport before the radiation kills him.- Gameplay :... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Robin Thompson | 1986 | |
Universal Hero Universal Hero Universal Hero is a computer game released by Mastertronic in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, and later for the Atari 8-bit computers . The Spectrum version was developed by Stuart Middleton working under the name of Xcel Software... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Stuart Middleton, Ray Tredoux, Chris Harvey | 1986 | |
Zub Zub Zub is a game written for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum which was published in 1986 by Mastertronic and was written by John and Ste Pickford on the ZX Spectrum and Phillip Brian Allsopp on the Commodore 64 with music on all formats composed by David Whittaker.Zub is in the employ of... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
John Pickford, Ste Pickford, David Whittaker | 1986 | |
180 180 (video game) 180 is a darts video game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit and MSX.-Gameplay:The player competes in 501 darts against other darts players waiting in a championship tournament with normal darts rules applying, subtracting your score from 501 to zero whilst... |
Mastertronic Added Dimension | Ste Pickford, David Whittaker | 1986 | |
Knight Tyme Knight Tyme Knight Tyme is a computer game released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and MSX compatibles in 1986. It was published by Mastertronic as part of their Mastertronic Added Dimension label.... |
Mastertronic Added Dimension Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
David Jones, David Whittaker, Ray | 1986 | |
Master of Magic Master of Magic (Mastertronic) Master of Magic is a computer role-playing game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. It was distributed by Mastertronic in 1985 under its M.A.D. label.-Description:... |
Mastertronic Added Dimension Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Tim Miller | Richard Darling | 1986 |
Sport of Kings | Mastertronic Added Dimension Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Jeff Calder | 1986 | |
Asterix & the Magic Cauldron | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
William Tang, Andrew Pierson, Frank Oldham | René Goscinny René Goscinny René Goscinny was a French comics editor and writer, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris and Iznogoud with Jean Tabary.-Early life:Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to a family... & Albert Uderzo Albert Uderzo Albert Uderzo is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. He is best known for his work on the Astérix series, but also drew other comics such as Oumpah-pah, also in collaboration with René Goscinny.-Early life:... |
1986 |
Lord of the Rings: Game One Lord of the Rings: Game One Lord of the Rings: Game One is a computer game released in 1985 and based on the book The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. R. R. Tolkien... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Beam Software (Philip Mitchell) | JRR Tolkien | 1986 |
Marble Madness Marble Madness Marble Madness is an arcade video game designed by Mark Cerny, and published by Atari Games in 1984. It is a platform game in which the player must guide an onscreen marble through six courses, populated with obstacles and enemies, within a time limit. The player controls the marble by using a... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
John F Cain | Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1986 |
Contact Sam Cruise Contact Sam Cruise Contact Sam Cruise is a computer game created by David Reidy for the ZX Spectrum and released by Microsphere in 1986. Using a similar engine to Skool Daze, this game charted the exploits of a player-controlled private detective called Sam Cruise.... |
Microsphere Microsphere Microsphere are small spherical particles, with diameters in the micrometer range . Microspheres are sometimes referred to as microparticles.... |
David S Reidy, Keith Warrington | 1986 | |
Mission Omega Mission Omega Mission Omega is a computer game published in 1986 by Incentive Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers. It was programmed by Stephen Ward.-Gameplay:... |
Mind Games | Stephen Ward | 1986 | |
iD ID (video game) iD is a computer game developed by Mel Croucher and Colin Jones and published by CRL in 1986. The game is text based and takes the form of a conversation with an entity that has entered your computer. Your task as the player is to gain the entity's trust and find out what other inanimate objects... |
Nu Wave Sortware | Mel Croucher Mel Croucher Mel Croucher is a British writer and video games pioneer. Originally an architect, he moved into computers and set up Automata UK after the release of the Sinclair ZX81... , Colin Jones |
1986 | |
Batman Batman (1986 video game) Batman is a 3D isometric action-adventure game that was released in 1986 under the Batman licence by Ocean Software for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and MSX microcomputers.An Amstrad PCW version was also available.-Gameplay:... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Jon Ritman Jon Ritman Jon Ritman is a software developer, notable for his work on major 1980s video games. Working primarily on games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computer range. His first experience with a computer was at the age of 13, and first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 that he bought in 1981.His first... , Bernie Drummond |
DC Comics DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner... |
1986 |
Cobra | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (games programmer) Jonathan "Joffa" M. Smith was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time.His most notable games include Cobra,... , Martin Galway Martin Galway Martin Galway is one of the best known composers of music for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip, and for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum... |
Warner Brothers | 1986 |
Daley Thompson's Supertest | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Paul Owens, Jonathan Smith, F David Thorpe, Dan Hartley | Daley Thompson Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE , is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times.... |
1986 |
Donkey Kong Donkey Kong (video game) is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. It is an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. In the game, Jumpman must rescue a damsel in distress, Lady, from a... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Sentient Software (John Mullins, Clive Paul, T Fagelman) | Nintendo Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel.... |
1986 |
Great Escape, The The Great Escape (video game) The Great Escape is a video game which shares a title and similar plot to the movie The Great Escape. It was programmed by Denton Designs, who went on to produce the similarly acclaimed Where Time Stood Still... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Denton Designs Denton Designs Denton Designs was a British video games developer based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1984 and initially specialised in developing software for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer... |
1986 | |
Transformers, The The Transformers (1986 video game) The game's received mixed reviews - Sinclair User gave the game 4 stars out of five, while Your Sinclair gave it 6/10 and Crash gave it 60%.Max Phillips from Your Sinclair said the game was "slick but nothing new, the keyboard controls are awful and the cassette inlay is diabolical" while John... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Hasbro Hasbro Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States... |
1986 | |
Heartland Heartland (video game) Heartland is a video game by Odin Computer Graphics released in for several home computer systems.-Plot:The Heartland has fallen under the rule of the ruthless tyrant Midan and his minions. To overthrow him, the final six pages of a magical book must be found and assembled... |
Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.-History:... |
Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.-History:... |
1986 | |
Hypaball | Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.-History:... |
Bernie Duggs | 1986 | |
Barbarian Barbarian (computer game) Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior is a video game first released for Commodore 64 personal computers in 1987; the title was developed and published by Palace Software, and ported to other computers in the following months. The developers licensed the game to Epyx, who published it as Death Sword in... |
Palace Software Palace Software Palace Software was a British video game publisher and developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was notable for the Barbarian and Cauldron series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particular the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64... |
Steve Brown, Shaun Griffiths Shaun Griffiths Shaun Griffiths is an English darts player.Griffiths won consecutive Winmau World Youth Masters titles in 2007 and 2008. In 2010, he won the British Teenage Open, and reached the quarter-finals of the PDC Under-21 World Championship.... , Richard Joseph Richard Joseph Richard Joseph was a British computer game composer, musician and sound specialist. He had a career spanning some 20 years starting in the early days of gaming on the C64 and the Amiga and onto succeeding formats through to the present day.After being diagnosed with lung cancer, he died on 4 March... |
1986 | |
Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back | Palace Software Palace Software Palace Software was a British video game publisher and developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was notable for the Barbarian and Cauldron series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particular the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64... |
Steve Brown, Richard Leinfellner, Richard Joseph Richard Joseph Richard Joseph was a British computer game composer, musician and sound specialist. He had a career spanning some 20 years starting in the early days of gaming on the C64 and the Amiga and onto succeeding formats through to the present day.After being diagnosed with lung cancer, he died on 4 March... |
1986 | |
Sacred Armour of Antiriad | Palace Software Palace Software Palace Software was a British video game publisher and developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was notable for the Barbarian and Cauldron series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particular the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64... |
Chris Stangroom, Dan Malone, Richard Joseph Richard Joseph Richard Joseph was a British computer game composer, musician and sound specialist. He had a career spanning some 20 years starting in the early days of gaming on the C64 and the Amiga and onto succeeding formats through to the present day.After being diagnosed with lung cancer, he died on 4 March... |
1986 | |
Colour of Magic, The | Piranha Games | Delta 4 Software | Terry Pratchett Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels... |
1986 |
Rogue Trooper | Piranha Games | Design Design | 2000 AD | 1986 |
Trap Door, The | Piranha Games | Don Priestley Don Priestley Don Priestley is a video game programmer who wrote for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1982 and 1989.-Background:Until 1979, Don Priestley was a teacher. In 1981 both he and his son enrolled in a Pascal course at night school. Although his son dropped out, Don carried on... |
CMTB Animation/Queensgate Productions | 1986 |
Mantronix Mantronix (video game) Mantronix is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Probe in for the Sinclair Spectrum.- Plot :The year is 2001 A.D. and four planetary criminals are hiding from the law on the planet Zybor. The bounty hunter robot "Mantronix" has been sent to find and eliminate them.- Gameplay :The... |
Probe Software | Syrox Developments | 1986 | |
Theatre Europe Theatre Europe Theatre Europe is a game for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum home computers. It casts the player as either NATO or the countries of the Warsaw Pact... |
PSS | Sean Pearce, David Bolton | 1986 | |
Elevator Action Elevator Action is a 1983 arcade game by Taito. It debuted during the "Golden Age of Arcade Games". Innovative in gameplay, this game was very popular for many years, with game music created by musician Yoshino Imamura... |
Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.... |
Binary Design (David Whittaker) | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1986 |
Glider Rider Glider Rider (video game) Glider Rider is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Quicksilva in for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. The game music was composed by David Whittaker.- Plot :... |
Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.... |
Binary Design | 1986 | |
Jewels of Darkness Jewels of Darkness Jewels of Darkness is a trilogy of text adventure games by Level 9. The individual games were initially released separately in 1983. They featured some themes inspired by the books of J. R. R... |
Rainbird | Level 9 | 1986 | |
Starglider Starglider Starglider is a 3D video game released in 1986 by Rainbird. It was developed by Argonaut Software, led by programmer Jez San. The game was inspired by Jez San's love of the 1983 Atari coin-op Star Wars, It was a fast-moving, first-person combat flight simulator, rendered with colourful wireframe... |
Rainbird | Ian Oliver Ian Oliver Ian Oliver, QPM, is a former police officer, author, speaker and international consultant for the United Nations. He served as Chief Constable of Scotland's Central and Grampian Police. Since leaving the police force, he has worked as a consultant and speaker on the issues of drugs, terrorism and... , Graeme Baird, Dave Lowe |
1986 | |
Deactivators Deactivators Deactivators is a computer game for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC 464, developed by Tigress Marketing and published by Ariolasoft's label, Reaktor, in late 1986. The music was written by Simon PC Frost. The programming was done by SYSTEM software, Sheffield... |
Reaktor Ariolasoft Ariolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records... |
Tigress Marketing | 1986 | |
Dragon's Lair Dragon's Lair Dragon's Lair is a laserdisc video game published by Cinematronics in 1983. It featured animation created by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth.... |
Software Projects Software Projects Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance... |
Paul Hodgson, Andy Walker | Magicom/Cinematronics Cinematronics Cinematronics Incorporated was a pioneering arcade game developer that had its heyday in the era of vector display games. While other companies released games based on raster displays, early in their history, Cinematronics and Atari released vector-display games, which offered a distinctive look... |
1986 |
Superman: The Game Superman: The Game Superman: The Game is a 1985 game designed by Fernando Herrera and first published in the US by First Star Software for the Commodore 64. The title was ported to a number of other home computers in Europe.-Gameplay:... |
Telecomsoft Telecomsoft Telecomsoft was the computer software division of British telecommunications company British Telecom . It was the owner of the well-known Firebird and Rainbird labels, under which it sold video games at a variety of price-points.... |
Jim Nangano, Fernando Herrera Fernando Herrera Fernando Herrera Espinoza is a Mexican football midfielder. He currently plays for Atlante F.C. in the Primera División de México.-Career:Herrera broke into the Atlante first team on October 13, 2007 in a 2-1 loss to CF Pachuca... |
First Star Software First Star Software First Star Software, Inc. is a computer game development, publishing and licensing company, founded by Richard Spitalny and Fernando Herrera in 1982. It is best known for its classic Boulder Dash franchise and Spy vs. Spy titles, originally written for 8-bit home computers like the Apple II, Atari... , DC Comics DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner... |
1986 |
Orbix the Terrorball | Streetwise | John Pragnell | 1986 | |
Hercules Hercules (1984 video game) Hercules is a platforming video game first published for the Commodore 64 by Interdisc in 1984. It was later reissued by Alpha Omega/The Power House and ported to a number of other home computers.-Gameplay:... |
The Power House | Quantum Productions | Interdisc | 1986 |
Cyberun Cyberun Cyberun is a ZX Spectrum video game ostensibly developed by Ultimate Play The Game and published by U.S. Gold in 1986. Although not part of the Jetman series, it has similarities to Jetpac in that the player must construct their spaceship from parts, then seek out resources and power-ups... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
1986 | ||
Pentagram Pentagram (video game) Pentagram is a ZX Spectrum and MSX video game released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1986. It is the fourth in the Sabreman series, following on from his adventures in Sabre Wulf, Underwurlde and Knight Lore. Similarly to Knight Lore it uses the isometric Filmation engine. The game was written by... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
1986 | ||
Ace of Aces | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Paragon Programming | Artech Digital Entertainment | 1986 |
Breakthru | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Paul Houbart, Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... , Dawn Drake |
Data East Data East also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy... |
1986 |
Crystal Castles | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Andromeda Software | Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
1986 |
Infiltrator Infiltrator Infiltrator is a 1986 video game published by U.S. Gold/Mindscape. It was developed for the Atari 8-bit family, Apple II, DOS, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System and ZX Spectrum by Chris Gray Enterprises.... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Paragon Programming (Chris Gray) | 1986 | |
Kung-Fu Master | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
David J Anderson, F David Thorpe | Data East Data East also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy... |
1986 |
Revolution Revolution (video game) Revolution is an isometric 3D puzzle video game released by U.S. Gold in for the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. It was programmed by Costa Panayi and is a development of the earlier 3D games Highway Encounter and Alien Highway.- Gameplay :... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Vortex Software Vortex Software Vortex Software was a video game developer founded by Costa Panayi and Paul Canter in the early 1980s to sell the game Cosmos which Panayi had developed for the Sinclair ZX81... (Costa Panayi Costa Panayi Costa Panayi was a computer game programmer during the 1980s. He founded Vortex Software with Paul Canter, publishing games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.... ) |
1986 | |
Winter Games Winter Games Winter Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx , based on sports featured in the Winter Olympic Games.... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Jon Woods, Geoff Brown, F David Thorpe | Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1986 |
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future is a 1986 computer game by Virgin Interactive for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 home computer systems. It is based on the classic British comic strip Dan Dare... |
Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Gang of Five (Dave B Chapman, Martin Wheeler) | Eagle Magazine | 1986 |
Alien Highway Alien Highway Alien Highway: Encounter 2 is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Vortex in for the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. It was programmed by Mark Haigh-Hutchinson and is the sequel to Highway Encounter.- Gameplay :... |
Vortex Software Vortex Software Vortex Software was a video game developer founded by Costa Panayi and Paul Canter in the early 1980s to sell the game Cosmos which Panayi had developed for the Sinclair ZX81... |
Mark Haigh-Hutchinson Mark Haigh-Hutchinson Mark Haigh-Hutchinson was an English video game developer. He is most notable for working on Paperboy, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Star Wars and the Metroid Prime games.-Biography:... |
1986 | |
Scooby Doo in the Castle Mystery | Elite Systems Ltd | Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games was a British software company founded in 1983 by Roy Carter and Greg Follis in order to publish their first game, Ad Astra. They generally specialized in games for the ZX Spectrum even though the company was originally named with the intention of publishing games for Dragon computers... (Greg Follis, Roy Carter) |
Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century... |
1986 |
Alien Syndrome Alien Syndrome Alien Syndrome is a run and gun arcade game developed by Sega in 1987.-Gameplay:Two players control two soldiers named Ricky and Mary, who must fight their way through large eight-way scrolling levels rescuing their comrades who are being held by aliens... |
ACE Software | Pamela Roberts, Jack Wilkes, Mike Marchant | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1987 |
Enduro Racer Enduro Racer Enduro Racer is an arcade game from Sega. It was released in 1986 with either a stand up cabinet with handlebars or a full-sized dirt bike on the cabinet itself. Some said it is essentially the dirt version of Hang-On, hence using the similar engine and PCB.-Gameplay:The player rides the dirt bike... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Giga Games (Alan Laird, Ian Morrison) | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1987 |
Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Steve Cartwright Steve Cartwright Steve Cartwright is an American computer and video game designer. He is best known as one of the original Activision game designers credited with such hits as Barnstorming, Megamania, Seaquest and Hacker... |
1987 | |
Indoor Sports Indoor Sports Indoor Sports is a computer game developed by DesignStar's SportTime and first published in the US by Mindscape in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It was converted to many other platforms, particularly in Europe where it was published by Databyte, Advance Software and Tynesoft .-Gameplay:This game... |
Advance Software | SportTime/DesignStar Consultants | 1987 | |
Knightmare | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
MD Software (Mevlut Dinc, Jonathan P Dean, EM Dean, Nick Cooke) | ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK... |
1987 |
Koronis Rift Koronis Rift Koronis Rift is a December 1985 computer game from Lucasfilm Games. It was produced and designed by Noah Falstein.The game was supplied on a flippy disk. One side had the Atari version, the other side had the Commodore 64 version... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Mr Micro (John May, John White) | LucasArts LucasArts LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC is an American video game developer and publisher. The company was once famous for its innovative line of graphic adventure games, the critical and commercial success of which peaked in the mid 1990s... |
1987 |
Little Computer People Little Computer People Little Computer People, also called House-on-a-Disk, is a life simulation game/god game released in 1985 by Activision for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and Apple II. An Amiga version was released in 1987... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Byron Nilsson, Richard Gold | 1987 | |
Predator | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Source Software (James Fisher) | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1987 |
Quartet Quartet (video game) Quartet is a 1986 arcade game by Sega. Quartet allows one to four players to guide a set of characters through a base taken over by an army of robots. Players control either Joe , Mary , Lee or Edgar across a number of sideways-scrolling levels... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Antony R Lill | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1987 |
Super Sprint Super Sprint Super Sprint is a 1986 arcade game by Atari Games. The player drives a Formula One-like car on a circuit that is viewed from above.-Gameplay:... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... ; Tony Mack, Mark A Jones |
Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1987 |
Wonder Boy Wonder Boy is a series of video games published by SEGA and developed by Westone Bit Entertainment .The series itself consists of the main Wonder Boy series, and the Monster World sub-series. Games may be part of one, the other, or both. This has resulted in a sometimes confusing naming structure resulting in... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1987 | |
Agent Orange Agent Orange (video game) Agent Orange is an action computer game released by A&F Software in January 1987 for multiple home computer formats.-Gameplay:Tasked with cultivating crops on 8 alien planets in order to fund space travel, the player must combat rival alien farmers whilst planting and harvesting crops for income,... |
A&F Software | 1987 | ||
Star Wreck Star Wreck (game) Star Wreck was written in 1987 by Charles. A. Sharp. It was published by Alternative Software for the Spectrum 48k, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.-History:Star Wreck was written using the Graphic Adventure Creator... |
Alternative Software | Charles A Sharp | 1987 | |
