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Alive Software

 Animal Quest Animal Quest
Billy the Kid Returns! Billy the Kid Returns!
Dinosaur Predators Dinosaur Predators
Scubaman's Quest Scubaman's Quest

Alpha Helix Productions

 Ravage Ravage

Alpha Simulations

 Harrier Jump Jet Harrier Jump Jet

Alternative Software Ltd.

Alternative Software is a game company based in Castleford in Yorkshire, England (UK). It initially specialized in budget games for 8-bit cassette-based machines such as the Spectrum and C64. The company was established by Roger Hulley, by acquiring the brand and the game Henry's Hoard, previously owned by Mick Robinson and Martyn Brown. Alternative's titles were initially mostly new releases, although a few were reissues from other companies such as Durrel. They also released licenses ranging from Thomas the Tank engine to Andy Capp to Doctor Who. Several games were based on well-known children's characters, notably Thomas The Tank Engine, Fireman Sam and the best-selling Postman Pat. Educational titles emerged soon after, followed by a series of collectable CD-ROMs and computer accessories. More recently, Alternative has enjoyed success with titles based on major film licenses, particularly The Lord of the
Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue
Tracksuit Manager 2 Tracksuit Manager 2

Alucine Soft

 Professional Tennis Simulator Professional Tennis Simulator

Amazing Graphics

 Maze Wars Maze Wars

American Laser Games, Inc.

American Laser Games, Inc. was founded by Robert Grebe in the latter part of the 1980s and was in business for approximately 10 years, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They developed and published a variety of laserdisc games featuring the use of a light gun for several platforms including 3DO. In 1999 the company was bought out by their Her Interactive division. Then in the year 2000, American Laser was sold by Her Interactive to Digital Leisure Inc.
Space Pirates Space Pirates
Crime Patrol Crime Patrol

Amwa (HK) Computer Co.

 Pang Pang

Anco Software Ltd.

Anco Software was a long-running British game developer and publisher. The company was founded as a spin-off from Anirog Software. Anirog was founded in 1982 by Anil Gupta and Roger Gamon, who were working for Mullard Mitcham at that time.
Player Manager 2 Player Manager 2

Andrew Motes

 Mom's Math Mom's Math

Andrew Spencer Studios

Andrew Spencer Studios was a London, UK-based development studio, named after Andrew Spencer. The studio made the survival horror Ecstatica series with two games: Ecstatica (1994) and Ecstatica II (1996). They both use ellipsoid technology to render characters. A third game, Urban Decay, was in development for Psygnosis and used the game technology, but it was left abandoned in favour of developing the Ecstatica sequel and eventually it was cancelled.
Ecstatica Ecstatica

Andy Halma

 Sea Hunt Sea Hunt

Angelsoft, Inc.

Angelsoft, Inc., based in White Plains, NY, was founded by John R. Sansevere and Mercer Mayer. The company created eight text adventures in 1985/86, most of them book or film adaptations. Their games were written in a script language called ASG. A particular hallmark of Angelsoft games was that the puzzles were semi-random; you could do everything right and still die due to changing conditions and have to load a previously saved game.
High $take$ High $take$

Animac

 ANIMAC ANIMAC

AnimaTek International, Inc.

AnimaTek was a software development company founded in 1988 in Moscow, Russia, by the inventor of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, his partner, Vladimir Pokhilko and international entrepreneur, Henk Rogers. It had two development studios, one in Moscow, Russia and one in San Francisco, USA. The company was known for its Caviar Technology, a surface pixel real-time rendering engine. AnimaTek disappeared near the end of the '90s, but most of the staff and the technology moved on to Digital Element, Inc., a company founded in 1999 by AnimaTek's former General Manager Don McClure.
El-Fish El-Fish

Animation FX

 Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure

Animators

 Blind People Simulator Blind People Simulator

Anthony Hamilton

 Morkin 2 Morkin 2

Apogee

Apogee, founded in 1987, was considered an innovator in gaming industry. The game was eventually transformed to 3D Realms which continued to carry exceptional new ideas. Apogee also mend to the mind of players with vast base of shareware versions. Almost everyone can remember some shareware game from Apogee which were freely distributed among players. This approach made the company very known and popular and turned to be a good decision.
Duke Nukem Duke Nukem
Monster Bash Monster Bash
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Maze Machine Maze Machine
Maze Runner Maze Runner
Meteors Meteors
Caverns of Kroz II Caverns of Kroz II
Temple of Kroz Temple of Kroz