Satcom | Atlantis Software Atlantis Software Atlantis Software was a London-based UK computer games publisher that published a number of games during the 1980s and early 1990s.The company was set up by Michael Cole and Rodger Coghill in January 1984 with the first four games released in May of that year... |
B Halhead | 1987 | |
Nether Earth | Argus Press Software | 1987 | ||
Colony Colony (computer game) Colony is an arcade adventure and strategy computer game released in 1987 for several 8-bit computer formats by Mastertronic on their Bulldog label.-Plot:Owing to overpopulation, humanity has found it necessary to grow food in colonies on other planets... |
Bulldog | Ste Cork | 1987 | |
Feud Feud (video game) Feud was an innovative 1987 computer game for the MSX and ZX Spectrum home computers, among others. The player takes on the role of the sorcerer Learic, cursed with aging, and must fight his evil twin Leanoric before his time runs out.... |
Bulldog | Binary Design (John Pickford, Ste Pickford) | 1987 | |
Streaker Streaker (computer game) Streaker is an arcade adventure game published by Mastertronic on their "Bulldog" label in 1987. The game runs on Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.-Overview:... |
Bulldog | Geoff Calder | 1987 | |
ATV Simulator ATV Simulator ATV Simulator is a computer game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC by Codemasters.... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Tim Miller, David Whittaker | 1987 | |
Ghost Hunters Ghost Hunters (video game) Ghost Hunters is an platform/action video game written by the Oliver twins for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum platforms and published by Codemasters in February 1987. The game combined platform-style action with shooting gameplay similar to that found in the game Operation Wolf... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Oliver Twins Oliver Twins The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school. Their first game, Super Robin Hood for the Amstrad CPC, was published in 1985 by Codemasters... |
1987 | |
Professional Ski Simulator Professional Ski Simulator Professional Ski Simulator is an isometric 3D sports simulation game released by Codemasters in for the Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. It was later also released for the Atari ST and Amiga as Advanced Ski Simulator.-Gameplay:... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Oliver Twins Oliver Twins The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school. Their first game, Super Robin Hood for the Amstrad CPC, was published in 1985 by Codemasters... |
1987 | |
Super Robin Hood Super Robin Hood Super Robin Hood is a platform action video game featuring Robin Hood released in November 1985 by Codemasters. The game was developed by the Oliver twins on the Amstrad CPC at the age of 17 and was their first title published by Codemasters.... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Mark Baldock | 1987 | |
Academy Academy (video game) Academy is an action/simulation computer game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Amiga It was released in 1987 by CRL. It achieved critical success in the year it was released.-Gameplay:... |
CRL Group | Pete Cooke Pete Cooke Pete Cooke is a famous British computer games programmer, best known for his work published in the 1980s for the 8-bit home computers, especially the ZX Spectrum.... |
1987 | |
Frankenstein Frankenstein (adventure game) Frankenstein is a text adventure game released by CRL in for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is based on the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley.- Plot :Dr... |
CRL Group | Rod Pike, Jared Derrett | 1987 | |
Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper (adventure game) Jack the Ripper is a text adventure game released by CRL in for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is based on the notorious "Jack the Ripper" murders of the 1880s.- Plot :... |
CRL Group | St Bride's School | 1987 | |
Freddy Hardest | Dinamic Software Dinamic Software Dinamic Software was a Spanish videogames producer and publisher company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent company named Dinamic Multimedia... |
Emilio Pablo Salgueiro Torrado, Luis Rodriguez, Javier Cubedo, Manuel Cubedo, Raul Ortega Palacios | 1987 | |
Game Over | Dinamic Software Dinamic Software Dinamic Software was a Spanish videogames producer and publisher company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent company named Dinamic Multimedia... |
Snatcho | 1987 | |
Star Wars | Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Andy Craven, Derek Austin, David Whittaker | Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
1987 |
Saboteur II Saboteur II Saboteur II: Avenging Angel is a video game created by Clive Townsend and released by Durell Software in for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 platforms. It is a sequel to the 1985 video game Saboteur. Saboteur II was one of the first action-adventure games to feature a female... |
Durell Software Durell Software Durell Software is a UK software developer based in Taunton, Somerset in the United Kingdom. The company is a provider of back office administration and accounting software to Independent Financial Advisers, Mortgage and General Insurance Brokers. Durell was formerly a leading video games... |
Clive Townsend, Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard is a music composer best known for his composition of computer game theme music, especially for microcomputers of the 1980s such as the Commodore 64... |
1987 | |
Sigma 7 | Durell Software Durell Software Durell Software is a UK software developer based in Taunton, Somerset in the United Kingdom. The company is a provider of back office administration and accounting software to Independent Financial Advisers, Mortgage and General Insurance Brokers. Durell was formerly a leading video games... |
Mike A Richardson, Julian Breeze | 1987 | |
Star Raiders II | Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Simon Freeman, Gary Stark, Bruce Poelman | Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
1987 |
Tempest | Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
David Pridmore | Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
1987 |
Leviathan | English Software English Software English Software was a software developer and publisher in the 1980s based in Manchester, UK.- History :The company was set up in 1982 by Philip Morris, owner of Gemini Electronics computer store in Manchester, to release video games for the Atari 8-bit home computers... |
Gareth J. Briggs, Mark Kelly Mark Kelly Mark Kelly is the keyboardist of the progressive rock band, Marillion. He was raised in Ireland until he moved to England with his parents in 1969.... , Lee Crawley, David Whittaker |
1987 | |
Los Angeles SWAT | Entertainment USA | Beechnut | 1987 | |
Hydrofool Hydrofool Hydrofool is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by FTL in for the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. It was the sequel to Sweevo's World. The game music was composed by Rob Hubbard.- Plot :... |
Faster Than Light Faster Than Light (software publisher) Faster Than Light was a software publishing label established by UK video game publisher Gargoyle Games. The aim was for FTL to publish arcade-style games, while Gargoyle would concentrate on its core business of text adventure games.... |
Roy Carter Roy Carter Roy Carter, an English oboist, began playing the oboe at the age of 10. He won scholarships to study with Margaret Eliot at the Royal Academy of Music and later under Terence McDonough at the Royal College of Music , where he won the Joy Boughton Memorial Prize in only his second year of study.-... , Greg Follis |
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Bubble Bobble Bubble Bobble is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 and later ported to numerous home computers and game consoles. The game, starring the twin Bubble Dragons and , is an action-platform game in which players travel through one hundred different stages, blowing and bursting bubbles, avoiding... |
Firebird Software | Mike Follin Mike Follin The Revd. Michael Stuart Follin was, until the late 1990s, a computer game programmer. Amongst the companies at which he worked was Software Creations, where he worked on games for the ZX Spectrum, including highly rated arcade conversions of Bubble Bobble and Ghouls 'n Ghosts, as well as the... , Andrew Threllfall, Tim Follin Tim Follin Timothy John Follin is a former video game music composer who has written tracks for a variety of titles and home gaming systems, including the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Dreamcast and PlayStation.Follin's early 8- and 16-bit... |
Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1987 |
Cholo Cholo (computer game) Cholo is a classic wireframe 3D-style computer game with nonlinear gameplay, originally released in 1986 for the BBC Micro computer but quickly ported to a number of other 8-Bit systems, such as the Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.... |
Firebird Software | 1987 | ||
Chronos - A Tapestry Of Time | Gremlin Graphics | Steven, John Tatlock, Tim Follin Tim Follin Timothy John Follin is a former video game music composer who has written tracks for a variety of titles and home gaming systems, including the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Dreamcast and PlayStation.Follin's early 8- and 16-bit... |
1987 | |
Dark Sceptre Dark Sceptre Dark Sceptre is a strategy adventure video game by Mike Singleton's design team Maelstrom Games, for Beyond Software. It was published by Firebird Software for the ZX Spectrum in 1987 and for the Amstrad CPC in 1988.-Gameplay:... |
Firebird Software | Mike Singleton Mike Singleton Mike Singleton is a British author and video game developer who wrote various well-regarded titles for the ZX Spectrum during the 1980s. His titles include The Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Throne of Fire, Dark Sceptre and War In Middle Earth. He also wrote a novel, The Eternal Empire,... , David Gautrey & Alan Jardine as Maelstrom Games for Beyond Software Beyond Software Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's Lords of Midnight... |
1987 | |
Flying Shark Flying Shark Sky Shark, known in Japan as and known in Europe as Flying Shark, is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Toaplan and published by Taito... |
Firebird Software | Graftgold Graftgold Graftgold was an independent computer game developer that came to prominence in the 1980s, producing numerous computer games on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-The Hewson era:... (Dominic Robinson, John Cumming) |
Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1987 |
I, Ball I, Ball I, Ball is a shoot 'em up computer game published for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1987 by Firebird. It was programmed by Timothy Closs. The C64 version features music written by Rob Hubbard, based on a tune by Cabaret Voltaire called "Whip Blow".The player takes the role of the... |
Firebird Software | Timothy Closs, Kev | 1987 | |
Park Patrol Park Patrol Park Patrol is a computer game released in 1984 for the Commodore 64 computer. It was later also released for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. It was designed by Tony Ngo and published by Activision.-Gameplay:... |
Firebird Software | Andrew Rogers | 1987 | |
Sentinel, The | Firebird Software | Software Creations Software Creations (UK) Software Creations was a video game developer based in Manchester, England, first established in 1987. They are primarily known for their video games based on movie and comic licenses like Marvel Comics, Cutthroat Island, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and original titles Solstice and the sequel... (Mike Follin Mike Follin The Revd. Michael Stuart Follin was, until the late 1990s, a computer game programmer. Amongst the companies at which he worked was Software Creations, where he worked on games for the ZX Spectrum, including highly rated arcade conversions of Bubble Bobble and Ghouls 'n Ghosts, as well as the... , Geoff Crammond Geoff Crammond Geoff Crammond is a computer game designer and programmer who specialises in motor racing games. A former defense industry systems engineer, he claims to have had little interest in motor racing before programming his first racing game back in 1984, but he holds a physics degree, which may explain... , Tim Follin Tim Follin Timothy John Follin is a former video game music composer who has written tracks for a variety of titles and home gaming systems, including the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Dreamcast and PlayStation.Follin's early 8- and 16-bit... ) |
1987 | |
Sidewize Sidewize Sidewize is a shoot 'em up released by Firebird in for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. It was followed by a sequel, Crosswize.-Plot:The four worlds of Omicron, Nu, Delta and Iota are under siege by the Dariard Mutants... |
Firebird Software | Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.-History:... |
1987 | |
Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper is a video game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX, Amstrad CPC and Atari ST released by Go! in 1987. It was produced by Probe Software . It was released in Spain by Erbe Software... |
Go! | David Quinn, Nick Bruty Nick Bruty Nicholas Anthony Bruty or Nick Bruty is a British video game designer and entrepreneur.He was raised and educated in Livingston, Scotland. He made his first step into video games when he was 15, working for company SoftStone with his friend David Quinn. Bruty had done some projects for SoftStone... , David Whittaker |
1987 | |
Auf Wiedersehen Monty Auf Wiedersehen Monty Auf Wiedersehen Monty is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and MSX. Released in 1987, it is the fourth of the Monty series, following Monty is Innocent, Monty on the Run and the successful original Wanted: Monty Mole... |
Gremlin Graphics | Shaun Hollingworth, Peter M Harrap, Chris Kerry, Benn Daglish | 1987 | |
Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers is a video game by Gremlin Graphics released in for several home computer systems. It is the sequel to Jack the Nipper.-Plot:... |
Gremlin Graphics | Greg A Holmes, David Pridmore, Benn Daglish | 1987 | |
Krakout Krakout Krakout is an arcade/puzzle game that was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and MSX platforms in 1987. One of the wave of enhanced Breakout variants to emerge in the wake of Arkanoid, its key distinctions are that gameplay is horizontal in layout, and that it allows... |
Gremlin Graphics | Rob Toone, Greg A Holmes, Andy Green, Benn Daglish | 1987 | |
Moley Christmas Moley Christmas Moley Christmas is a video game released in for the Sinclair Spectrum. It is a sequel to the 1987 video game Auf Wiedersehen Monty that was available exclusively on the cover of Your Sinclair magazine.- Story :... |
Gremlin Graphics/Your Sinclair Your Sinclair Your Sinclair or YS as it was commonly abbreviated, was a British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum.-History:... |
Shaun Hollingworth, Peter M Harrap, Chris Kerry | 1987 | |
Evening Star | Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Mike Male, Bob Hillyer | 1987 | |
Exolon Exolon Exolon is a run and gun game programmed by Raffaele Cecco and published by Hewson in 1987 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC 8-bit computers. It was later converted to Enterprise 128 and to the 16-bit Amiga and Atari ST platforms.... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Raffaele Cecco Raffaele Cecco Raffaele Cecco, born 10 May 1967, is a British video games developer who has created numerous video games since 1984, including Cybernoid and Exolon. He grew up in Tottenham in North London.... , Nick Jones |
1987 | |
Nebulus Nebulus (computer game) Nebulus is a computer game created by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants in the late 1980s for various home computer systems... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
John M Phillips John M Phillips John Michael Phillips is an American lawyer, sports agent, advisor, lecturer and radio show host. He gained notoriety for handling personal injury cases, including taking on municipalities despite sovereign immunity... |
1987 | |
Ranarama Ranarama Ranarama is a top-down Gauntlet like action game developed by Graftgold in 1987 and published by Hewson Consultants. It was released for the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. In 2004 it was featured as one of the games on the C64 Direct-to-TV... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Graftgold Graftgold Graftgold was an independent computer game developer that came to prominence in the 1980s, producing numerous computer games on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-The Hewson era:... (Steve Turner Steve Turner (game programmer) Steve Turner was a computer game musician and designer. His development team, Graftgold, mostly wrote for games published by Hewson Consultants during the 1980s.... ) |
1987 | |
Zynaps Zynaps Zynaps is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up computer game published by Hewson Consultants for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 in 1987 and for the Atari ST in 1988 and the Amiga.... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
John Cumming, Dominic Robinson Dominic Robinson Dominic Robinson is a computer game programmer. He came to prominence as an in-house programmer for Hewson Consultants when he converted Uridium to the Spectrum in 1986. This was followed by another classic Spectrum shoot-em up, Zynaps, and a puzzle/shooter, Anarchy, both of which were released... , Stephen Crow Stephen Crow Stephen Crow is a game programmer who worked in the 1980s on the ZX Spectrum platform, programming for companies such as Hewson Consultants and Bubble Bus Software. He also worked with members of the Graftgold team... , Steve Turner Steve Turner (game programmer) Steve Turner was a computer game musician and designer. His development team, Graftgold, mostly wrote for games published by Hewson Consultants during the 1980s.... |
1987 | |
3DC 3Dc 3Dc , also known as DXN, BC5, or Block Compression 5 is a lossy data compression algorithm for normal maps invented and first implemented by ATI. It builds upon the earlier DXT5 algorithm and is an open standard... |
Hit-Pak | Fatman, Dobbin, Neil Strudwick | 1987 | |
Batty Batty (video game) Batty is a bat-and-ball, Breakout clone-style video game, published by Elite in 1987 and available for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC... |
Hit-Pak | 1987 | ||
Great Gurianos Gladiator (arcade game) Gladiator, known in Japan as , was a arcade game developed by Allumer and published by Taito. It was followed by a sequel titled Blandia.-Gameplay:... |
Hit-Pak | Res-Illusions (David Perry) | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1987 |
Blasteroids Blasteroids Blasteroids is one of the sequels to the original 1979 shoot 'em up video game Asteroids. It was developed by Atari Games and published in 1987 by Image Works for: arcade cabinet, in 1989 for: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64/128, MSX, MS-DOS PC, ZX Spectrum.- Gameplay :The gameplay for the game... |
Image Works Image Works Image Works was a publishing label of video games publisher Mirrorsoft created in 1988. The first two games published under the Image Works label were Fernandez Must Die and Foxx Fights Back... |
Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
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Arkanoid Arkanoid is an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It is based upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s. The title refers to a doomed "mothership" from which the player's ship, the Vaus, escapes.-Overview:... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Mike Lamb, Ronny Fowles, Mark R Jones | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1987 |
Athena Athena (video game) is a platform arcade game, produced and published in 1986 by SNK. It was later ported to the NES, developed by Micronics. The NES version was the only one released in North America. Conversions were done also for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1987 by Ocean Software under their... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Andrew Deakin, Ivan Horn, Martin Galway Martin Galway Martin Galway is one of the best known composers of music for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip, and for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum... |
SNK SNK SNK is a former name of SNK Playmore, a Japanese video game company . This may also refer to:* SNK European Democrats* SNK Union of Independents* Southeast Airlines ICAO code... |
1987 |
Legend of Kage, The | Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Gary Knight, Simon Butler | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1987 |
Psycho Soldier Psycho Soldier is an action arcade game developed by Japanese software company SNK that was originally released in 1986 and internationally in 1987. It is somewhat of a sequel to Athena released a year earlier, Psycho Soldier continues the adventures of Athena, and is noteworthy for being the first video game... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Source Softwate (Ross Harris | SNK SNK Playmore SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986.... |
1987 |
Renegade Renegade (video game) Renegade is a video game released in American and European arcades in 1986 by Taito. It is a westernized conversion of the Japanese arcade game , released earlier the same year by Technos... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Mike Lamb, Ronny Fowles, Fred Gray Fred Gray (composer) Fred Gray is a composer of video game music. Among his works on Commodore 64 are Shadowfire, Mutants, Madballs and Enigma Force. On the Amiga he made the music for games such as Black Lamp, Eco, Stargoose and Victory Road.... |
Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1987 |
Slap Fight Slap Fight , also known as Alcon, is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Toaplan and published by Taito.-Summary:It takes its inspiration from Xevious and Gradius... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Probe Software | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1987 |
Driller | Incentive Software Incentive Software Incentive Software Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher founded by Ian Andrew in 1983. Programmers included Sean Ellis, Stephen Northcott and Ian's brother Chris Andrew. Later games were based around the company's Freescape rendering engine... |
Major Developments (Chris Andrews, Paul Gregory, Stephen Northcott) | 1987 | |
Nemesis Gradius The Gradius games, first introduced in 1985, make up a series of scrolling shooter video games published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms. In many games in the series, the player controls a ship known as the Vic Viper... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Cyclone, Stuart Ruecroft | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1987 |
Salamander Salamander (arcade game) , retitled Life Force in North America and in the Japanese arcade re-release , is a scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami. Released in 1986 as a spin-off to Gradius, Salamander introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling... |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
Andrew Glaister Andrew Glaister Andrew Glaister, born July 4, 1967 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, is a video game programmer.He initially started programming games on the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1981 and 1987, forming a company called Programmers Development Systems Ltd.... , Stuart Ruecroft |
Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1987 |
Gnome Ranger Gnome Ranger Gnome Ranger is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in . It was followed by a sequel, Ingrid's Back.- Plot :The gnome Ingrid Bottomlow has displeased her family by her un-gnomelike behaviour, such as going off to university and getting an education... |
Level 9 | Level 9 | 1987 | |
XOR | Logotron | Stuart Gregg | 1987 | |
Uchi Mata Brian Jack's Uchi Mata Brian Jacks Uchi Mata is a Judo fighting game released for various home computers, sold on the name of British Olympic judoka Brian Jacks.-Summary:... |
Martech Games | 1987 | ||
Rasterscan Rasterscan Rasterscan is a computer game published in 1987 by Mastertronic for several 8-bit formats. It was written by Binary Design Ltd based in Parsonage Gardens, Manchester with the C64 version programmed by Phillip Allsopp .-Plot:... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Binary Design (John Pickford, Steve Hughes, Ste Pickford) | 1987 | |
Rescue Rescue (video game) Rescue is a computer game published by Mastertronic in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum. It was written by Ste Cork and Tiny Williams.-Plot:The purpose of the game is to rescue the correct scientist and the "ultimate experiment"... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Ste Cork, Tiny Williams | 1987 | |
Rigel's Revenge Rigel's Revenge Rigel's Revenge is a text adventure published in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers by Mastertronic on their "Bulldog" label... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Smart Egg Software (Ron Harris Ronald Dale Harris Ronald Dale Harris is a computer programmer who worked for the Nevada Gaming Control Board in the early 1990s and was responsible for finding flaws and gaffes in software that runs computerized casino games... , Nigel Brooks Nigel Brooks Nigel Brooks is an English composer, arranger and conductor. He was born in Barnstaple and spent most of his childhood in Ilfracombe, North Devon. He attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. For much of his career he was an orchestral arranger, particularly for the BBC and also... , Said Hassan, Ross Harris) |
1987 | |
Stormbringer Stormbringer (computer game) Stormbringer is a computer game written by David Jones and released in 1987 by Mastertronic on the Mastertronic Added Dimension label. It was originally released on the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and MSX. A version for the Atari ST was published in 1988. It is the fourth and final game... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
David Jones David Jones (programmer) David Jones is a former freelance computer game programmer who was prolific in the mid-to-late 1980s. He is best known for the creation of the cult computer game character Magic Knight in his 1985 game Finders Keepers for the Mastertronic budget label and released on the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC,... , David Whittaker |
1987 | |
Amaurote Amaurote Amaurote is a British video game for 8-bit computer systems that was released in 1987 by Mastertronic on their Mastertronic Added Dimension label. The music for the game was written by David Whittaker.-Plot:From the game's instructions:-Gameplay:... |
Mastertronic Added Dimension | John Pickford, Ste Pickford, David Whittaker | 1987 | |
Motos Motos Motos is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1985. It runs on Namco Super Pac-Man hardware but with a video system like that used in Mappy. It has 62 levels.-Gameplay:... |
Mastertronic Added Dimension Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Binary Design (Matthew Rhodes, Ste Pickford, Jas C Brooke) | Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
1987 |
Legions of Death Legions of death Legions of Death is a one or two-player strategy video game published for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum personal computers. It requires players to control the navies of ancient Rome and Carthage during the Punic Wars, in order to conquer the Mediterranean Sea.-Gameplay:Legions of... |
MC Lothlorien | 1987 | ||
Barbarian Barbarian (Psygnosis) Barbarian is a 1987 computer platform game by Psygnosis. It was first developed for the Atari ST, but eventually ported to other popular platforms of the home computer era... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Paul Murray, Ed Knight | 1987 | |
Knuckle Busters | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Beam Software (Steven Taylor, Paul Gomm, Consult, Antony M Scott, Marco Duroe) | 1987 | |
F-15 Strike Eagle | Microprose MicroProse MicroProse was a video game publisher and developer, founded by Wild Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982 as Microprose Software. In 1993, the company became a subsidiary of Spectrum HoloByte and has remained a subsidiary or brand name under several other corporations since... |
Laszlo Szenttornyai, Imre Kovats | 1987 | |
Gunship Gunship (video game) Gunship is an AH-64 Apache helicopter simulation that was released by Microprose in 1986. Its platforms include DOS, Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum. The game was later ported onto the Sega Mega Drive by U.S. Gold in 1993... |
Microprose MicroProse MicroProse was a video game publisher and developer, founded by Wild Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982 as Microprose Software. In 1993, the company became a subsidiary of Spectrum HoloByte and has remained a subsidiary or brand name under several other corporations since... |
Darrel Deaniss, Andy Hollis Andy Hollis Andy Hollis is an American game designer and game programmer, mainly known for his flight simulator games.-Video game development:He began his career at MicroProse Software, where he was responsible for games like Kennedy Approach, Gunship, F-15 Strike Eagle II, F-19 Stealth Fighter, and F-15... , Arnold Hendrick, Iris Idokogi |
1987 | |
Slient Service Silent Service (video game) Silent Service is a 1985 submarine simulator computer game. It was designed by Sid Meier and published by MicroProse for various 8-bit home computers, and in 1987 for 16-bit systems like the Commodore Amiga... |
Microprose Software | Sid Meier Sid Meier Sidney K. "Sid" Meier is a Canadian programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games, most notably Civilization. He has won accolades for his contributions to the computer games industry... & Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... |
1987 | |
Hades Nebula Hades Nebula Hades Nebula is a 1987 Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum game by Nexus Information Systems. It is a vertical-scrolling space shooter. The player controls an upgradable fighter that must battle its way through thousands of enemy ships before it confronts the last boss, Emperor Hades... |
Nexus Production | Paranoid Software | 1987 | |
Mercenary Mercenary (computer game) Mercenary is the first in a series of computer games, published on a number of 8-bit and 16-bit platforms from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, by Novagen Software... |
Novagen Software Novagen Software Novagen Software Ltd was a British software developer which released a number of computer games on a variety of platforms from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s.... |
David Aubrey Jones | Paul Woakes | 1987 |
Gryzor | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Paul Owens, Mark R Jones, David Whittaker | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1987 |
Match Day Match Day Match Day was a football computer game, published by Ocean Software in 1984, originally on the ZX Spectrum and then later released on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, & Commodore 64 systems. It is the first game in the Match Day series, and the title and opening music are references to Match of the Day... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Jon Ritman Jon Ritman Jon Ritman is a software developer, notable for his work on major 1980s video games. Working primarily on games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computer range. His first experience with a computer was at the age of 13, and first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 that he bought in 1981.His first... , Bernie Drummond |
1987 | |
Head Over Heels | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Jon Ritman Jon Ritman Jon Ritman is a software developer, notable for his work on major 1980s video games. Working primarily on games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computer range. His first experience with a computer was at the age of 13, and first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 that he bought in 1981.His first... |
1987 | |
Mario Bros | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Choice Software (Jon Woods) | Nintendo Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel.... |
1987 |
Match Day II Match Day II Match Day II is a football sports game part of the Match Day series released for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX and Commodore 64 platforms... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Jon Ritman Jon Ritman Jon Ritman is a software developer, notable for his work on major 1980s video games. Working primarily on games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computer range. His first experience with a computer was at the age of 13, and first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 that he bought in 1981.His first... , Bernie Drummond, Guy Stevens |
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Phantom Club Phantom Club Phantom Club is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Ocean in for the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC- Plot :Plutus the Zelator, lowest-ranked member of the Phantom Club of superheroes, must defeat Zarg and the other evil superheroes.... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Dusko Dimitrijevic, Dragoljub Andjelkovic | 1987 | |
Short Circuit | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Paul Owens, Ronny Fowles, Simon Golding | Columbia TriStar Pictures | 1987 |
Top Gun Top Gun (video game) The popularity of the 1986 film Top Gun resulted in a number of licensed video games that have been released since the film's theatrical debut:-Top Gun:... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Mike Lamb, Ronny Fowles | Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still... |
1987 |
Last Mission, The The Last Mission (video game) The Last Mission is a computer game released in by the Spanish company Opera Soft, for the Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and MSX. It was also ported to the IBM PC platform. It is a 2D flip-screen side-view game.- Plot :... |
Opera Soft Opera Soft Opera Soft was one the most prolific Spanish computer game developers of the so-called Golden Era of Spanish Software of the 1980s. It released many games for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and similar computers in the mid-1980s, but its games were not as popular on the PC... |
Opera Soft Opera Soft Opera Soft was one the most prolific Spanish computer game developers of the so-called Golden Era of Spanish Software of the 1980s. It released many games for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and similar computers in the mid-1980s, but its games were not as popular on the PC... |
1987 | |
Stifflip & Co | Palace Software Palace Software Palace Software was a British video game publisher and developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was notable for the Barbarian and Cauldron series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particular the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64... |
Paul Norris, Rupert Bowater, Richard Joseph Richard Joseph Richard Joseph was a British computer game composer, musician and sound specialist. He had a career spanning some 20 years starting in the early days of gaming on the C64 and the Amiga and onto succeeding formats through to the present day.After being diagnosed with lung cancer, he died on 4 March... |
1987 | |
Astonishing Adventures of Mr Weems & the She Vampires | Piranha Games | RamJam | 1987 | |
Flunky Flunky (computer game) Flunky is a computer game programmed by Don Priestley and released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers. It was published by Piranha Games... |
Piranha Games | Don Priestley Don Priestley Don Priestley is a video game programmer who wrote for the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1982 and 1989.-Background:Until 1979, Don Priestley was a teacher. In 1981 both he and his son enrolled in a Pascal course at night school. Although his son dropped out, Don carried on... |
1987 | |
Joe Blade Joe Blade Joe Blade is the title of a series of budget-price platform games written by Colin Swinbourne and published by Players.All three titles were flick-screen adventures, in which the player controls the titular character through a number of rooms, dispatching enemies and rescuing innocent people... |
Players Software | Colin Swinbourne | 1987 | |
Deviants | Players Software | Colin Swinbourne, Andrew Severn | 1987 | |
Sorcerer Lord Sorcerer Lord Sorcerer Lord is turn based strategy-fantasy game published and developed by now defunct Personal Software Services. It was first released in 1987 for ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. During next 2 years game was also released for Commodore 64, Atari ST, MS-DOS and Amiga.-Game:The game is set in the... |
PSS Personal Software Services Personal Software Services was a British software company based in Coventry, founded by Gary Mays and Richard Cockayne in 1981. The company was acquired by Mirrorsoft in 1987.... |
PSS Personal Software Services Personal Software Services was a British software company based in Coventry, founded by Gary Mays and Richard Cockayne in 1981. The company was acquired by Mirrorsoft in 1987.... |
1987 | |
Jinxter Jinxter Jinxter is a text adventure computer game developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Rainbird in 1987 for popular 8-bit and 16-bit machines of the time as well as the 32-bit Acorn Archimedes... |
Rainbird | Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls was a British computer game developer during the mid 1980s and early 1990s. It was one of two largest interactive fiction game makers of the 1980s... |
1987 | |
Knight Orc Knight Orc Knight Orc is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in .- Plot :After a night of heavy drinking with friends, Grindleguts the orc awakes to find himself strapped to a horse and about to joust with a human knight... |
Rainbird | Level 9 | 1987 | |
Pawn, The The Pawn The Pawn is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls which was first published by Rainbird in 1986. It is remembered for its excellent graphics and the opening music available in some game versions. Also the game itself - story and parser - got mostly positive reviews... |
Rainbird | Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls was a British computer game developer during the mid 1980s and early 1990s. It was one of two largest interactive fiction game makers of the 1980s... |
1987 | |
Starfox Starfox Starfox is a fictional superhero in Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe. He has operated as a member of the Avengers and is one of the Eternals of Titan... |
Reaktor | Realtime Games Software Realtime Games Software Realtime Games Software Ltd. is a defunct British video game developer. It was founded in 1984 by three Leeds University students, Ian Oliver, Andrew Onions and Graeme Baird.... |
1987 | |
Hysteria | Software Projects Software Projects Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance... |
Special FX Software (Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (games programmer) Jonathan "Joffa" M. Smith was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time.His most notable games include Cobra,... , Karen Davies, Tony Pomfret, Stephen Wahid) |
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Red LED | Starlight Software | 1987 | ||
1999 | Summit Softward | Ice Cool Coders (Chris Pile, Balor Knight, Stephen Corry) | 1987 | |
International Karate + International Karate + International Karate +, often abbreviated as IK+, is a karate fighting video game published in 1987 by System 3 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. The Commodore version was released in the USA under the title Chop N' Drop.-Gameplay:In the game, three karateka fight against each... |
System 3 System 3 (software company) System 3 Software Ltd is a British video game developer and publisher.Founded in 1983 by Mark Cale, the company has been responsible for many critically acclaimed videogame experiences, most notably The Last Ninja series, Myth: History in the Making, Impossible Mission, Constructor, Street Wars,... |
Dan Michek, Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard is a music composer best known for his composition of computer game theme music, especially for microcomputers of the 1980s such as the Commodore 64... |
1987 | |
Gun.Smoke Gun.Smoke Gun.Smoke is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game created by Capcom in 1985 . The game, which has a Western theme, centers around a character named Billy Bob, a bounty hunter who is after vicious criminals of the Wild West.Despite its name and theme, it has no connection to the western TV... |
Topo Soft Topo Soft Topo Soft was one of the Spanish software house for 8-bit home computers that emerged during the eighties. They were part of the Golden Era of Spanish Software. It disappeared due to economic problems in the nineties related with the late arrival of 16-bit computers in Spain... |
Miguel Blanco Viu, Julio Martin, Gominolas Gominolas Gominolas is a Spanish television series that follow the lifes of the members of Gominolas but as adults, 20 years later. It was aired on Cuatro from november to december 2007-External links:**... , Gonzalo Martin |
Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1987 |
Bubbler Bubbler (video game) Bubbler is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and published by Ultimate Play The Game in 1987. Although it uses isometric projection, as with Ultimate's second-generation isometric releases such as Nightshade and Gunfright, Bubbler used a scrolling display rather than the flip-screen of earlier... |
Ultimate Play The Game Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate Play The Game was a critically acclaimed video game developer of the early home computer era. "Ultimate Play The Game" was the trading name of Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd. , a software company founded in 1982 by two ex-arcade game developers Tim and Chris Stamper... |
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10th Frame 10th Frame 10th Frame is a ten-pin bowling simulation game created by Access Software in , as a follow-up to the hugely successful Leaderboard golf game. Up to eight players could take part in open bowling or a tournament... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
John Prince, Donald Campbell | Access Software | 1987 |
720° 720° 720 Degrees, or 720°, is a 1986 arcade game by Atari Games. 720°, a skateboarding game, is notable in that along with BMX Simulator, it is one of the first extreme sports video games, and has a unique timed structure that requires the player score points in order to keep the game going... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
John Prince, Donald Campbell | Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1987 |
Black Magic | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Paragon Programming | Datasoft Datasoft Datasoft, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher founded in 1980 by Pat Ketchum. Based out of Chatsworth, California, Datasoft ported games from arcade systems to personal computers and acquired licenses for games from famous movies and TV shows.... |
1987 |
California Games California Games California Games is a 1987 Epyx sports video game for many home computers and video game consoles. Branching from their popular Summer Games and Winter Games series, this game consisted of some sports purportedly popular in California including skateboarding, freestyle footbag, surfing, roller... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
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Express Raider | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Homega Software | Data East Data East also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy... |
1987 |
Gauntlet Gauntlet (arcade game) Gauntlet is a fantasy-themed hack and slash 1985 arcade game by Atari Games. It is noted as the first class-based multiplayer game. Released during the emergence of popularity of other role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, the game was a sensation, being one of the first true dungeon crawl... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Gremlin Graphics (Tony Porter, Kevin Bulmer, Bill Allen) | Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1987 |
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
John Prince, Donald Campbell | Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1987 |
Metro-Cross Metro-Cross Metro-Cross is an arcade game, released by Namco in 1985. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware , modified to support a 2048-color palette... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Probe Software | Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
1987 |
Road Runner | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Canvas (James Bagley, Dawn Drake | Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1987 |
Rygar Rygar (video game) Rygar is an arcade game created by Tecmo in 1986 and originally released in Japan as . It is a scrolling platform game where the player assumes the role as the "Legendary Warrior", battling through a hostile landscape... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Probe Software (Antony R Lill) | Temco | 1987 |
Solomon's Key Solomon's Key right|thumb|Arcade version of Solomon's Key is a puzzle game developed by Tecmo in 1986 for arcade release on custom hardware based on the Z80 chipset... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Probe Software (Raffaele Cecco Raffaele Cecco Raffaele Cecco, born 10 May 1967, is a British video games developer who has created numerous video games since 1984, including Cybernoid and Exolon. He grew up in Tottenham in North London.... , Nick Jones) |
Tecmo | 1987 |
Survivor Survivor (video game) Survivor is an action game released in 1987 by the Spanish software house Topo Soft and later re-released in the UK by U.S. Gold. It was published for several 8-bit formats including Amstrad CPC, MSX and ZX Spectrum.-Overview:... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Rafael Gomez Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez is an Argentinian professional golfer.Gómez was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1990. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and 2005–07 and the European Tour from 2005 to 2007. He played on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour in 2004 and a few events on the PGA... , Rafael Angel Garcia Cabrera, Gominolas Gominolas Gominolas is a Spanish television series that follow the lifes of the members of Gominolas but as adults, 20 years later. It was aired on Cuatro from november to december 2007-External links:**... , Javier Cano Fuente |
Topo Soft Topo Soft Topo Soft was one of the Spanish software house for 8-bit home computers that emerged during the eighties. They were part of the Golden Era of Spanish Software. It disappeared due to economic problems in the nineties related with the late arrival of 16-bit computers in Spain... |
1987 |
World Games | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
F David Thorpe | Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1987 |
Xevious Xevious is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game by Namco, released in 1982. It was designed by Masanobu Endō. In the U.S., the game was manufactured and distributed by Atari. Xevious runs on Namco Galaga hardware. In Brazil the arcade cabinet was printed with the name 'COLUMBIA' for the game, while the... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
1987 | |
How to be a Complete Bastard How to be a Complete Bastard How to be a Complete Bastard is a 1986 book by Adrian Edmondson, Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine. ISBN 0-86369-182-X ISBN 978-0863691829 The book contained a selection of ways to be a nuisance to those around you... |
Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Sentient Software (Elliot Gay, Allistair Watt) | Adrian Edmonson | 1987 |
Action Force Action Force (video game) Action Force: International Heroes is a video game released by Virgin Games in for the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64, and in for the Amstrad CPC. The game is set in the world of the Action Force toys by Hasbro. It was followed by a sequel, Action Force II.-Plot:Cobra have launched a... |
Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Gang of Five | 1987 | |
Judge Dredd | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Beam Software | 2000 AD | 1987 |
Slaine, the Celtic Barbarian | Martech Games | Creative Reality (Jason Austin, Dave Dew) | 2000 AD | 1987 |
Nemesis the Warlock | Martech Games | Creative Reality (Jason Austin, Dave Dew, Michael Archer, Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard Rob Hubbard is a music composer best known for his composition of computer game theme music, especially for microcomputers of the 1980s such as the Commodore 64... ) |
2000 AD | 1987 |
Milk Race Milk Race (video game) Milk Race is a computer game released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, MSX and Amstrad CPC and was developed by Phil Berry, Stuart Ruecroft and David Whittaker for Icon Design Ltd.-Gameplay:... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Icon Design Ltd (Phil Berry, Stuart Ruecroft, David Whittaker) | 1987 | |
Train: Escape to Normandy | Accolade | Nick Wilson | 1988 | |
After Burner After Burner is a 1987 Japanese flight simulator arcade game by Sega. It is one of the first games designed by Yu Suzuki. The player flew an F-14 using a specialized joystick , and the game spawned several sequels.-Gameplay:... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Keith Burkhill, Jon Paul Eldridge | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1988 |
Altered Beast Altered Beast Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece, and follows a centurion who is resurrected by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena, and to do so become able to turn into beasts such as the werewolf with usage of power-ups... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Mark A Jones | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1988 |
Galactic Games | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Tigress Marketing | 1988 | |
Gee Bee Air Rally Gee Bee Air Rally Gee Bee Air Rally was released in 1987 by Activision as a computer game. The game was made for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum It is a flight simulator set in the twenties and early thirties in which the player is the pilot of a small airplane. The player's goal is to increase... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Steve Cartwright Steve Cartwright Steve Cartwright is an American computer and video game designer. He is best known as one of the original Activision game designers credited with such hits as Barnstorming, Megamania, Seaquest and Hacker... |
1988 | |
Mindfighter Mindfighter Mindfighter is a text adventure game published by Activision in for the Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST, MS-DOS and the Sinclair Spectrum computers.- Plot :... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Abstract Concepts (Anna Popkess, Fergus McNeill) | 1988 | |