Appaloosa Interactive Corporation

Appaloosa Interactive Corporation was a Hungarian game development studio founded by András Császár and Stephen J. Friedman. It was established in 1983 as Novotrade Software Kft. by 4 banks and 93 enterprises as a way to get hold of foreign currency, of which the supply was always low in the eastern bloc. Initially the company imported and sold computer hardware and software, and later began licensing software and games from European companies, mostly for the Commodore 64. The company also made computer programs and TV commercials. An office in California (USA) was also opened in 1983, possibly with the name Novotrade International LLC. When Hungary became a republic in October 1989 after shaking off the communist regime, the operations in Hungary and the USA were joined with the establishment of Novotrade International, Inc. In addition the name was changed to Appaloosa Interactive Corporation on 4th November 1996.
Museum Madness Museum Madness

Arc Developments Limited

Arc Developments were formed by a group of former Elite employees - Chris Coupe, Byron Nilsson, Paul Walker and Richard Underhill. Most of their work involved multi-format conversions of arcade games, primarily for Activision, although they also did some original licensed products. They were active from the late 80s to the late 90s.
Predator 2 Predator 2

Arcade Masters

 Cool Croc Twin Cool Croc Twin

Arcadia Software

 Mushroom Mania Mushroom Mania

Arcadia Systems, Inc.

Arcadia Systems, Inc. was located in Costa Mesa, California, and was part of the Mastertronic Group. The company published a very small library of software on their own.
Metropolis Metropolis
Rockford: The Arcade Game Rockford: The Arcade Game

Arcanum Computing

 Superfly Superfly

Arena Games

 Cyberball Cyberball

Argo Games

 Hexxagon Hexxagon
Night Raid Night Raid
Hexxagon 2 Hexxagon 2

Argonaut Games PLC

ArgonaFounded by Jez San, Argonaut Games Plc was a large independent games developer with a 17 year history of producing games. The company was based in Edgware, north London, UK, and at its peak boasted over 300 employees. Argonaut created numerous games, most notably Croc: The Legend of the Gobbos, Alien: Resurrection and the first Harry Potter on PlayStation for EA.
Alien Odyssey Alien Odyssey
Birds of Prey Birds of Prey
FX Fighter FX Fighter
Days of Thunder Days of Thunder

Argonaut Sheffield

Particle Systems was a game development company formed in 1993 by industry veterans Michael Powell and Glyn Williams in the United Kingdom. The company specialized in science fiction games at the cutting edge of technology. The most well-known games from Particle were the Independence War series. In 2002 Particle Systems was acquired by Argonaut Software and subsequently renamed Argonaut Sheffield. The company closed in 2004 as did this division.
Evasive Action Evasive Action

Ark Multimedia Publishing

 Onesimus: A Quest for Freedom Onesimus: A Quest for Freedom

Art 9 Entertainment Inc.

 Heaven's Dawn Heaven's Dawn

Art Department Werbeagentur GmbH

 Die Enviro-Kids greifen ein Die Enviro-Kids greifen ein

ART4 Comp Group

 Harold's Mission Harold's Mission

Artcrew Productions

 Dino Jnr. in Canyon Capers Dino Jnr. in Canyon Capers

Artdink Corporation

Artdink (アートディンク) is a Japanese game developer based in Tsukushima, Tokyo. The company was founded on April 21st, 1986. They have developed computer and console games in a variety of genres, and are best known for their A-Train series.
Railroad Empire Railroad Empire
Atlas Atlas

Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd.

 Das Boot Das Boot
Blue Max - Aces of the Great War Blue Max - Aces of the Great War
Mini Putt Mini Putt
Wild Science Arcade Wild Science Arcade
Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation
The Train: Escape to Normandy The Train: Escape to Normandy
Megafortress Megafortress
Mental Blocks Mental Blocks
Mystery at the Museums Mystery at the Museums
Ace of Aces Ace of Aces
Rack 'Em Rack 'Em
Rock and Bach Studio Rock and Bach Studio
Serve & Volley Serve & Volley
Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing

ArtGame

 Abandoned Places - A Time for Heroes Abandoned Places - A Time for Heroes

Artificial Intelligence Design

 Rogue - The Adventure Game Rogue - The Adventure Game

Artronic Products Limited

Cascade Games Limited (from 1983-09-23 to 1988-11-21) A British publisher of the 80s and early 90s, Cascade were best known for the Cassette 50 compilations they released across several systems. The company's reputation was never fantastic, with the Ace series of flight simulations and the Vietnam-themed 19. After financial problems in the late 80s they became Artronic, but didn't last much longer.
Sky Runner Sky Runner

ASCARON Entertainment GmbH

Ascaron was a computer game company headquartered in Gütersloh, Germany. The company was founded in 1991 under the name Ascon by Holger Flöttmann and developed entertainment software for the German market for 18 years, with games franchises like Patrician, Port Royale, ANSTOSS (On the Ball) and Sacred. Later it also became known for its publishing and distribution activities. In August 2001 the company went into administration for the first time. However, the reestablishment of the company keeping all IPRs and brands made it possible for Ascaron to continue its operative business and to survive. In July 2002, Ascaron expanded by opening a wholly-owned subsidiary, Studio II Software in the University City, Aachen (Germany) and in September 2002, the first international office, Ascaron Entertainment (UK) Ltd. with its main office in Birmingham, was founded.
On the Ball: World Cup Edition On the Ball: World Cup Edition
Team F1 Team F1
On the Ball On the Ball