Rampage Rampage (arcade game) Rampage is a 1986 arcade game by Bally Midway. Players take control of gigantic monsters trying to survive against onslaughts of military forces... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Catalyst Coders (Bob Pape, Mark A Jones, Colin Tuck) | Bally Midway | 1988 |
SDI S.D.I. (video game) S.D.I. is a 1986 action adventure computer game developed and published by Cinemaware. The game is set during the Cold War.-Plot:... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Software Studios, Source Software (Ross Harris) | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1988 |
Laser Squad Laser Squad Laser Squad is a turn-based tactics computer game, originally released for the ZX Spectrum and later for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga and Atari ST computers, as well as PC computers. It was designed by Julian Gollop and his team at Target Games and published by Blade Software... |
Blade Software | Target Games (Julian Gollop Julian Gollop Julian Gollop is a British designer of strategy video games and founder of the defunct game studios Mythos Games and Codo Technologies.Gollop's career spans over 25 years, during which he has designed games for numerous systems over the years, from the early 8-bit home computers to 32-bit PCs... , Nick Gollop) |
1988 | |
19 Part One: Boot Camp 19 Part One: Boot Camp 19 Part One: Boot Camp is a multi-load computer game created by Cascade Games in . It appeared on the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The inspiration for the game came in two parts - the arcade game Combat School and the Paul Hardcastle song 19, which was itself about the Vietnam War.The player... |
Cascade Games | Paul Laidlaw, Tony Warriner Tony Warriner Tony Warriner is a computer game designer, programer and a co-founder of Revolution Software.wrote his first video game, Obsidian for Amstrad CPC, in 1986. The game was published by Artic Computing and received strong reviews. After leaving Artic, Tony had a spell at Cascade Games and then Bytron,... , Sean Conran, Damon Redmond |
1988 | |
TRAZ TRAZ TRAZ is a 1988 computer game, released by Cascade Games. A beta version somehow became available via various bulletin boards prior to the game's official release.... |
Cascade Games | 1988 | ||
Advanced Pinball Simulator | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Oliver Twins Oliver Twins The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school. Their first game, Super Robin Hood for the Amstrad CPC, was published in 1985 by Codemasters... , Neil Adamson, David Whittaker, Jon Paul Eldridge |
1988 | |
4 Soccer Simulators | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
1988 | ||
Wolfman Wolfman (game) Wolfman is a text adventure game released by CRL in for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers.- Gameplay :The game is a standard text adventure with graphics in some locations to set the scene... |
CRL Group | Rod Pike, Jared Derrett | 1988 | |
ATF | Digital Integration Digital integration Digital integration is the idea that data or information on any given electronic device can be read or manipulated by another device using a standard format.-Cell phone calendar to public digital calendar :... |
Ian Beynon, Neil Coxhead, Kevin J Bezant | 1988 | |
Navy Moves | Dinamic Software Dinamic Software Dinamic Software was a Spanish videogames producer and publisher company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent company named Dinamic Multimedia... |
Ignacio Abril, Jorge Azpiri, Javier Cubedo, Deborah, Fernando Cubedo | 1988 | |
Inside Outing Inside Outing Inside Outing is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by The Edge in for the Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. It was later also released for the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga with the title Raffles. Subsequent 8-bit reissues were also given this title. It was released in... |
Edge Software | Michael St Aubyn | 1988 | |
Karnov Karnov is a 1987 platform arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the debut of Data East's mascot of the same name. After Data East became defunct due to bankruptcy in 2003, Paon, a company comprised with former Data East staff, acquired the rights to Karnov, along with multiple other Data... |
Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Mr Micro (John May, John White) | Data East Data East also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy... |
1988 |
R-Type R-Type is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The player controls a space fighter named R-9a "Arrowhead" to defend humanity against a mysterious but powerful alien life-form known as "Bydo", which was later discovered to be not entirely alien in origin... |
Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva, Rod Cousens and ex Software Manager of Quicksilva, Paul Cooper... |
Software Studios (Bob Pape, Mark A Jones, Robert L Hylands) | Irem | 1988 |
Arcticfox Arcticfox Arcticfox is a computer game developed by Dynamix and published in by Electronic Arts. It was published in Europe by Ariolasoft.It was first developed for the Amiga, but was quickly ported to other popular platforms of the era such as the Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, PC and Apple IIe... |
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers... |
Mark Fisher | 1988 | |
Bard's Tale | Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers... |
Michael Cranford Michael Cranford Michael Cranford is a former game programmer and software engineer. He is currently Chief Technology Officer of Ninth Degree, Inc. in Dana Point, California, a website design firm.... |
1988 | |
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer is a 1987 computer aircraft simulation game produced by Electronic Arts that was orginially released as Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Simulator... |
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers... |
Stefan Walker | Chuck Yeager Chuck Yeager Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager is a retired major general in the United States Air Force and noted test pilot. He was the first pilot to travel faster than sound... |
1988 |
Beyond the Ice Palace Beyond the Ice Palace Beyond the Ice Palace is an arcade adventure game released by Elite Systems in for several home computer systems.- Plot :Game blurb:"Beyond the Ice Palace lies a mystical land caught up in a battle between good and evil. Dark spirits are setting alight the forests, destroying the homes and... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
1988 | ||
Buggy Boy Buggy Boy Buggy Boy, also known as Speed Buggy, is a driving style arcade game developed by Tatsumi in 1985. The object of the game was to drive around one of five courses in the shortest time possible. Each course has five legs, each filled with obstacles such as boulders and brick walls... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Maz H Spork, Paul Walker, Mark Cooksey | Tatsumi | 1988 |
Ikari Warriors Ikari Warriors Ikari Warriors is a 1986 arcade game by SNK, published in the United States and Europe by Tradewest. Known simply as in Japan, this was SNK's first major breakthrough US release and became something of a classic. The game was released at the time when there were many Commando clones on the market... |
Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
David Shea, Nick Jones | SNK SNK Playmore SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986.... |
1988 |
Captain Blood Captain Blood (video game) Captain Blood is the name of a French video game from 1988 made by ERE Informatique and released by Infogrames. It was later re-released in the UK by Players Premier Software... |
Exxos | Didier Bouchon, Philippe Ulrich, Chris Edwards, Stephane Picq Stéphane Picq Stéphane Picq is a French composer of computer game music, primarily for ERE Informatique/Exxos and then Cryo Interactive.-History:Picq first began composing in 1987. He retired from the industry in 1998 and moved to Madagascar... |
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Crosswize Crosswize Crosswize is a shoot 'em up released by Firebird in for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was the sequel to Sidewize.-Overview:The game is very similar to its predecessor, with a lone warrior battling waves of alien enemies. A notable difference is the ability to fire in both directions, as in... |
Firebird Software | Steve Wetherill, Colin Grunes | 1988 | |
Earthlight Earthlight (computer game) Earthlight is a computer game published for the ZX Spectrum in 1988 by Firebird Software. It was written by Pete Cooke.The player takes the role of an alien explorer from the star-system of Arcturus, called Slaatn, who has been drawn off-course by a beam of energy from Earth and has had to make a... |
Firebird Software | Pete Cooke Pete Cooke Pete Cooke is a famous British computer games programmer, best known for his work published in the 1980s for the 8-bit home computers, especially the ZX Spectrum.... |
1988 | |
Plot, The The Plot (video game) The Plot is a video game by Odin Computer Graphics released in for the Amstrad CPC and Sinclair Spectrum. It is the last game by Odin to be released.-Overview:... |
Firebird Software | Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.-History:... |
1988 | |
Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo is a computer game released for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC platforms in 1988, by the now-defunct label Firebird. It is based on the comic book Usagi Yojimbo, which featured the adventures of an anthropomorphic samurai rabbit. The... |
Firebird Software | Source Software (Ross Harris) | Stan Sakai Stan Sakai is a third-generation Japanese American Cartoonist comic book creator. He is best known as the creator of the comic series Usagi Yojimbo. -Biography:... |
1988 |
Savage Savage (video game) Savage is an action video game developed by Probe Software and published by Firebird Software in 1988 for ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and DOS. In 1989 Firebird published a version for the Amiga.-Gameplay:... |
Firebird Software | Probe Software (David Perry, Nick Bruty Nick Bruty Nicholas Anthony Bruty or Nick Bruty is a British video game designer and entrepreneur.He was raised and educated in Livingston, Scotland. He made his first step into video games when he was 15, working for company SoftStone with his friend David Quinn. Bruty had done some projects for SoftStone... , David Whittaker) |
1988 | |
Virus | Firebird Software | Steven Dunn | Frontier Developments Frontier Developments Frontier Developments is a video game developer based in Cambridge, England. It is a private limited company and was incorporated in January 1994. The company is still headed by David Braben, in the position of Chairman.... |
1988 |
Xarax | Firebird Software | Robert Spahl, Thomas Gittelbauer | 1988 | |
1943: The Battle of Midway 1943: The Battle of Midway 1943: The Battle of Midway, known in Japan as , is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game released by Capcom in June .-Gameplay: The game is set in the Pacific theater of World War II, off the coast of the Midway Atoll... |
Go! | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1988 | |
Bionic Commando | Go! | Mike Follin Mike Follin The Revd. Michael Stuart Follin was, until the late 1990s, a computer game programmer. Amongst the companies at which he worked was Software Creations, where he worked on games for the ZX Spectrum, including highly rated arcade conversions of Bubble Bobble and Ghouls 'n Ghosts, as well as the... , Andrew Threllfall, Tim Follin Tim Follin Timothy John Follin is a former video game music composer who has written tracks for a variety of titles and home gaming systems, including the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Dreamcast and PlayStation.Follin's early 8- and 16-bit... |
Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1988 |
Side Arms Side Arms Hyper Dyne , also known as Side Arms: Hyper Dyne, is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in The game was also released to the TurboGrafx-16, as well as to various home computer platforms. In Side Arms the player takes control of a flying mecha suit who... |
Go! | Probe Software | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1988 |
Street Fighter Street Fighter (video game) is a 1987 arcade game developed by Capcom. It is the first competitive fighting game produced by the company and the inaugural game in the Street Fighter series... |
Go! | John Prince, Duncan Campbell, Martin Wakeley | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1988 |
Hunt for Red October (Book) The Hunt for Red October (1987 video game) The Hunt for Red October - video game based on the book The Hunt for Red October. It was released in 1987 and was available for the Atari ST, Amiga, Apple II, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and IBM PC. A port for the Apple IIGS was released in 1989. The player must navigate the Red October towards U.S... |
Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment was a computer and video games software house based in Britain. It was formed in late 1987 from the ashes of Argus Press Software by former Argus Managing Director, Stephen Hall. Grandslam developed and published many games for home computers during the 1980s and 1990s... |
Oxford Digital Enterprises (Michael Fox) | Tom Clancy Tom Clancy Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and... |
1988 |
Pac-Mania Pac-Mania is an arcade video game in the Pac-Man series, released by Namco in 1987 and distributed by Atari Games in the United States and Europe. It is a pseudo-3D interpretation of the classic maze game genre using an isometric view and features most elements of the original Pac-Man, as well as several new... |
Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment was a computer and video games software house based in Britain. It was formed in late 1987 from the ashes of Argus Press Software by former Argus Managing Director, Stephen Hall. Grandslam developed and published many games for home computers during the 1980s and 1990s... |
Krisalis Software Krisalis Software Krisalis Software Ltd. was a video game developer and publisher founded by Tony Kavanagh, Peter Harrap, and Shaun Hollingworth in 1987 under the name Teque Software... (Shaun Hollingworth) |
Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
1988 |
Muncher, The The Muncher The Muncher is a computer game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum that was released in 1988.-Summary:This video game involves the monster from Chewits attacking various buildings and people.... |
Gremlin Graphics | Beam Software (Dave Moore, Rob Howard Rob Howard Rob Howard is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Richmond Centre... ) |
Chewits Chewits Chewits is the brand name of a chewy, cuboid-shaped, soft taffy sweet manufactured by Leaf International. -History:Chewits was launched in the UK in 1965. The sweets were originally manufactured in Southport, but after the closing of the factory in 2006 manufacture was moved to Slovakia. The... |
1988 |
North Star | Gremlin Graphics | John O'Brien, Benn Daglish | 1988 | |
Techno Cop Techno Cop Techno Cop is a 1988 action video game for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS and ZX Spectrum. It was subsequently ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990... |
Gremlin Graphics | Tony Porter, Gary Priest, Jon Harrison, Kevin Bulmer, Benn Daglish | 1988 | |
Cybernoid II | Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Raffaele Cecco Raffaele Cecco Raffaele Cecco, born 10 May 1967, is a British video games developer who has created numerous video games since 1984, including Cybernoid and Exolon. He grew up in Tottenham in North London.... |
1988 | |
Eliminator | Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
John Wildsmith, Stephen Crow Stephen Crow Stephen Crow is a game programmer who worked in the 1980s on the ZX Spectrum platform, programming for companies such as Hewson Consultants and Bubble Bus Software. He also worked with members of the Graftgold team... , Nick Jones |
1988 | |
Netherworld Netherworld (computer game) -Summary:The object is to fly a small spacecraft and collect as many diamonds as possible from the level. Once enough diamonds are collected, the craft must reach a teleporter to go to the next level before the time runs out. Aside of the time limit, there are various obstacles, ranging from... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Imagitec Design (Chris Wood, J Dave Rogers) | 1988 | |
Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh | Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Mike Lamb, Ronny Fowles, Gary Biasillo Gary Biasillo Gary Biasillo is the composer of the theme tune to the C64 computer game Target: Renegade, and the programmer of Basket Master C64 port, among others.-Games Credited:*FIFA 07 , Electronic Arts, Inc.... , Mark R Jones |
Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1988 |
Dragon Ninja Bad Dudes Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, often referred to simply as Bad Dudes, and known in Japan simply as , is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is based on the U.S... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Paul Owens, Mark R Jones, Bill Harbison | Data East Data East also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy... |
1988 |
Guerrilla War Guerrilla War (arcade game) is an overhead run and gun game produced by SNK. Originally released for arcades in 1987 as a coin-operated arcade game, Guerrilla War followed the adventures of two unnamed rebel commandos as they raid an unnamed Caribbean Island in order to free it from the rule of an unnamed tyrannical dictator... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Sentient Software (Andrew Postlewhite, Clive Paul, Jonathan Dunn) | SNK SNK SNK is a former name of SNK Playmore, a Japanese video game company . This may also refer to:* SNK European Democrats* SNK Union of Independents* Southeast Airlines ICAO code... |
1988 |
Play For Your Life Play For Your Life Play For Your Life is an isometric 3D sports simulation game produced by Ocean for the Sinclair Spectrum and published by Your Sinclair as a cover tape game in .- Overview :... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... /Your Sinclair Your Sinclair Your Sinclair or YS as it was commonly abbreviated, was a British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum.-History:... |
Dusko Dimitrijevic, Dragoljub Andjelkovic | 1988 | |
Rastan Rastan Saga , known in North America simply as Rastan, is a hack and slash platform arcade game developed and published by Taito.-Gameplay:The player controls the barbarian named Rastan, who has to cross a number of levels and defeat enemies inspired by Greek mythology while avoiding obstacles and traps. The... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Icon Design Icon design Icon design is the process of designing a graphic symbol that represents some real, fantasy or abstract motive, entity or action. In the context of software applications, an icon often represents a program, a function, data or a collection of data on a computer system.Icon designs can be simple,... (Tom Lanigan, Paul Murray, Jas C Brooke) |
Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1988 |
Target: Renegade Target: Renegade Target; Renegade is a scrolling beat'em up computer game released on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum systems in the late 1980s by Ocean Software on their "Imagine" label, as well as a Nintendo Entertainment System version published by Taito. The game is a sequel to Renegade and was... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Mike Lamb, Dawn Drake, Jonathan Dunn, Gary Biasillo Gary Biasillo Gary Biasillo is the composer of the theme tune to the C64 computer game Target: Renegade, and the programmer of Basket Master C64 port, among others.-Games Credited:*FIFA 07 , Electronic Arts, Inc.... , Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... |
1988 | |
Typhoon | Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Steve Lamb, Alison Jeftha, Jonathan Dunn | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1988 |
Ingrid's Back Ingrid's Back Gnome Ranger II: Ingrid's Back is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in . It is the sequel to Gnome Ranger- Plot :Having just returned from her "holiday" in the wilderness, the gnome Ingrid Bottomlow must save her home village of Little Moaning from destruction by a greedy property... |
Level 9 | Level 9 | 1988 | |
Lancelot Lancelot (video game) Lancelot is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in 1988.- Reviews :*Sinclair User: "... up to the usual high standard we have come to expect from Level 9..."*The Micro User: "Lancelot has just got to be Game of the Year for me."... |
Mandarin Software | Level 9 | 1988 | |
Time & Magik | Mandarin Software | Level 9 | 1988 | |
Mega-Apocalypse | Martech Martech Martech Games Ltd was a video game publisher active between 1982 and 1989.Martech was formed by David Martin and brother-in-law John Barry, initially under the name Software Communications Ltd under partnership with a firm of exporters. They were initially based at Bay Terrace, Pevensey Bay, East... |
Software Communications (John K Wilson, Jas C Brooke) | 1988 | |
Rex Rex (video game) Rex is a shoot 'em up video game published by Martech in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.-Gameplay:The player controls Rex, a 'rino-sapien' mercenary, hired to eliminate the humans that have built a Great Tower in a place called Zenith. Action takes place in a flip-screen platformed... |
Martech Martech Martech Games Ltd was a video game publisher active between 1982 and 1989.Martech was formed by David Martin and brother-in-law John Barry, initially under the name Software Communications Ltd under partnership with a firm of exporters. They were initially based at Bay Terrace, Pevensey Bay, East... |
The Light (Neil Harris, John Anderson, Richard Allen) | 1988 | |
Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix | Martech Martech Martech Games Ltd was a video game publisher active between 1982 and 1989.Martech was formed by David Martin and brother-in-law John Barry, initially under the name Software Communications Ltd under partnership with a firm of exporters. They were initially based at Bay Terrace, Pevensey Bay, East... |
DJL Software (David J Looker, John Looker) | Nigel Mansell Nigel Mansell Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE is a British racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the CART Indy Car World Series... |
|1988 |
Vixen Vixen (video game) Vixen is a platform sidescroller released in 1988 for the Commodore Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and IBM PC.A notable feature in the game was that the movements of the main character were captured from the moving picture thus making animation more realistic than usual in... |
Martech Martech Martech Games Ltd was a video game publisher active between 1982 and 1989.Martech was formed by David Martin and brother-in-law John Barry, initially under the name Software Communications Ltd under partnership with a firm of exporters. They were initially based at Bay Terrace, Pevensey Bay, East... |
Ian McArdle, D Richards, Malcolm J Smith, Jas C Brooke | 1988 | |
Kikstart 2 Kikstart 2 Kikstart 2 is a motorcycle trials racing videogame released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It enjoyed more success than its prequel, Kikstart. The game allowed 2-player simultaneous or 1-player, vs-computer play... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Icon Design (Paul Murray, Andrew Morris) | BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... |
1988 |
Pulse Warrior | Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Silhouette Software (John F Cain, Simon Price) | 1988 | |
Pulsoids | Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
John F Cain, Simon Price | 1988 | |
Rogue Rogue (computer game) Rogue is a dungeon crawling video game first developed by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman around 1980. It was a favorite on college Unix systems in the early to mid-1980s, in part due to the procedural generation of game content. Rogue popularized dungeon crawling as a video game trope, leading... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Icon Design (R Womack) | 1988 | |
Rollaround Rollaround Rollaround is an isometric 3D puzzle arcade game game released by Mastertronic in for the Commodore 64 and for the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.- Overview :... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Mr Chip Software (Steve Parys, Andrew Morris, Tony Kelly | 1988 | |
Xenon | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Jason Cowling, Tiny Williams, David Whittaker | Bitmap Brothers Bitmap Brothers The Bitmap Brothers were a UK based video game developer founded in 1987. The company entered the industry in 1988 with the scrolling shooter Xenon. They quickly followed with the classic Speedball... |
1988 |
Airborne Ranger Airborne Ranger Airborne Ranger is a video game developed and released by MicroProse in 1987. The game is a relatively realistic action game in which a sole U.S... |
Microprose Software | John Gibson | 1988 | |
Tetris Tetris Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic... |
Mirrorsoft Mirrorsoft Mirrorsoft was a computer game software publisher in the United Kingdom, owned by Mirror Group Newspapers. It was founded as a publisher of educational software before moving into games. One offshoot of its printing roots was Fleet Street Publisher on several platforms... |
Peter Jones, David Whittaker | Alexey Pajitnov | 1988 |
Batman the Caped Crusader | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (games programmer) Jonathan "Joffa" M. Smith was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time.His most notable games include Cobra,... , Charles Davies, Keith Tinman |
DC Comics DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner... |
1988 |
Cabal Cabal (arcade game) is a arcade video game originally developed by TAD Corporation and published in Japan by Taito Corporation and in North America and Europe by Fabtek. In this game, the player controls a commando, viewed from behind, trying to destroy various enemy military bases... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
James Bagley, Charles Davies, Keith Tinman | TAD Corporation | 1988 |
Madballs Madballs Madballs were a series of toy rubber balls created by AmToy, a subsidiary company of American Greetings in the mid-1980s.The toys incorporated gross-out humor in the vein of Wacky Packages and Garbage Pail Kids... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Denton Designs (Steve Lamb, Jas C Brooke) | Amtoy AmToy AmToy was the toy division of American Greetings Corporation. Its most notable products were the mid-1980s lines, Madballs and My Pet Monster, both of which had animated shows from the Canadian company Nelvana. AGC sold the company to Tyco Toys in 1988.... |
1988 |
Operation Wolf | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Andrew Deakin, Ivan Horn, Jonathan Dunn | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1988 |
Platoon | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Choice Software (Sean Pearce, David Lyttle, Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... , David Whittaker) |
Hemdale Film Corporation Hemdale Film Corporation Hemdale Film Corporation, known as Hemdale Communications after 1993, was an independent film production company and distributor founded in London in 1967 as the Hemdale Company by actor David Hemmings and his manager, John Daly. Hemdale was initially founded as a talent agency that helped launch... |
1988 |
Rambo III Rambo III (video game) Rambo III is a series of video games based on the film of the same name. Like in the film, their main plots center on former Vietnam-era Green Beret John Rambo being called back to duty one last time to rescue his former commander, Colonel Sam Trautman, who was captured during a covert operation... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Andrew Deakin, Ivan Horn, Jonathan Dunn | Carolco Pictures Carolco Pictures Carolco Pictures, Inc., Carolco International N.V., or Anabasis Investments was an American independent film production company that, within a decade, went from producing such blockbuster successes as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the first three movies of the Rambo series to being bankrupted by... |
1988 |
RoboCop RoboCop (video game) RoboCop is a 1987 action movie set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future. RoboCop centres a police officer that is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg, otherwise known as a "RoboCop"... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Mike Lamb, Dawn Drake, Jonathan Dunn | Orion Pictures Corporation | 1988 |
Track & Field Track & Field (arcade game) Track & Field, known in Japan as , is a 1983 Olympic-themed arcade game developed and published by Konami.The arcade version was released in 1983. The simple gameplay, based on quick repeating button presses, set the basics for sequels and similar games in the genre for the next decades... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Ali Davidson, P Knecht | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1988 |
Where Time Stood Still Where Time Stood Still Where Time Stood Still is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Ocean in for the Sinclair Spectrum 128K, MS-DOS and Atari ST. The game was produced by Denton Designs as a follow-up to their successful 1986 title The Great Escape.- Plot :... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Denton Designs Denton Designs Denton Designs was a British video games developer based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1984 and initially specialised in developing software for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer... |
1988 | |
La Abadía del Crimen La Abadía del Crimen La Abadía del Crimen is a computer video game programmed in 1987 by Paco Menéndez. The game was originally conceived as a version of Umberto Eco's book... |
Opera Soft Opera Soft Opera Soft was one the most prolific Spanish computer game developers of the so-called Golden Era of Spanish Software of the 1980s. It released many games for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and similar computers in the mid-1980s, but its games were not as popular on the PC... |
Paco Menendez Paco Menéndez Francisco "Paco" Menéndez was a Spanish computer game programmer who wrote games for 8-bit computers. His most famous work is La Abadía del Crimen which is regarded as one of the best games made for 8 bit computers.-Early works:... , Juan Delcán |
1988 | |
Denizen Denizen (video game) Denizen is an action computer game published by Players Software in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum.-Gameplay:Denizen is a science-fiction action flip-screen maze game, with a top-down perspective. The player controls a marine, with the aim of detonating twenty explosive bolts on each of three levels. The... |
Players Software | Paul Griffiths, Mike Brown, Martin Severn, Andrew Severn | 1988 | |
Joe Blade 2 Joe Blade Joe Blade is the title of a series of budget-price platform games written by Colin Swinbourne and published by Players.All three titles were flick-screen adventures, in which the player controls the titular character through a number of rooms, dispatching enemies and rescuing innocent people... |
Players Software | Colin Swinbourne | 1988 | |
Corruption | Rainbird | Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls was a British computer game developer during the mid 1980s and early 1990s. It was one of two largest interactive fiction game makers of the 1980s... |
1988 | |
Fish! Fish! Fish! is a text adventure game by Magnetic Scrolls released in .- Plot :An inter-dimensional terrorist group named the Seven Deadly Fins are threatening to take over the water-world of Hydropolis. It's up to a single Inter-Dimensional Espionage Agent to stop them—as a fish.- Gameplay :The game is a... |
Rainbird | Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls was a British computer game developer during the mid 1980s and early 1990s. It was one of two largest interactive fiction game makers of the 1980s... |
1988 | |
Beach Buggy Simulator Beach Buggy Simulator Beach Buggy Simulator is a computer game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1988.You have to drive your beach buggy through the Dune Trails by going across the sand hills, jumping over the... |
Silverbird | 1988 | ||
Lightning Simulator | Silverbird Software | Michael Bauer | 1988 | |
By Fair Means or Foul By Fair Means or Foul By Fair Means or Foul is a boxing video game first published for a range of 8-bit home computers in 1988 by Superior Software. It was later reissued with the new title by Codemasters who also published conversions for 16-bit computers. The game offers a variety of boxing moves including fouls... |
Superior Software Superior Software Superior Software is a video game publisher. It was established in 1982 by Richard Hanson and John Dyson, two graduates of the University of Leeds, England... /Alligata Alligata Alligata Software Ltd. was a computer games developer and publisher based in Sheffield in the UK in the 1980s.The company was founded by Mike Mahoney and Dave Palmer around 1982. They produced games for a number of home computers including the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, ZX Spectrum... |
Charles Goodwin | 1988 | |
Last Ninja 2 Last Ninja 2 Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance is an action-adventure computer game that was developed and published by System 3 in 1988 as a sequel to the 1987 game The Last Ninja. The NES version of the game was named simply The Last Ninja.... |
System 3 System 3 (software company) System 3 Software Ltd is a British video game developer and publisher.Founded in 1983 by Mark Cale, the company has been responsible for many critically acclaimed videogame experiences, most notably The Last Ninja series, Myth: History in the Making, Impossible Mission, Constructor, Street Wars,... |
MD Software (Mevlut Dinc, Gary Thornton, Brian Marshall) | 1988 | |
Countdown to Doom Countdown to Doom Countdown to Doom is a text adventure computer game, more recently termed interactive fiction, written in 1982 by Peter Killworth. Its setting is the planet Doomawangara, which is coyly said to be shortened to "Doom". There are two sequels, Return to Doom and Last Days of Doom.The game was first... |
Topologika Topologika Topologika Software Ltd is a still-independent British publisher of educational software. Based in Brighton, the company was founded in 1983.Many of its early products were interactive fiction adventure games taken on after Acornsoft was sold to Superior Software who only continued to release their... |
Peter Killworth Peter Killworth Professor Peter D. Killworth was an English scientist known for both his work on oceanography and the study of social networks. A prodigious writer, his published output exceeded 160 scientific papers over the course of his career... |
1988 | |
4x4 Off-Road Racing 4x4 Off-Road Racing 4x4 Off-Road Racing is a video game of the racing genre released in 1988 by Epyx and developed by Odan MicroDesign. The four maps consist of Mud, Ice, Desert and Mountains.-References and Relates Sites:... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Steve Marsden, David Cooke | Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1988 |
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Teoman Irmak, Matt Ellis, Antony M Scott, Graham Lilley, A Bridgeman | SSI | 1988 |
Gauntlet II Gauntlet II Gauntlet II is a 1986 arcade game, the first sequel to the game Gauntlet, released the previous year. Gauntlet II, like its predecessor, is a fantasy-themed hack and slash.-Overview:... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Gremlin Graphics (Tony Porter, Kevin Bulmer, Benn Daglish) | Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1988 |
Human Killing Machine Human Killing Machine Human Killing Machine, commonly abbreviated as HKM, is a 2D fighting game developed by Tiertex and published by U.S. Gold, released in March 1989. It was touted as a sequel to Tiertex's home computer conversion of Street Fighter... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Mark Tait | 1988 | |
Impossible Mission II Impossible Mission II Impossible Mission II is a 1988 computer game for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Enterprise 64 and 128, Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS based PCs, Atari ST, Apple IIe with at least 128K, Apple IIc, Apple IIGS and Amiga computers, developed by Novotrade and published by Epyx... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Andromeda Software (Laszlo Szenttornyai, Imre Kovats) | Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1988 |
Out Run Out Run is an arcade game released by Sega in 1986. It was designed by Yu Suzuki and Sega-AM2. The game was a critical and commercial success. It is notable for its innovative hardware , pioneering graphics and music, a choice in both soundtrack and route, and its strong theme of luxury and relaxation... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Ian Morrison, Alan Laird, Jas C Brooke | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1988 |
Psycho Pigs UXB | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Software Creations Software Creations (UK) Software Creations was a video game developer based in Manchester, England, first established in 1987. They are primarily known for their video games based on movie and comic licenses like Marvel Comics, Cutthroat Island, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and original titles Solstice and the sequel... (Ste Cork, Peter Gough, Wayne Blake) |
Jaleco Jaleco is a Japanese video game publisher and developer established in 2006.The original Jaleco Ltd was founded in 1974. In 2006, it decided to become a pure holding company by renaming itself Jaleco Holding and splitting its video game operations into a newly created subsdiary that took its former name... |
1988 |
RoadBlasters RoadBlasters RoadBlasters is an arcade game released by Atari Games in 1987. In RoadBlasters, the player must navigate a sports car through 50 different rally races, getting to the finish line before running out of fuel.-Object of the game:... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
DJL Software (David J Looker) | Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1988 |
Rolling Thunder Rolling Thunder (arcade game) is a side-scrolling action game produced by Namco originally released in as a coin-operated arcade game which ran on the Namco System 86 hardware. It was distributed internationally outside Japan by Atari Games. The player takes control of a secret agent who must rescue his female partner from a... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Tiertex (John Prince, Duncan Campbell, Martin Wakeley) | Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
1988 |
Summer Games Summer Games Summer Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. Released in 1984 for the Commodore 64, it was also eventually ported to the Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari XL/XE and Sega Master System platforms... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Choice Software | Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1988 |
Summer Games II Summer Games II Summer Games II is a sports video game developed by Epyx and released by U.S. Gold based on sports featured in the Summer Olympic Games. Released in 1985 for the Commodore 64, it was also eventually ported to the Apple II, IBM PC, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and the Amiga... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Steve Hawkes | Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1988 |
Action Force II Action Force II Action Force II: International Heroes is a video game released by Virgin Games in for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It is the sequel to Action Force.-Plot:... |
Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Gang of Five | 1988 | |
Duel: Test Drive II | Accolade | Random Access (Alan Jardine) | 1989 | |
Dynamite Dux Dynamite Dux Dynamite Düx is a side-scrolling 'beat 'em up' arcade game, created by Sega-AM2 and released by Sega in 1989 for their successful Sega System 16 arcade board, the same board that was used for hits like Golden Axe and Altered Beast... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
CORE Design Core Design Core Design was a British video game studio best known today for creating the popular Tomb Raider series.-History:Based in the city of Derby, England, Core Design was set up in 1988 by Chris Shrigley, Andy Green, Rob Toone, Terry Lloyd, Simon Phipps, Dave Pridmore, Jeremy Heath-Smith and Greg Holmes... (Stuart Gregg) |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1989 |
Fighting Soccer | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Sprytes | SNK SNK Playmore SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986.... |
1989 |
Ghostbusters II | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Foursfield (Oliver Twins Oliver Twins The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school. Their first game, Super Robin Hood for the Amstrad CPC, was published in 1985 by Codemasters... , David Whittaker) |
Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies... |
1989 |
Power Drift Power Drift is an arcade game released by Sega in 1988. A racing game, it made high use of sprite-scaling to create a 3D effect, similar to contemporaries Out Run and Hang-On.-Gameplay:... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
John Mullins, Clive Paul | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1989 |
Super Wonder Boy Wonder Boy in Monster Land Wonder Boy in Monster Land is an action role-playing platform video game developed by Westone. It was released by Sega for the arcades in 1987 and for the Sega Master System in 1988; Activision released the game for the Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and Atari ST... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Robert L Hylands, Jason Lihou | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1989 |
Kick Off Kick Off The Kick Off franchise is a series of football simulation computer games which was highly popular in the early 1990s. The series is renowned for its fast-paced action and delicate ball control scheme.... |
Anco | John Mitchell | 1989 | |
Plasma Ball | Atlantis Software Atlantis Software Atlantis Software was a London-based UK computer games publisher that published a number of games during the 1980s and early 1990s.The company was set up by Michael Cole and Rodger Coghill in January 1984 with the first four games released in May of that year... |
Gavin Wade, Chris Edwards | 1989 | |
Superkid | Atlantis Software Atlantis Software Atlantis Software was a London-based UK computer games publisher that published a number of games during the 1980s and early 1990s.The company was set up by Michael Cole and Rodger Coghill in January 1984 with the first four games released in May of that year... |
Shaw Brothers | 1989 | |
Emlyn Hughes International Soccer Emlyn Hughes International Soccer Emlyn Hughes International Soccer is a soccer computer game first released in 1988 by Audiogenic Software Ltd.. The game is named after the popular English footballer Emlyn Hughes... |
Audiogenic Software | Graham Blighe, Nigel Alderton, Terry Wiley, Andrew Calver, Peter Calver | Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Walter Hughes, OBE was an English footballer who captained both the England national team and the much-decorated Liverpool F.C. team of the 1970s.- From Blackpool to Liverpool :... |
1989 |
Kendo Warrior | Byte Back | MC Lothlorien (Doug Anderson, Anthony Anderson, Paul Tonge) | 1989 | |
Ring Wars | Cascade Games | Vektor Grafix Vektor Grafix Vektor Grafix was a United Kingdom-based computer game development company led by Andy Craven, and taken over by MicroProse in 1992. The company was based in the city of Leeds, and after the takeover became MicroProse's Leeds development studio.... |
1989 | |
Defender of the Crown Defender of the Crown Defender of the Crown is a strategy computer game designed by Kellyn Beck. It was Cinemaware's first game, and was originally released for the Commodore Amiga in 1986, setting a new standard for graphic quality in home computer games.... |
The Cat | David Taletovics, Tamas Kaproncai, Norbert Dombi | 1989 | |
Magicland Dizzy Magicland Dizzy Magicland Dizzy is a platform adventure game published in Europe in 1990 by Codemasters for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amiga platforms. By 1992 there were also DOS, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC versions available. It is the sixth game in the Dizzy series, and the fourth adventure-based Dizzy title... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Big Red Software Big Red Software Big Red Software, also known as The Big Red Software Company Ltd, was a computer game developer set up in the UK in 1988 by Paul Ranson. It was bought out by, and merged with, Eidos Plc in 1995 along with Simis and Domark forming Eidos Interactive.... (R Fred Williams, David Whittaker), Neal Vincent |
1989 | |
Mig 29 Soviet Fighter Mig 29 Soviet Fighter Mig 29 Soviet Fighter is a shoot 'em up game developed by Codemasters in 1989 and released for several contemporary home computers. An unlicensed version was also released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Camerica where the object is to defeat the World Terrorist Army. It is similar in... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Richard C Chaney, Neil Adamson | 1989 | |
Moto Cross Simulator | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Supersonic Software (Peter Williamson, Neil Adamson, David Whittaker) | 1989 | |
Ninja Massacre | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Adam Waring | 1989 | |
Rock Star Ate My Hamster | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Colin Jones | 1989 | |
Street Gang Football | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Supersonic Software (Peter Williamson, Lyndon Sharp), | 1989 | |
Kemshu | Cult Games | Nick Fleming | 1989 | |
After the War After the War (video game) After The War is a video game in which the player controls a character through a post-apocalyptic city, probably after a nuclear war. Released and unreleased artworks by Luis Royo and Alfonso Azpiri reveals that the city should be a post-nuclear version of New York City.-Summary:The game was... |
Dinamic Software Dinamic Software Dinamic Software was a Spanish videogames producer and publisher company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent company named Dinamic Multimedia... |
Enrique Cervera, Snatcho | 1989 | |
APB | Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
David Whittaker | Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
1989 |
Badlands Badlands (video game) Badlands is a 1989 arcade game published by Atari Games. It was later ported by Domark under the Tengen label to a number of home computers. It is set in the aftermath of a nuclear war and races around abandoned wastelands with many hazards... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Matt Furniss | Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
1989 |
Dragon Spirit Dragon Spirit Dragon Spirit is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game released by Namco and Atari Games . It runs on Namco System 1 hardware, and was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS, Atari ST, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-16 and ZX Spectrum... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Consult Software (AJ Madden) | Tengen Tengen (company) Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.-History:Atari had been split into two distinct companies. Atari Corporation was responsible for computer and console games and hardware and owned the rights to the Atari brand for these domains... /Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
1989 |
Hard Drivin' Hard Drivin' Hard Drivin is an arcade game that invites players to test drive a high-powered sports car on stunt and speed courses. The game featured the first 3D polygon driving environment via a simulator cabinet, rendered with a custom architecture... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Binary Design | Tengen Tengen (company) Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.-History:Atari had been split into two distinct companies. Atari Corporation was responsible for computer and console games and hardware and owned the rights to the Atari brand for these domains... /Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
1989 |
Toobin' Toobin' Toobin' is an Atari video game originally released as an arcade game in 1988. It was later ported to systems such as NES, Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, MSX, and Game Boy Color. In the game, you play as the main characters Bif or Jet, guiding them through many winding rivers on an innertube... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Shaun Hollingworth, James Tripp, Mark Potente, Matt Furniss Matt Furniss Matt Furniss is a video game sound artist. Matt's music and sound effects can be found in many computer and console video games.-Video Game Audio Credits :... |
Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
1989 |
Vindicators Vindicators Vindicators is a one or two player video game released in the United States for multiple home console platforms by Tengen and for arcade by Atari Games in 1988. As with most Tengen NES games, Vindicators was unlicensed by Nintendo and used an alternate chip to defeat the 10NES lockout system... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
M Hiddleston, Paul Johnson, Dave Kelly | Tengen Tengen (company) Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.-History:Atari had been split into two distinct companies. Atari Corporation was responsible for computer and console games and hardware and owned the rights to the Atari brand for these domains... |
1989 |
Xybots Xybots Xybots was developed by Atari Games in 1987 as an arcade video game, then later released on other platforms. In Xybots, the players must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots whose mission is to destroy all mankind.-Arcade:Released worldwide 1987* Game... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Teque Software Development | Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... |
1989 |
Skate or Die! Skate or Die! Not to be confused with the Law & Order episode "Skate or Die"Skate or Die! is a skateboarding game released by Electronic Arts in 1987 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Apple IIgs, Amstrad CPC, and IBM Compatibles running MS-DOS. It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment... |
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers... |
Kinetic Designs (Michael Kosaka, Mike Talbot, Stephen Landrum, Tim McCarthy, David Bunch, Sarah Day) | 1989 | |
Question of Sport, A | Elite Systems Elite Systems Elite Systems is a UK video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. They are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games... |
Byron Nilsson, John May | BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... |
1989 |
Archon II: Adept Archon II: Adept Archon II: Adept is a 1984 computer game developed by Jon Freeman, Paul Reiche III and Anne Westfall, and distributed by Electronic Arts for various platforms.... |