Ascon GmbH

Ascaron was a computer game company headquartered in Gütersloh, Germany. The company was founded in 1991 under the name Ascon by Holger Flöttmann and developed entertainment software for the German market for 18 years, with games franchises like Patrician, Port Royale, ANSTOSS (On the Ball) and Sacred.
Gloriana Gloriana

ASM Software

 DOS Quadraz DOS Quadraz

Assembly Line, The

British company famous for unique action/puzzle games such as Vaxine, The Assembly Line was also famous for excellent programming that was technically much more competent than most of its contemporaries. Its games were always very smooth, eminently playable, and pushes the capabilities of yesterday's computers to their limits. Although better known in the Commodore 64 and later Amiga circle, many of their games have also been ported to the PC and achieved modest success. Most of their games were published by US Gold. Developers include Andy Beveridge, Adrian Stephens, Martin Day, John Dale.
Helter Skelter Helter Skelter

AssistWare

 Ballons & Rainbows 5.0 Ballons & Rainbows 5.0

Astral Software

 Horror Zombies From The Crypt Horror Zombies From The Crypt
Archipelagos Archipelagos

Astros Productions

 Retribution Retribution

Atari Europe S.A.S.U.

Atari Europe S.A.S.U. is a majority owned subsidiary of the holding company Infogrames Entertainment SA with worldwide headquarters in Lyon, France. The company was founded in June 1983 as Infogrames by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet and was primarily known as a game developer during the late 1980's and 1990's. Their best-known games include the initial Alone in the Dark trilogy, as well as various games based on Franco-Belgian comics. Together with the US headquarters Atari, Inc. (formerly Infogrames, Inc.) in New York, the European division is a global publisher and distributor of games for all major consoles and also computers, with many development studios under its wings. The company also has offices in France, United Kingdom, Benelux, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, India, China, Australia, Japan.
Hostage Rescue Mission Hostage Rescue Mission
Eternam Eternam
International Tennis Open International Tennis Open
Armorik the Viking: The Eight Conquests Armorik the Viking: The Eight Conquests
Mystical Mystical
Continuum Continuum
Advantage Tennis Advantage Tennis
Bob Morane: Jungle 1 Bob Morane: Jungle 1
Bob Morane: Science Fiction 1 Bob Morane: Science Fiction 1
The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun
Spirou Spirou
Astérix: Caesar's Challenge Astérix: Caesar's Challenge
Tintin in Tibet Tintin in Tibet
Tintin on the Moon Tintin on the Moon
Iznogoud Iznogoud
Jack in the Dark Jack in the Dark

Atari, Inc.

Syzygy (the suffix is unknown as the company was never formally incorporated; sources vary between Syzygy Engineering and Syzygy Company) was founded in 1971 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Their sole project was Computer Space before the company was incorporated as Atari, Inc. in 1972 (California).
1000 MIGLIA 1000 MIGLIA
Gremlins Gremlins
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe
Battlezone Battlezone
Tempest 2000 Tempest 2000

Atod AB

The company was established as Atod Design KB in 1987 and incorporated as Atod AB in 1992 by Christoffer Nilsson and Thomas Liljetoft. In 2002 the company merged with Warthog Plc and became Warthog Sweden. This lasted until 2004 when the company was renamed Gizmondo Studios Helsingborg to focus on development for the Gizmondo hand-held. Eventually, in May 2006, the company was acquired by Eidos Interactive Ltd. (part of the SCi group) and renamed once more, now to Eidos Studios, Sweden AB. In 2008 Eidos restructured and closed the Swedish studio, who continued on their own, using their old name Atod AB.
Troddlers Troddlers

Atomic Games, Inc.

Located in Houston, Texas, Atomic Games is a privately held corporation. The company was founded in 1989 by Keith Zabalaoui, Ed Rains and Larry Merkel. The initial idea was to bring their passion, wargaming board games, to computers, and their first title was V for Victory: D-Day Utah Beach (1991). They did three more games in the V for Victory series for Three‑Sixty Pacific, Inc., and some similar games for Avalon Hill (e.g. World at War: Stalingrad) and Mattel. The real breakthrough came in 1996 when they teamed up with Microsoft for Close Combat. The game was a huge success and spawned many sequels. However, the company closed its doors in December 2000, until it was picked up by Destineer Studios in May 2005. They are currently working on Close Combat: Red Phoenix. The company is considered one of the pioneers in electronic historical wargaming.
V for Victory V for Victory