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers... |
Lynsoft | 1989 | |
Action Fighter Action Fighter Action Fighter is an overhead vehicular combat game released by Sega in 1986.It mimics the style of other games such as Spy Hunter and Traverse USA. The player begins the game riding a superbike. In subsequent levels a sports car, a jetski, a helicopter and even a Formula One racing car can all be... |
Firebird Software | CORE Design Core Design Core Design was a British video game studio best known today for creating the popular Tomb Raider series.-History:Based in the city of Derby, England, Core Design was set up in 1988 by Chris Shrigley, Andy Green, Rob Toone, Terry Lloyd, Simon Phipps, Dave Pridmore, Jeremy Heath-Smith and Greg Holmes... |
Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1989 |
Mr Heli Battle Chopper Mr. Heli, fully titled in Japan as and known in North America as Battle Chopper, is a 1987 horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Irem.-Gameplay:... |
Firebird Software | Antony R Lill | Irem | 1989 |
Rick Dangerous Rick Dangerous Rick Dangerous is a series of two platform games released by Core Design in the 1980s.- Rick Dangerous :... |
Firebird Software | CORE Design Core Design Core Design was a British video game studio best known today for creating the popular Tomb Raider series.-History:Based in the city of Derby, England, Core Design was set up in 1988 by Chris Shrigley, Andy Green, Rob Toone, Terry Lloyd, Simon Phipps, Dave Pridmore, Jeremy Heath-Smith and Greg Holmes... |
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Black Tiger Black Tiger (arcade game) Black Tiger, known in Japan as , is a 1987 action game released for the arcades by Capcom.- Description :A barbarian hero jumps and fights his way through a variety of colourful, enemy-packed levels in this spiritual successor to the Capcom classic Ghosts 'n Goblins... |
Go! | Tiertex | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1989 |
Pac-Land Pac-Land is an entry in the Pac-Man series of arcade video games, released into arcades by Namco, and its American distributor Bally Midway , in 1984. It was the first Namco arcade game to use the then-new arcade system later titled as Namco Pac-Land... |
Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment was a computer and video games software house based in Britain. It was formed in late 1987 from the ashes of Argus Press Software by former Argus Managing Director, Stephen Hall. Grandslam developed and published many games for home computers during the 1980s and 1990s... /Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.... |
Steve Marsden | Namco Namco is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of... |
1989 |
Running Man, The | Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment was a computer and video games software house based in Britain. It was formed in late 1987 from the ashes of Argus Press Software by former Argus Managing Director, Stephen Hall. Grandslam developed and published many games for home computers during the 1980s and 1990s... |
Emerald Software (Fran Heeran, Bobby Healy, Jonathan Broggy, Mark Cushen) | TAFT Entertainment Pictures | 1989 |
Paranoia Complex | Gremlin Graphics | Magic Bytes, Micro-Partner (Olaf Marohn, Volker Marohn, Udo Graf) | 1989 | |
Zybex Zybex Zybex is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up game for the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit and ZX Spectrum home computers.-Plot:The player took the role of two convicts, Rinser and Cassalana, escaping from an execution in intergalactic prison. To buy their freedom, the convicts must collect tokens to... |
Zeppelin Games | Gareth J Briggs, Michael Owens, Kevin Franklin | 1989 | |
Stormlord Stormlord Stormlord is a game developed by Hewson Consultants in 1989 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC and DOS-based computers... |
Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other... |
Raffaele Cecco Raffaele Cecco Raffaele Cecco, born 10 May 1967, is a British video games developer who has created numerous video games since 1984, including Cybernoid and Exolon. He grew up in Tottenham in North London.... , J Dave Rogers, Nick Jones |
1989 | |
Tintin on the Moon Tintin on the Moon Tintin on the Moon is a first person shoot 'em up/side scroller video game based on Hergé's popular comic book series, The Adventures of Tintin.-Summary:... |
Infogrames Infogrames Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory... |
David Perry, Nick Bruty Nick Bruty Nicholas Anthony Bruty or Nick Bruty is a British video game designer and entrepreneur.He was raised and educated in Livingston, Scotland. He made his first step into video games when he was 15, working for company SoftStone with his friend David Quinn. Bruty had done some projects for SoftStone... |
1989 | |
Renegade III: The Final Chapter Renegade III: The Final Chapter Renegade 3: The Final Chapter is a scrolling beat'em up computer game released on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum systems in the late 1980s by Ocean Software under their "Imagine" label... |
Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Andrew Deakin, Ivan Horn, Jonathan Dunn | 1989 | |
Victory Road | Imagine Software Imagine Software Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20... |
Chris Edwards | SNK SNK SNK is a former name of SNK Playmore, a Japanese video game company . This may also refer to:* SNK European Democrats* SNK Union of Independents* Southeast Airlines ICAO code... |
1989 |
Scapeghost Scapeghost Scapeghost is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in 1989. It is the last adventure game by the company to be published.-Plot:... |
Level 9 | Level 9 | 1989 | |
Tom & Jerry 2 | Magic Bytes | Henrik Nordhaus, Frank Woischke | Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century... |
1989 |
Mindtrap Mindtrap Mindtrap was a computer game for the ZX Spectrum computer. Made by Predrag Beciric and released in 1989 by Mastertronic Ltd, it was released on other platforms such as the Commodore 64 and the Amstrad CPC. Released for the 48k ZX Spectrum and better, at a cost of £1.99, Mindtrap was an extremely... |
Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
Predrag Beciric | 1989 | |
Aaargh! AAARGH! Aaargh! is a fighting video game released in 1987 in which the player controls a giant monster, either an ogre or a lizard, with the goal of crushing and destroying everything in its path across different lands and periods of history.-Plot:... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
DS Whelan, Tom Green, Ben Jackson | 1989 | |
Double Dragon Double Dragon (arcade game) is a 1987 beat 'em up developed by Technos Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito Corporation. The game is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos' earlier beat 'em up, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun , but introduced several additions such as two-player cooperative gameplay... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Binary Design (David Leitch) | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... /American Technos |
1989 |
Obliterator Obliterator Obliterator is a side-scrolling arcade adventure computer game published by Psygnosis in 1988.-Summary:The game was programmed by David H. Lawson and its graphics were made by Garvan Corbett and Jim Ray Bowers... |
Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Paul Murray, Ed Knight | 1989 | |
War in Middle Earth | Melbourne House Melbourne House Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was a video game development studio founded in 1980 and based in Melbourne, Australia. The studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Melbourne House... |
Mike Singleton Mike Singleton Mike Singleton is a British author and video game developer who wrote various well-regarded titles for the ZX Spectrum during the 1980s. His titles include The Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Throne of Fire, Dark Sceptre and War In Middle Earth. He also wrote a novel, The Eternal Empire,... , Alan Clark, Bob Clardy |
JRR Tolkien | 1989 |
Stunt Car Racer Stunt Car Racer Stunt Car Racer is a racing video game developed by Geoff Crammond and was published by MicroStyle in 1989... |
Micro Style | Geoff Crammond Geoff Crammond Geoff Crammond is a computer game designer and programmer who specialises in motor racing games. A former defense industry systems engineer, he claims to have had little interest in motor racing before programming his first racing game back in 1984, but he holds a physics degree, which may explain... , Pete Cooke Pete Cooke Pete Cooke is a famous British computer games programmer, best known for his work published in the 1980s for the 8-bit home computers, especially the ZX Spectrum.... |
1989 | |
Xenophobe Xenophobe (video game) Xenophobe is a 1987 arcade game published by Bally Midway. Starbases, moons, ships, and space cities are infested with aliens, and the players have to kill the aliens before each is completely overrun.-Description:... |
Micro Style | Barry Leitch Barry Leitch Barry Leitch is a video game music composer, responsible for the music in a large number of games spanning multiple consoles and personal computers. Most notable is his work from the Lotus Turbo Challenge, Top Gear, and Rush video game series.... |
Bally Midway | 1989 |
Chase HQ | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
John O'Brien, Bill Harbison, Jonathan Dunn | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1989 |
New Zealand Story New Zealand Story is a arcade game developed and published by Taito. The player controls , a sneaker-wearing kiwi who must save his lover and several of his other kiwi chick friends who have been kiwi-napped by Wally, a large blue leopard seal. The player has to navigate a scrolling maze-like level, at the end of... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Choice Software (G Weatherup, Jonathan Dunn) | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1989 |
Operation Thunderbolt | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Andrew Deakin, Ivan Horn, Matthew Cannon | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1989 |
Untouchables, The | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
James Higgins, Martin McDonald Martin McDonald Martin Joseph McDonald is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for various teams in the Football League. He was born in Irvine, Scotland.-External links:... , Jonathan Dunn |
Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still... |
1989 |
Times of Lore Times of Lore Times of Lore is an action role-playing game with a detailed world. It was released for several platforms, including PC, Commodore 64/128, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, Atari ST, Apple II, NES, and Amiga.-Description:... |
Origin Software | 1989 | ||
Joe Blade 3 Joe Blade Joe Blade is the title of a series of budget-price platform games written by Colin Swinbourne and published by Players.All three titles were flick-screen adventures, in which the player controls the titular character through a number of rooms, dispatching enemies and rescuing innocent people... |
Players Software | Colin Swinbourne | 1989 | |
Subway Vigilante | Players Premier Software | Brian Cross, Ian Sheridan Ian Sheridan Ian Sheridan is an attacking midfielder who signed for Colwyn Bay F.C. from AFC Liverpool at the start of the 2009/10 season. As a result of injuries to other players he was asked to play as a striker and went on to become the club's top scorer with 22 goals as the club won promotion from the... , Andrew Severn, Colin Swinbourne |
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Task Force | Players Premier Software | Sonja Knight, Richard Beston, Andrew Severn, Martin Severe, Ian Sheridan Ian Sheridan Ian Sheridan is an attacking midfielder who signed for Colwyn Bay F.C. from AFC Liverpool at the start of the 2009/10 season. As a result of injuries to other players he was asked to play as a striker and went on to become the club's top scorer with 22 goals as the club won promotion from the... |
1989 | |
Myth Myth (1989 adventure game) Myth is a text adventure game by Magnetic Scrolls released in .- Plot :Zeus has ordered the gods of Olympus to perform various tasks to impress humanity... |
Rainbird | Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls Magnetic Scrolls was a British computer game developer during the mid 1980s and early 1990s. It was one of two largest interactive fiction game makers of the 1980s... |
1989 | |
Starglider 2 Starglider 2 Starglider 2 was an early 3D space simulator/flight simulator video game released in 1988 by Argonaut Games and was the sequel to Starglider... |
Rainbird | Steven Dunn | 1989 | |
Rock 'n' Roll | Rainbow Arts Rainbow Arts Rainbow Arts is a German game developer company founded in 1984 in Gütersloh by Marc Ulrich which was later bought by Funsoft, and eventually absorbed by THQ in 1999... |
Imagitec Design | 1989 | |
Carrier Command Carrier Command Carrier Command is a landmark 1980s computer game available on Amiga, Atari ST, PC, ZX Spectrum, Apple Macintosh, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC computers.... |
Rainbird | Andrew Onions, Dave Lowe | 1989 | |
Peter Packrat Peter Packrat Peter Pack Rat is a 1984 platform game released by Atari for the Atari System 1. Only 500 units were produced, either as a standalone Coin Op Arcade Cabinet or as an upgrade kit to existing Coin Op Arcade Cabinets... |
Silverbird Software | Software Creations Software Creations (UK) Software Creations was a video game developer based in Manchester, England, first established in 1987. They are primarily known for their video games based on movie and comic licenses like Marvel Comics, Cutthroat Island, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and original titles Solstice and the sequel... (Lee Wilson, Mark Wilson, Tim Follin Tim Follin Timothy John Follin is a former video game music composer who has written tracks for a variety of titles and home gaming systems, including the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Dreamcast and PlayStation.Follin's early 8- and 16-bit... ) |
Tengen Tengen (company) Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.-History:Atari had been split into two distinct companies. Atari Corporation was responsible for computer and console games and hardware and owned the rights to the Atari brand for these domains... /Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1989 |
Repton Mania | Superior Software Superior Software Superior Software is a video game publisher. It was established in 1982 by Richard Hanson and John Dyson, two graduates of the University of Leeds, England... /Alligata Alligata Alligata Software Ltd. was a computer games developer and publisher based in Sheffield in the UK in the 1980s.The company was founded by Mike Mahoney and Dave Palmer around 1982. They produced games for a number of home computers including the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, ZX Spectrum... |
Gil Jaysmith | 1989 | |
Myth: History in the Making Myth: History in the Making Myth: History in the Making is a 2D platform game published by British publishing house System 3 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. It was also released on the NES as "Conan: The Mysteries of Time"... |
System 3 System 3 (software company) System 3 Software Ltd is a British video game developer and publisher.Founded in 1983 by Mark Cale, the company has been responsible for many critically acclaimed videogame experiences, most notably The Last Ninja series, Myth: History in the Making, Impossible Mission, Constructor, Street Wars,... |
Concept Animations (Neil Dodwell, Dave Dew) | 1989 | |
Sanxion Sanxion Sanxion is a 1986 side-scrolling shoot 'em up by Thalamus Ltd., developed by Stavros Fasoulas, along with Delta, another shoot 'em up, and Quedex.-Gameplay:... |
Thalamus Thalamus The thalamus is a midline paired symmetrical structure within the brains of vertebrates, including humans. It is situated between the cerebral cortex and midbrain, both in terms of location and neurological connections... |
Softstorm Developments (Dave Thompson, Jarrod Bentley, Wally Beben) | 1989 | |
Superman: The Man of Steel Superman: The Man of Steel (1989 video game) Superman: The Man of Steel is a 1989 computer game, based on DC Comics' flagship character Superman. It was developed and published by UK software company Tynesoft under license from First Star Software.-Gameplay:... |
Tynesoft Tynesoft Tynesoft Computer Software was a software developer and publisher in the 1980s and early 1990s.- History :The company was originally set up in 1983 to release educational software but soon moved into the video games market on which it concentrated for most of its time... |
Paul Drummond | First Star Software First Star Software First Star Software, Inc. is a computer game development, publishing and licensing company, founded by Richard Spitalny and Fernando Herrera in 1982. It is best known for its classic Boulder Dash franchise and Spy vs. Spy titles, originally written for 8-bit home computers like the Apple II, Atari... , DC Comics DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner... |
1989 |
Puffy's Saga | UBI Soft | Ashminster Computing (Chris Jones, Jon Medhurst) | 1989 | |
Forgotten Worlds Forgotten Worlds Forgotten Worlds, originally titled in Japan, is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Arc Developments | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1989 |
Ghouls 'n Ghosts Ghouls 'n Ghosts is a platform game/run and gun developed by Capcom and released as an arcade game in 1988, and subsequently ported to a number of other platforms. It is the sequel to Ghosts'n Goblins and the second game in the Ghosts'n Goblins series.-Gameplay:... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Software Creations Software Creations (UK) Software Creations was a video game developer based in Manchester, England, first established in 1987. They are primarily known for their video games based on movie and comic licenses like Marvel Comics, Cutthroat Island, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and original titles Solstice and the sequel... (Mike Follin, Andrew Threllfall, John Tatlock, Ben Jackson, Tim Follin) |
Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1989 |
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Tiertex (Mark Haigh-Hutchinson Mark Haigh-Hutchinson Mark Haigh-Hutchinson was an English video game developer. He is most notable for working on Paperboy, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Star Wars and the Metroid Prime games.-Biography:... , Blue Turtle, Mark Tait) |
Lucasfilm Lucasfilm Lucasfilm Limited is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman and CEO, and Micheline Chau is the president and COO.... /Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still... |
1989 |
Moonwalker Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is the name for several unrelated video games, all based on the film of the same name created by U.S. Gold and Sega in 1989 and 1990 that incorporate the personage of and were co-developed by Michael Jackson himself... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Emerald Softwave | Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... |
1989 |
Strider Strider (arcade game) Strider, released in Japan as is a 1989 side-scrolling platform game released for the CP System arcade hardware by Capcom. It became one of Capcom's early hits before Street Fighter II, revered for its innovative gameplay and multilingual voice clips during cutscenes .-Plot: Strider is set in a... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Tiertex | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1989 |
Vigilante Vigilante (video game) is a beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Irem in Japan and Europe and published in North America by Data East. It is a spin-off of Irem's beat 'em up arcade game, Kung-Fu Master.-Plot:The game takes place in downtown New York City... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Emerald Software | Irem | 1989 |
Continental Circus Continental Circus Continental Circus is an arcade racing game created and manufactured by Taito in 1987. It was then republished in 1989 along with a home version of the game, which was available on various platforms including the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum.The arcade version of... |
Virgin Mastertronic | Teque Software Development (Peter Hickinson, Bill Caunt, Mark Edwards) | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1989 |
Double Dragon II: The Revenge Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a side-scrolling beat 'em up produced by Technos originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in . It is the sequel to Double Dragon, released during the previous year. A home version for the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in which differs drastically from the original arcade... |
Virgin Mastertronic | Binary Design | American Technos | 1989 |
Gemini Wing | Virgin Mastertronic | Imagitec Design (Chris Edwards, Barry Leitch) | Tecmo | 1989 |
Ninja Warriors, The The Ninja Warriors is a side-scrolling beat'em up video game developed and released by Taito in 1988.-Story:The game is based in a dystopian future where Banglar, the President of the United States in 1993, issues martial law on the nation, with the military having total control over the law. A group of anarchist... |
Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Sales Curve (Nigel Brown, Tiny Williams) | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1989 |
Shinobi Shinobi (arcade game) is a side-scrolling action game produced by Sega originally released for the arcades in . In Shinobi, the player controls a modern day ninja named Joe Musashi who goes on a mission to rescue his kidnapped students from a group of terrorists... |
Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Sales Curve (David Leitch, Drew Northcott, Hayden Dalton, Tiny Williams) | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1989 |
Silkworm | Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Random Access Random access In computer science, random access is the ability to access an element at an arbitrary position in a sequence in equal time, independent of sequence size. The position is arbitrary in the sense that it is unpredictable, thus the use of the term "random" in "random access"... (Nigel Brown, Ned Langman |
Tecmo | 1989 |
Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge, is a computer game of darts, created after famous darts champion Jocky Wilson. The game was published by Zeppelin Games and was released in 1989 for the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPC and Amiga. Music for the game was composed by Adam... |
Zeppelin Games | Spike, Think | Jocky Wilson Jocky Wilson John Thomas Wilson known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish darts champion. He retired from the game in 1995.Wilson was twice World professional Darts Champion in 1982 and 1989... |
1989 |
Grand Prix Circuit | Accolade | Random Access Random access In computer science, random access is the ability to access an element at an arbitrary position in a sequence in equal time, independent of sequence size. The position is arbitrary in the sense that it is unpredictable, thus the use of the term "random" in "random access"... , Chris Lowe |
1990 | |
Dragon Breed Dragon Breed Dragon Breed is a horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1989. It ran on M72 and M81 hardware, and was converted to several home computer platforms by Activision in 1990.-Gameplay:... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Bob Pape, Nick Cooke | Irem | 1990 |
Fighter Bomber Fighter Bomber (video game) Fighter Bomber is a combat flight simulator developed by Vektor Grafix and released in 1989 by Activision UK for several platforms.-Gameplay:... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Vektor Grafix Vektor Grafix Vektor Grafix was a United Kingdom-based computer game development company led by Andy Craven, and taken over by MicroProse in 1992. The company was based in the city of Leeds, and after the takeover became MicroProse's Leeds development studio.... (George Iwanow, Terry Spencer, Derrick Austin) |
1990 | |
Hot Rod | Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Walking Circles (Graham Stafford) | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1990 |
Ninja Spirit Ninja Spirit Ninja Spirit, known in Japan as , is a 1988 platform arcade game developed and published by Irem.- Story :The game's hero, Moonlight , is a young ninja who lost his father to a mysterious half-man half-beast creature... |
Activision Activision Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles... |
Software Studios | Irem | 1990 |
Kick Off 2 | Anco | Enigma Variations (Shaun G McClure) | 1990 | |
Lords of Chaos Lords of Chaos (video game) Lords of Chaos is a turn-based tactics video game, published in 1990 by Blade Software. It is the sequel to Chaos and an ancestor of the popular X-COM series of games, also written by Julian Gollop. In Lords of Chaos each player controls a wizard who can cast various magic spells... |
Blade Software | Target Games (Julian Gollop, Nick Gollop, Shaun G McClure) | 1990 | |
Breakneck | Lusitânia Software | Laurindo Sobrinho, Lucio Quintal and Tony Sobrinho | 1990 | |
Little Puff in Dragonland | Cartoon Time | Consult Software (Christian F Urquhart, Paul Johnson) | 1990 | |
Dizzy Panic! Dizzy Panic! Dizzy Panic! is a puzzle video game published in 1990 by Codemasters for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Sega Master System and the Sega Game Gear... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Big Red Software Big Red Software Big Red Software, also known as The Big Red Software Company Ltd, was a computer game developer set up in the UK in 1988 by Paul Ranson. It was bought out by, and merged with, Eidos Plc in 1995 along with Simis and Domark forming Eidos Interactive.... /Oliver Twins Oliver Twins The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school. Their first game, Super Robin Hood for the Amstrad CPC, was published in 1985 by Codemasters... |
1990 | |
Kwik Snax Kwik Snax Kwik Snax is an arcade style maze video game play developed by the Oliver Twins and was published in 1990 by Codemasters for the Amstrad, Spectrum, Commodore 64, DOS, and Amiga... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
WASP (Lyndon Sharp, Chris Graham) | 1990 | |
Pro Boxing Simulator | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Charles Goodwin | 1990 | |
Pro Soccer Simulator | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
1990 | ||
Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters is an arcade game developed by Atari Games in 1989. The game is based loosely around the campy science fiction B movies of the 1950s... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Teque Software Development (Jim Tripp, Matt Furniss Matt Furniss Matt Furniss is a video game sound artist. Matt's music and sound effects can be found in many computer and console video games.-Video Game Audio Credits :... ) |
Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... /Tengen Tengen (company) Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.-History:Atari had been split into two distinct companies. Atari Corporation was responsible for computer and console games and hardware and owned the rights to the Atari brand for these domains... |
1990 |
Cyberball Cyberball Cyberball is an Atari Games arcade game of 7-man American football, using robotic avatars of different speeds, sizes, and skill sets. The game replaced the standard downs system with an explosive ball that progresses from "cool" to "warm", "hot", and "critical" status as it is used... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Stephen Wood, Matt Furniss Matt Furniss Matt Furniss is a video game sound artist. Matt's music and sound effects can be found in many computer and console video games.-Video Game Audio Credits :... |
Atari Atari Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in... /Tengen Tengen (company) Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.-History:Atari had been split into two distinct companies. Atari Corporation was responsible for computer and console games and hardware and owned the rights to the Atari brand for these domains... |
1990 |
Klax | Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Teque Software Development (Mark Incley, Mark Harrap, Mark Potente, Matt Furniss) | Tengen Tengen (company) Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.-History:Atari had been split into two distinct companies. Atari Corporation was responsible for computer and console games and hardware and owned the rights to the Atari brand for these domains... /Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1990 |
STUN Runner | Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Mind's Eye Software (Matt Furniss Matt Furniss Matt Furniss is a video game sound artist. Matt's music and sound effects can be found in many computer and console video games.-Video Game Audio Credits :... ) |
Tengen Tengen (company) Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.-History:Atari had been split into two distinct companies. Atari Corporation was responsible for computer and console games and hardware and owned the rights to the Atari brand for these domains... /Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1990 |
Chessmaster 2000 Chessmaster Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold .-Timeline:... |
Dro Soft | Gamart | The Software Toolworks | 1990 |
Karateka Karateka (video game) Karateka is a 1984 computer game by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Karateka was Mechner's first hit game, and was designed while he was attending Yale University. The game was renowned at the time for its realistic animations. In the United States, Karateka was published by... |
Dro Soft | Gamart | Brøderbund Brøderbund Brøderbund Software, Inc. was an American maker of computer games, educational software and The Print Shop productivity tools. It was best known as the original creator and publisher of the popular Carmen Sandiego games. The company was founded in Eugene, Oregon, but moved to San Rafael,... |
1990 |
Darius+ Darius (arcade game) is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Taito in 1986. It is the first game in the Darius series. It is known for using a unique three-screen arcade cabinet setup, non-linear level design and multiple endings.-Gameplay:... |
Edge Software | Christian Pennycate, Mark Healey Mark Healey Mark Healey is a British computer games developer. Healey started his career making games for the Commodore 64 home computer - his first published game was KGB Super Spy for Codemasters which led to developing the Educational Fun School series of games for Europress Software... |
Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1990 |
Pipe Mania | Empire Software Empire Software Empire Software is a manufacturer and retailer of Tablet PC based electronic medical records software programmes. Its 'Nucleus' product is an example of software running on Tablet PCs intended to cater for hospitals, clinics, and private physician practices.The 'Nucleus' software is installed on... |
Enigma Variations Enigma Variations Variations on an Original Theme for orchestra , Op. 36, commonly referred to as the Enigma Variations, is a set of a theme and its fourteen variations written for orchestra by Edward Elgar in 1898–1899. It is Elgar's best-known large-scale composition, for both the music itself and the... |
The Assembly Line The Assembly Line The Assembly Line was a British video game development company which created games for the Atari ST, Commodore 64 and Amiga systems. Recognised for the quality of its programming, it mostly created 3D action or puzzle games... |
1990 |
Impossamole Impossamole Impossamole is a platform game developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. It was released in 1990 and published by Gremlin Graphics. NEC Interchannel published it on TurboGrafx-16 the following year.... |
Gremlin Graphics | CORE Design Core Design Core Design was a British video game studio best known today for creating the popular Tomb Raider series.-History:Based in the city of Derby, England, Core Design was set up in 1988 by Chris Shrigley, Andy Green, Rob Toone, Terry Lloyd, Simon Phipps, Dave Pridmore, Jeremy Heath-Smith and Greg Holmes... |
1990 | |
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge Lotus (computer games) The Lotus series consists of three racing computer games based around the Lotus brand, released between 1990 and 1992 on various formats.. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, and Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge were developed by Magnetic Fields and published by Gremlin... |
Gremlin Graphics | Ali Davidson, Berni | Lotus Cars Lotus Cars Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics... |
1990 |
Shadow of the Beast Shadow of the Beast Shadow of the Beast is a side-scrolling platform computer game produced by Reflections Interactive and published by Psygnosis in 1989. The original version was released for the Commodore Amiga, but the game has been ported to many other systems... |
Gremlin Graphics | David Whittaker | Psygnosis | 1990 |
Super Cars Super Cars Super Cars is a top-view racing game from Gremlin Interactive, who later produced the Lotus series of games. Stylistically, the game is influenced by Super Sprint... |
Gremlin Graphics | Spidersoft | 1990 | |
Ruff & Reddy in the Space Adventure | Hi-Tec Software | Twilight (Sean Conran | Hanna-Barbara | 1990 |
Bloodwych Bloodwych Bloodwych is a dungeon role-playing video game developed for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS as well as the major 8-bit home computer platforms... |
Image Works Image Works Image Works was a publishing label of video games publisher Mirrorsoft created in 1988. The first two games published under the Image Works label were Fernandez Must Die and Foxx Fights Back... |
Philip Taglione, Pete James, Anthony Taglione | 1990 | |
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles | Image Works Image Works Image Works was a publishing label of video games publisher Mirrorsoft created in 1988. The first two games published under the Image Works label were Fernandez Must Die and Foxx Fights Back... |
David Perry, Nick Bruty Nick Bruty Nicholas Anthony Bruty or Nick Bruty is a British video game designer and entrepreneur.He was raised and educated in Livingston, Scotland. He made his first step into video games when he was 15, working for company SoftStone with his friend David Quinn. Bruty had done some projects for SoftStone... |
Mirage Studios Mirage Studios Mirage Studios is an independent American comic book company founded in 1983 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, based in Northampton, Massachusetts and best known for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series.-History:... |
1990 |
Castle Master Castle Master Castle Master is a 1990 computer game written by British developers Teque Software Development and published by Incentive Software. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC.-Gameplay:... |
Incentive Software Incentive Software Incentive Software Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher founded by Ian Andrew in 1983. Programmers included Sean Ellis, Stephen Northcott and Ian's brother Chris Andrew. Later games were based around the company's Freescape rendering engine... |
Matt Furniss Matt Furniss Matt Furniss is a video game sound artist. Matt's music and sound effects can be found in many computer and console video games.-Video Game Audio Credits :... |
1990 | |
Hostages | Infogrames Infogrames Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory... |
New Frontier (Zydro, McAlby, Fustor) | 1990 | |
SimCity SimCity SimCity is a critically acclaimed city-building simulation video game, first released in 1989, and designed by Will Wright. SimCity was Maxis' first product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles, and spawned several sequels including SimCity 2000 in 1994,... |
Infogrames Infogrames Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory... |
Probe Software (Antony R Lill, Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... ) |
Maxis Maxis Maxis is an American company founded as an independent video game developer in 1987. It is currently a subsidiary of Electronic Arts . Maxis is the creator of one of the best-selling computer games of all time, The Sims and its first sequel, The Sims 2... |
1990 |
Psycho Hopper | Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
MC Lothlorien (R Lever, Martin Holland) | 1990 | |
Rad Ramp Racer | Mastertronic Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were distributed in mid-1984. At its peak the label was the dominant software publisher in the UK, a position achieved by selling cassette-based software at the £1.99... |
John Martin | 1990 | |
F-19 Stealth Fighter F-19 Stealth Fighter F-19 Stealth Fighter is a combat flight simulator released in 1988 and 1990 by MicroProse, featuring a fictional United States military aircraft... |
Microprose MicroProse MicroProse was a video game publisher and developer, founded by Wild Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982 as Microprose Software. In 1993, the company became a subsidiary of Spectrum HoloByte and has remained a subsidiary or brand name under several other corporations since... |
Paul Hutchinson, Max Remington | 1990 | |
Rick Dangerous 2 | Micro Style | CORE Design Core Design Core Design was a British video game studio best known today for creating the popular Tomb Raider series.-History:Based in the city of Derby, England, Core Design was set up in 1988 by Chris Shrigley, Andy Green, Rob Toone, Terry Lloyd, Simon Phipps, Dave Pridmore, Jeremy Heath-Smith and Greg Holmes... |
1990 | |
Days of Thunder Days of Thunder (video game) Days of Thunder is a 1990 NASCAR racing simulation video game loosely based on the 1990 movie Days of Thunder. The game utilized elements from the movie, using a movie license from Paramount Pictures, for its graphical elements, plot and music soundtrack.It was released for the PC, the NES, the... |
Mindscape Mindscape Mindscape is an international software publishing company, previously part of The Learning Company. They are now affiliated with EA . As of 2004, the group has offices in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. It has an annual turnover of €38 million and employs 150 people. Mindscape... |
Tiertex (DFB, Wayne Blake) | Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still... |
1990 |
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O'Fun is a video game developed by Gray Matter under developer Chris Gray and published in 1990 by Mindscape. It originally appeared on the 16-bit Atari ST, IBM PC and Commodore Amiga, before later being converted to the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC... |
Mindscape Mindscape Mindscape is an international software publishing company, previously part of The Learning Company. They are now affiliated with EA . As of 2004, the group has offices in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. It has an annual turnover of €38 million and employs 150 people. Mindscape... |
Imagitec Design Limited Imagitec Design Limited Imagitec Design Limited was a video games development company. The main person involved was programmer Barry Leitch, who was on the design team for most of the games listed below... |
Gray Matter | 1990 |
Adidas Championship Football Adidas Championship Football "Adidas Championship Football" is a soccer video game developed by Ocean Software in 1990. It was released for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.- External links :* at Gamespot... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
David Spicer, Jason Brashill, Matthew Cannon | Adidas Adidas Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport... |
1990 |
Adidas Championship Tie-Break | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Probe Software (Antony R Lill, Sound Images) | Adidas | 1990 |
Battle Command Battle Command (video game) Battle Command is a futuristic 3D tank simulation game released by Ocean in . It was written by Realtime Games and is a development of their successful title Carrier Command.- Plot :... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Realtime Games | 1990 | |
Chase HQ II: Special Criminal Investigation | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Ian Morrison, Douglas Little, Alan Grier, Chris Scudds | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1990 |
Midnight Resistance Midnight Resistance is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Data East for the arcades in . The game was ported by Data East to the Sega Mega Drive in and by Ocean Software to various home computer platforms during the same year... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Special FX Software (James Bagley, Charles Davies, Keith Tinman) | Data East Data East also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy... |
1990 |
NARC NARC (video game) NARC is originally a 1988 arcade game designed by Eugene Jarvis for Williams Electronics and programmed by George Petro. It was one of the first ultra-violent video games and a frequent target of parental criticism of the arcade game industry. The object is to arrest and kill drug offenders,... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Eidos (David Leitch, Shaun G McClure, Sound Images) | Williams Electronics | 1990 |
Pang | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Arc Developments | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1990 |
Plotting | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Twilight (Jason McGann, Peter Tattersall, Sean Conran) | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1990 |
Puzznic Puzznic Puzznic is a puzzle arcade game. It was developed and produced by Taito in 1989 and was ported for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, PC Engine, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, DOS and ZX Spectrum between 1990 and 1991. Home computer ports were handled by Ocean... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
David Lytlle, Bob Flanagan, Jonathan Dunn | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1990 |
Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Graftgold Graftgold Graftgold was an independent computer game developer that came to prominence in the 1980s, producing numerous computer games on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-The Hewson era:... (David O'Conner, John Cumming |
Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1990 |
RoboCop 2 | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Andrew Deakin, Ivan Horn, Matthew Cannon | Orion Pictures Corporation/Tobor Productions | 1990 |
Shadow Warriors Ninja Gaiden (arcade) Ninja Gaiden, known in Japan as and in Europe as Shadow Warriors, is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up originally released by Tecmo as a coin-operated video game. It was first released in North America in and in Japan and Europe in... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Teque Software Development (Matt Furniss Matt Furniss Matt Furniss is a video game sound artist. Matt's music and sound effects can be found in many computer and console video games.-Video Game Audio Credits :... ) |
Temco | 1990 |
Turrican Turrican Turrican is a 1989 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was first developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, but was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personally programmed Turrican on the Commodore 64... |
Rainbow Arts Rainbow Arts Rainbow Arts is a German game developer company founded in 1984 in Gütersloh by Marc Ulrich which was later bought by Funsoft, and eventually absorbed by THQ in 1999... |
Von Dazzlin, JB Guzzler | 1990 | |
Saint Dragon Saint Dragon Saint Dragon, or St. Dragon, is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game originally released as a coin-op by Jaleco in 1989. It was converted to several home computer platforms by Storm Entertainment in 1990.-Development:... |
Storm Entertainment | Andrew Taylor, Shaun McGlure | Jaleco Jaleco is a Japanese video game publisher and developer established in 2006.The original Jaleco Ltd was founded in 1974. In 2006, it decided to become a pure holding company by renaming itself Jaleco Holding and splitting its video game operations into a newly created subsdiary that took its former name... |
1990 |
Vendetta | System 3 System 3 (software company) System 3 Software Ltd is a British video game developer and publisher.Founded in 1983 by Mark Cale, the company has been responsible for many critically acclaimed videogame experiences, most notably The Last Ninja series, Myth: History in the Making, Impossible Mission, Constructor, Street Wars,... |
Steve Lamb, JR Hartley | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1990 |
Delta Charge | Thalamus Thalamus The thalamus is a midline paired symmetrical structure within the brains of vertebrates, including humans. It is situated between the cerebral cortex and midbrain, both in terms of location and neurological connections... |
Twilight Twilight (game developer) Twilight was a UK video game development group, active from 1989 until ~1995. Originally developing game conversions for Hi-Tec Software, Ocean Software and Thalamus Ltd on the 8-bit platforms: the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.... (Jason McGann, Andrew Swann, Peter Tattersall, Mark Mason) |
1990 | |
Twinworld Twinworld Twinworld is a computer game, published by UBI Soft for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga and Atari ST computers in the late 1980s.-Summary:... |
Ubisoft Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries.... |
1990 | ||
Zombi | Ubisoft Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries.... |
GM Phillips, Colin Jones, S Chance | 1990 | |
Chip's Challenge Chip's Challenge Chip's Challenge is a tile-based, puzzle video game for several systems, including the hand-held Atari Lynx, Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, DOS, and Windows . It has also been ported to the TI-84+ calculator and the TI-89 Titanium... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Tony Mack, Adam Clarke, David Whittaker | Epyx Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelley and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983... |
1990 |
Crack Down Crack Down is a run and gun arcade game originally released by Sega in 1989, and ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990. It was also ported and released to a number of home computer platforms by U.S. Gold.... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Arc Developments | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1990 |
Dragons of Flame Dragons of Flame (video game) Dragons of Flame is a video game released in 1989 for various home computer systems and consoles. It is a sequel to Heroes of the Lance. It is based on the second Dragonlance campaign module, Dragons of Flame, and the second half of the first Dragonlance novel Dragons of Autumn Twilight... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
John May | SSI/TSR TSR, Inc. Blume and Gygax, the remaining owners, incorporated a new company called TSR Hobbies, Inc., with Blume and his father, Melvin Blume, owning the larger share. The former assets of the partnership were transferred to TSR Hobbies, Inc.... |
1990 |
Dynasty Wars Dynasty Wars Dynasty Wars, released in Japan as , is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up arcade game released in 1989 by Capcom, based on a Japanese manga Tenchi wo Kurau and a reenactment of the battle between the Kingdom of Shu and the Yellow Turban rebels... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Tiertex | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1990 |
E-Motion E-Motion E-Motion is a strategy video game developed by The Assembly Line in the late 1980s. It was published as The Game of Harmony in the United States by Accolade, and as E-Motion by U.S. Gold elsewhere. It was available for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum, and Game Boy... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
The Code Monkeys | 1990 | |
ESWAT ESWAT: City Under Siege ESWAT: City Under Siege, in Japan , is a 1990 side scrolling platform video game for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis video game consoles.ESWAT: City Under Siege was based on the arcade game ESWAT: Cyber Police released a year earlier in 1989... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Creative Materials | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1990 |
Line of Fire Line of Fire (video game) Line of Fire is a shoot 'em up video game, played from a first person perspective, and developed by Sega. The cabinet features two light guns, and a design which allows the player to sit down while playing the game. It was first released in arcades in 1989 before being converted to home computers... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
|Creative Materials | |Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1990 |
Strider II Strider Returns Strider II , is a side-scrolling platform game published by U.S. Gold and originally released for various computer platforms in . It is a European-developed sequel to Capcoms arcade game Strider, which U.S... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Tiertex | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1990 |
Turbo Outrun Turbo Outrun Turbo OutRun is a arcade racing game released by Sega. It was released as a dedicated game, as well as an upgradable kit that could be installed on the original Out Run board.-Overview:... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Ian Morrison, Alan Laird | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1990 |
UN Squadron | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Doug Anderson | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1990 |
Golden Axe Golden Axe Golden Axe is a side-scrolling beat 'em up and hack & slash arcade video game released in 1989 by Sega for the System 16-B arcade hardware. It is the first game in the Golden Axe series.... |
Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Probe Software (David Shea, Jason Green, Sound Images) | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1990 |
Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road Racer Super Off Road Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road is an arcade video game released in 1989 by Leland Corporation. Virgin Games produced several home versions in 1990... |
Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Graftgold (Steve Turner, John Cumming, Jason Page) | Leland Corporation | 1990 |
New York Warriors | Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Big Red Software (R Fred Williams, Pete Ranson) | 1990 | |
Quarterback John Elway's Quarterback John Elway's Quarterback, also known as John Elway's Quarterback Challenge and John Elway's Team Quarterback, is a 1987 football video game.-Summary:... |
Virgin Games Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group... |
Binary Design | Leland Corporation Leland corporation The Leland Corporation was a manufacturer of several arcade video games in the 1980s and early 1990s. Notable among these were Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp in 1991, the long-anticipated follow up to the hugely successful Dragon's Lair from 1983 and Super Off Road, which spawned an expansion and two... |
1990 |
Advanced Lawnmower Simulator | Your Sinclair Your Sinclair Your Sinclair or YS as it was commonly abbreviated, was a British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum.-History:... |
Duncan MacDonald | 1990 | |
Kenny Dalglish Soccer Manager Kenny Dalglish Soccer Manager Kenny Dalglish Soccer Manager is a football computer game that was released exclusively to Europe in 1989.-Summary:This video game involves taking the role of Kenny Dalglish as he manages an English football team from the Football League Fourth Division right to the Football League First... |
Eutechnyx Eutechnyx Eutechnyx is a computer and video games developer, founded in 1987 as Zeppelin Games and also briefly known as Merit Studios Europe. They are based in Dunston, Gateshead in the United Kingdom... |
Cognito | 1990 | |
Star Control Star Control Star Control is a science fiction computer game that was developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade in the early 1990s. Star Control still enjoys a cult following... |
Accolade | David Quinn | 1991 | |
Loopz Loopz Loopz is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed created by Ian Upton for the Atari ST in 1989. Ian Upton had previously worked as head game designer for Audiogenic, who acquired exclusive rights to the game, then in 1990 arranged for Mindscape to publish the computer game in North... |
Audiogenic Software | Data Design Systems, David Whittaker | 1991 | |
Hitman | Black Magic Developments | Graham Owens | 1991 | |
750cc Grand Prix 750cc Grand Prix 750cc Grand Prix is a video game originally developed by Ken Murfitt of Scope Soft and published by Codemasters in 1989 for the Amstrad CPC. It was later ported for ZX Spectrum in 1991 by WASP .-History:... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Lyndon Sharp, Chris Graham, Damon Redmond | 1991 | |
Bubble Dizzy Bubble Dizzy Bubble Dizzy is an arcade style action video game developed by the Oliver twins and published in November 1990 by Codemasters for the Amstrad, Spectrum, DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and Amiga.... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Lyndon Sharp, David Whittaker | 1991 | |
CJ's Elephant Antics CJ's Elephant Antics CJ's Elephant Antics is a platform video game developed by Genesis for the Commodore 64 with conversions made for the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and Nintendo Entertainment System. All ports were handled by Genesis with the exception of the ZX Spectrum version which was handled by Big... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
R Fred Williams, David T Clark | 1991 | |
Dizzy Down the Rapids Dizzy Down the Rapids Dizzy Down the Rapids is an arcade style action video game that was published in 1991 by Codemasters for the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum, DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and Amiga.... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Oliver Twins Oliver Twins The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school. Their first game, Super Robin Hood for the Amstrad CPC, was published in 1985 by Codemasters... |
1991 | |
Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk is an adventure video game published in December 1991 by Codemasters for the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, DOS, NES and Amiga. It was the sixth game in the Dizzy adventure series... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Big Red Software Big Red Software Big Red Software, also known as The Big Red Software Company Ltd, was a computer game developer set up in the UK in 1988 by Paul Ranson. It was bought out by, and merged with, Eidos Plc in 1995 along with Simis and Domark forming Eidos Interactive.... /Oliver Twins Oliver Twins The Oliver Twins are two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, who started to professionally develop computer games while they were still at school. Their first game, Super Robin Hood for the Amstrad CPC, was published in 1985 by Codemasters... |
1991 | |
Seymour Goes to Hollywood Seymour Goes to Hollywood Seymour Goes to Hollywood, also known as Seymour at the Movies, is a platform and adventure game developed by Big Red Software and originally published in Europe by Codemasters in 1991. Players control Seymour, a small potato-like creature who wishes to be a film star... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Big Red Software Big Red Software Big Red Software, also known as The Big Red Software Company Ltd, was a computer game developer set up in the UK in 1988 by Paul Ranson. It was bought out by, and merged with, Eidos Plc in 1995 along with Simis and Domark forming Eidos Interactive.... |
1991 | |
Slightly Magic Slightly Magic Slightly Magic is an arcade adventure computer game published in 1991 by Codemasters for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It was written by Colin Jones, author of the rock star management game Rock Star Ate My Hamster... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Astonishing Animations (Colin Jones, Chris Graham, Keith Ross, Allister Brimble) | 1991 | |
Spellbound Dizzy Spellbound Dizzy Spellbound Dizzy is an adventure video game, featuring the character Dizzy, released in December 1990 by Codemasters. The series was originally developed by the Oliver twins; however, they had little involvement with this title other than executive sign off - confident in leaving Big Red Software... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Big Red Software Big Red Software Big Red Software, also known as The Big Red Software Company Ltd, was a computer game developer set up in the UK in 1988 by Paul Ranson. It was bought out by, and merged with, Eidos Plc in 1995 along with Simis and Domark forming Eidos Interactive.... (R Fred Williams, Pete, David Whittaker |
1991 | |
Multi-Player Soccer Manager Multi-Player Soccer Manager Multi-Player Soccer Manager is football management computer game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1991.-Gameplay:... |
D&H Games | John Atkinson | 1991 | |
3D Construction Kit 3D Construction Kit 3D Construction Kit , also known as 3D Virtual Studio, is a utility for creating 3D worlds in Freescape. Developed by Incentive Software and published by Domark, it was released in 1991 on multiple platforms. The game originally retailed for £24.99 in the United Kingdom... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Kevin Parker, Sean Ellis, Ian Andrew, Chris Andrew, Paul Gregory, Eugene Messina | 1991 | |
Pit-Fighter Pit-Fighter Pit-Fighter is a 1990 arcade game by Atari Games, notable for its early use of digitized live actors. The Japanese arcade release was published by Konami. The graphic animation for the player character and opponents were created through a bluescreen process, where the various poses & moves of the... |
Domark Domark Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan... |
Teque Software Development | Tengen Tengen (company) Tengen was a video game publisher and developer that was created by arcade game manufacturer Atari Games.-History:Atari had been split into two distinct companies. Atari Corporation was responsible for computer and console games and hardware and owned the rights to the Atari brand for these domains... /Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1991 |
Budokan: The Martial Spirit Budokan: The Martial Spirit Budokan: The Martial Spirit is a computer and video game released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for various platforms. The title is a versus fighting game, pitting the player against other martial arts practitioners in a great tournament known as the Budokan .- Gameplay :The player begins the game as... |
Dro Soft | Marcos Jouron, Javier Fafula | 1991 | |
Hunt for Red October (Movie) | Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment Grandslam Entertainment was a computer and video games software house based in Britain. It was formed in late 1987 from the ashes of Argus Press Software by former Argus Managing Director, Stephen Hall. Grandslam developed and published many games for home computers during the 1980s and 1990s... |
Karl Jeffery, Richard Knightley, Jason Lihou, Damien Stokes, Jim Kinlough, Andrew Pang, Steven Bedser, Adam Clarke, JVM Design, Allister Brimble, N Crossley | Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still... |
1991 |
Switchblade | Gremlin Graphics | Jeff Calder, Benn Daglish | 1991 | |
Back to the Future Part III Back to the Future Part III (video game) For other Back to the Future games, see List of Back to the Future video gamesBack to the Future Part III is the title of a video game released for the Sega Genesis and is based on the film of the same name. The game is different from LJN's Back to the Future Part II & III video game released for... |
Image Works Image Works Image Works was a publishing label of video games publisher Mirrorsoft created in 1988. The first two games published under the Image Works label were Fernandez Must Die and Foxx Fights Back... |
Keith Burkhill | Amblin Entertainment Amblin Entertainment Amblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1981. Amblin is only a production company, and has never distributed its own movies, nor has it fully financed its... |
1991 |
Cisco Heat Cisco Heat is a 1990 arcade racing game developed and published by Jaleco.-Gameplay:The player takes on the role of an officer who must race his squad car through San Francisco in an attempt to win the first ever 'National Championship Police Car Steeplechase'. The gameplay is similar to that of other... |
Image Works Image Works Image Works was a publishing label of video games publisher Mirrorsoft created in 1988. The first two games published under the Image Works label were Fernandez Must Die and Foxx Fights Back... |
Alan Grier | Jaleco Jaleco is a Japanese video game publisher and developer established in 2006.The original Jaleco Ltd was founded in 1974. In 2006, it decided to become a pure holding company by renaming itself Jaleco Holding and splitting its video game operations into a newly created subsdiary that took its former name... |
1991 |
Welltris Welltris Welltris is a puzzle video game, developed by Doka and licensed to Bullet-Proof Software. Adaptations were made by Sphere, Inc for Spectrum Holobyte, and by Infogrames. It was originally released for DOS in 1989... |
Infogrames Infogrames Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory... |
Doka (Peter Balla, Imre Kovats, Ildiko Somos, Dan Guerra, Jody Sather, Matt Carlstrom) | Bullet-Proof Software | 1991 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – The Coin-Op Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade game) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in Europe, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Kame Ninja in Japan, is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in... |
Image Works Image Works Image Works was a publishing label of video games publisher Mirrorsoft created in 1988. The first two games published under the Image Works label were Fernandez Must Die and Foxx Fights Back... |
Dave Semmens, Doug Townley | Konami Konami is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games... |
1991 |
Light Corridor, The The Light Corridor The Light Corridor is a first-person puzzle game available for Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum. It was released in 1990 by Infogrames.-Plot:... |
Infogrames Infogrames Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory... |
New Frontier (Zydro, Robin, Fustor, McAlby) | 1991 | |
North & South | Infogrames Infogrames Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory... |
New Frontier (Zydro, Dabyd, Daniel Diaz, Fustor, McAlby, Robin) | 1991 | |
Captain Planet Captain Planet (video game) Captain Planet was a video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Mindscape in 1990. The game is loosely based on the environmentalist animated series, Captain Planet and the Planeteers and was produced by the third party developer Mindscape Inc... |
Mindscape International | David Perry, Nick Bruty Nick Bruty Nicholas Anthony Bruty or Nick Bruty is a British video game designer and entrepreneur.He was raised and educated in Livingston, Scotland. He made his first step into video games when he was 15, working for company SoftStone with his friend David Quinn. Bruty had done some projects for SoftStone... |
1991 | |
Addams Family, The | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Andrew Deakin, Jonathan Dunn | Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still... |
1991 |
Darkman Darkman (video game) Darkman was developed by Twilight and published by Ocean Software in 1991. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, NES, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. It was also ported to the Game Boy and Atari ST... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Twilight Twilight (game developer) Twilight was a UK video game development group, active from 1989 until ~1995. Originally developing game conversions for Hi-Tec Software, Ocean Software and Thalamus Ltd on the 8-bit platforms: the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.... (Dave Box, Jason McGann, Jonathan Dunn) |
Universal Pictures Universal Pictures -1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire... |
1991 |
Hudson Hawk | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Special FX Software (James Bagley, Colin Rushby, Keith Tinman) | Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies... |
1991 |
Navy SEALS Navy SEALS (video game) Navy SEALS is a 1990 video game developed and published by Ocean. It is based on the movie of the same name.... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
James Higgins, Warren Lancashire, Martin McDonald Martin McDonald Martin Joseph McDonald is a retired Scottish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for various teams in the Football League. He was born in Irvine, Scotland.-External links:... , Matthew Cannon |
Orion Pictures Orion Pictures Orion Pictures Corporation was an American independent production company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists. Although it was never a large motion picture producer, Orion... |
1991 |
Smash TV Smash TV Smash TV is a 1990 arcade game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams. Home versions were developed for various platforms and most were published by Acclaim Entertainment.-Description:... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Probe Software (David Perry, Nick Bruty Nick Bruty Nicholas Anthony Bruty or Nick Bruty is a British video game designer and entrepreneur.He was raised and educated in Livingston, Scotland. He made his first step into video games when he was 15, working for company SoftStone with his friend David Quinn. Bruty had done some projects for SoftStone... ) |
Williams Electronics | 1991 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Dementia (Gary Priest, Kevin Bulmer, Jonathan Dunn) | Carolco Pictures Carolco Pictures Carolco Pictures, Inc., Carolco International N.V., or Anabasis Investments was an American independent film production company that, within a decade, went from producing such blockbuster successes as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the first three movies of the Rambo series to being bankrupted by... |
1991 |
Simpsons: Bart vs the Space Mutants | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Arc Developments (Byron Nilsson, Paul Walker, Jonathan Dunn) | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios... |
1991 |
Total Recall | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
James Higgins, Andrew Deakin, Mark R Jones, Simon Butler Simon Butler Simon Butler was a very important historical figure in the history of Chalfont, Pennsylvania.-Life:In 1712, Simon Butler, with his good friend Simon Mathews, immigrated from Wales to Pennsylvania. They landed in Philadelphia and lived for a time in New Castle County... , Ivan Horn, Warren Lancashire, Jonathan Dunn |
Columbia TriStar Pictures | 1991 |
Miami Cobra | Players Software | Nigel Speight | 1991 | |
Lemmings Lemmings (video game) Lemmings is a puzzle computer game developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in . Originally developed for PC and Commodore Amiga, Lemmings was one of the most popular computer games of its time, and several gaming magazines gave it some of their highest review scores at the time... |
Psygnosis | DMA Design (Jonathan Dye, Gary Timmons) | 1991 | |
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone is a side-scrolling beat 'em up produced by Technos Japan Corp. that was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in . It is the second sequel to Double Dragon for the arcades, following Double Dragon II: The Revenge... |
Storm Software | Sales Curve (Tom Prosser, Shaun G McClure) | American Technos | 1991 |
Rodland Rodland Rod Land, known in Japan fully titled as is a 1990 arcade game originally developed and published by Jaleco.-Gameplay:The player control one or two fairies called Tam and Rit armed with a magic wand . Following the concept of Taito's Bubble Bobble, the rod doesn't kill the monsters directly, but... |
Storm Software | Sales Curve (Shaun G McClure | Jaleco Jaleco is a Japanese video game publisher and developer established in 2006.The original Jaleco Ltd was founded in 1974. In 2006, it decided to become a pure holding company by renaming itself Jaleco Holding and splitting its video game operations into a newly created subsdiary that took its former name... |
1991 |
Alien Storm Alien Storm is a 1990 beat 'em up arcade game by Sega, later ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Master System. The Sega Mega Drive version was also released on Wii's Virtual Console in 2007... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Doug Anderson | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1991 |
Bonanza Bros | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Ian Porter, Andrew Holdroyd | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1991 |
Final Fight Final Fight is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in . It was the seventh game released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Creative Materials (Alan Butcher) | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1991 |
Gauntlet III: The Final Quest Gauntlet III: The Final Quest Gauntlet III: The Final Quest is a home computer game by U.S. Gold and Tengen it was released in 1991 for the following systems; Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC. It was released one year after Gauntlet: The Third Encounter which was for the Atari Lynx... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Software Creations Software Creations (UK) Software Creations was a video game developer based in Manchester, England, first established in 1987. They are primarily known for their video games based on movie and comic licenses like Marvel Comics, Cutthroat Island, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and original titles Solstice and the sequel... (Dean Belfield, John Tatlock, Tim Follin, Geoff Follin) |
Atari Games Atari Games Atari Games Corporation was an American producer of arcade games, and originally part of Atari, Inc..-History:When, in 1984, Warner Communications sold the Atari Consumer division of Atari Inc... |
1991 |
SpySnatcher | Topologika Topologika Topologika Software Ltd is a still-independent British publisher of educational software. Based in Brighton, the company was founded in 1983.Many of its early products were interactive fiction adventure games taken on after Acornsoft was sold to Superior Software who only continued to release their... |
Jonathan Partington, Jon Thackray | 1991 | |
Mercs Mercs is a 1990 top-down run and gun arcade game developed and published by Capcom for the arcades. It is the successor of Commando. It was followed by Commando 3 in , a downloadable game.-Gameplay:... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Tiertex (Chris Shay) | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1991 |
Night Shift Night Shift (computer game) Night Shift is a computer game developed and published in 1990 by Lucasfilm Games, now known as LucasArts. It is a unique action game where the hero is a worker in a factory owned by Industrial Might and Logic... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
John Mullins | Lucasfilm Games | 1991 |
Out Run Europa Out Run Europa Out Run Europa , is a driving video game developed by Probe Software and published by U.S. Gold for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Gear, Sega Master System and ZX Spectrum in 1991... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Ian Morrison, Alan Laird | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1991 |
Shadow Dancer | U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Images Ltd (Dave Semmens, Jim Kinlough) | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1991 |
Super Monaco GP Super Monaco GP Super Monaco GP is an arcade-style Formula One racing sim released in arcades and multiple platforms by Sega Corporation in 1989. It is a sequel to the arcade game Monaco GP.... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Probe Software, David Shea | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1991 |
Stack Up | Zeppelin Games | David Sanders | 1991 | |
Count Duckula 2 Count Duckula 2 Count Duckula 2 is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC released in 1992 by Alternative Software.It was the follow-up to the 1989 release Count Duckula in No Sax Please—We're Egyptian... |
Alternative Software | Cosgrove Hall | 1992 | |
Dalek Attack Dalek Attack Dalek Attack is a computer game based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which the player plays the Doctor and fights the Daleks... |
Alternative Software | Admiral Software | BBC Enterprises | 1992 |
Crystal Kingdom Dizzy Crystal Kingdom Dizzy Crystal Kingdom Dizzy is an adventure video game featuring the character Dizzy released in December 1992 by Codemasters. The Oliver Twins—who were heavily involved in the design and programming of previous Dizzy games—had less involvement with the title..The game is the last title to... |
Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Visual Impact (Jarrod Bentley) | 1992 | |
Astroball Astroball Astroball is a platform game for the ZX Spectrum and SAM Coupé, written by Balor Knight and published by Revelation.-Summary:The player controls a bouncing ball and collects coins from each level before proceeding to a level's exit. Small spikes, named Deathstars, are to be avoided, as any... |
Digital Reality Digital Reality Digital Reality is an Hungarian video game developer, located in Budapest, Hungary. The company is best known for developing the game Imperium Galactica series and Haegemonia: Legions of Iron.-History:... |
Balor Knight, Chris Pile | 1992 | |
RoboCop 3 | Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Probe Software (Dominic Wood, Sound Images) | Orion Pictures Corporation | 1992 |
Space Gun Space Gun (video game) is a first-person, shoot 'em up arcade game released by Taito in 1990. It was later distributed for various home games consoles in 1992, and in 2005, it was included as part of the compilation Taito Legends on the PlayStation 2, PC and Xbox... |
Ocean Software Ocean Software The British company Ocean Software was one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 90s... |
Images Ltd | Taito Taito Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa... |
1992 |
G-LOC G-LOC: Air Battle G-LOC: Air Battle is a 1990 air combat arcade game by Sega. The title refers to "G-force induced Loss Of Consciousness".-Overview:The game puts the player in a fighter plane, dog fighting other planes. Once the player takes too many hits or the game-timer runs out the game is over. The player earns... |
U.S. Gold U.S. Gold U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:... |
Images Ltd (Damien Stones, James Sharp) | Sega Sega , usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world... |
1992 |
Wrestling Superstars | Codemasters Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986... |
Rob Hulman | 1993 | |
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (video game) Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a video game based on Shining Time Station and the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends television series released in August 2, 1993.-Summary:... |
Alternative Software | The Britt Allcroft Company | 1993 | |
Street Fighter II Street Fighter II is a competitive fighting game originally released for the arcades in . It is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter released in and was Capcom's fourteenth title that ran on the CP System arcade hardware... |
Go! | Capcom Capcom is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its... |
1993 | |
Nigel Mansell's World Championship | Gremlin Graphics | Nigel Mansell Nigel Mansell Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE is a British racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the CART Indy Car World Series... |
1993 | |
World Rugby World Rugby World Rugby is a sports management video game developed by Brendan O'Brien and David Taylor. It was published by Zeppelin Games in 1993 for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 This was Zeppelin's last release for the 8-bit home computer market.... |
Zeppelin Games | Brendan O'Brien, David Taylor | 1993 |
See also
- Fantasy SoftwareFantasy SoftwareFantasy Software started out as Quest Microsoftware and was one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum during the early 1980s. They had a number of reasonable successes in the early days of the computer boom but never became one of the...
, producing: The Black Hole (1983), Violent Universe (1983), Doomsday Castle (1983), The Pyramid (1983), Beaky and the Egg Snatchers (1984), Backpackers Guide to the Universe (1984), The Drive-In (1984); many by Bob Hamilton.