Retro British (Ocean/Psygnosis etc) Companines Topic

Going from the popularity of the Obscure games you love that no one remembers? topic. I decided to create a topic to discuss retro games developed or published by British companies. Some real amazing games/companies here...

* 4J Studios
* Acclaim Cheltenham
* Acclaim Studios Teesside
* Acornsoft
* Addictive Games
* Adventure Soft
* Alligata
* Alten8
* Argonaut Games
* Artic Software
* Astraware
* Atlantis Software
* Atomic Planet Entertainment
* Attention To Detail
* Audiogenic
* Automata UK
* BBC Multimedia
* Beautiful Game Studios
* Beyond Software
* Big Red Software
* Bigbig Studios
* The Bitmap Brothers
* Bits Studios
* Bizarre Creations
* Blaby Computer Games
* Black Rock Studio
* Blimey! Games
* Blitz Arcade
* Blitz Games
* Blitz Games Studios
* Blue Ribbon (software house)
* Broadsword Interactive
* Bug-Byte
* Bullfrog Productions
* CDS Software
* CRL Group
* Cable Software
* Canalside Studios
* Cases Computer Simulations
* CentreGold
* Circle Studio
* Climax Group
* Codemasters
* Cohort Studios
* Confounding Factor (games company)
* Core Design
* Covert Operations Ltd
* Creative Sparks
* Creature Labs
* Criterion Games
* Cronosoft
* Crystal Computing
* Crytek UK
* DK'Tronics
* DR Studios
* Dare to be Digital
* Dark Energy Digital
* Data Design Interactive
* Database Software
* Datel
* Delta 4
* Denki
* Denton Designs
* Design Design
* Digi-Guys
* Digital Image Design
* Digital Jesters
* The Digital Village
* Divide By Zero
* Domark
* Doublesix
* Durell Software
* Dynamo Games
* EON Digital Entertainment
* Eidos Interactive
* Elite Systems
* Elixir Studios
* Empire Interactive
* Eurocom
* Eutechnyx
* Evolution Studios
* Exient Entertainment
* Feral Interactive
* Firebrand Games
* Firefly Studios
* Four Door Lemon
* FreeStyleGames
* Frontier Developments
* Full Fat
* Fuse Games
* G2 Games
* Gargoyle Games
* Geoff Brown Holdings
* Graftgold
* Grandslam Entertainment
* Graphic State Games
* Gremlin Interactive
* Hanako Games
* Headfirst Productions
* Hewson Consultants
* The Hidden (game developer)
* HotGen
* ICE Software
* Ignition Entertainment
* Imagine Software
* Impressions Games
* Intelligent Games
* Introversion Software
* Jagex
* Juice Games
* Krisalis Software
* Kuju Entertainment
* Level 9 Computing
* Linux Game Publishing
* Lionhead Studios
* Llamasoft
* Macrospace
* Magenta Software
* Magnetic Scrolls
* Majestic Studios
* Mastertronic
* Media Molecule
* Micro Power
* Microdeal
* Midas Interactive Entertainment
* Midway Studios - Newcastle
* Millennium Interactive
* Mind's Eye Productions
* Mirrorsoft
* Mobi-Mechanic
* Mobi-Medic
* Monumental Games
* Mousebreaker
* Mucky Foot Productions
* Mythos Games
* NDreams
* New Generation Software
* Ninja Theory
* Nitrome
* Ocean Software
* Odin Computer Graphics
* Outerlight
* Oxygen Games
* Oxygen Studios
* P.I.S.D.
* Particle Systems
* Personal Software Services
* Pivotal Games
* PomPom Games
* Positech Games
* Proper Games
* Qube Software
* Rabbit Software
* Rage Software
* User:Rankinb/Sandbox
* Rare (company)
* Razorworks
* Realtime Games Software
* Realtime Worlds
* Rebellion Developments
* Relentless Software
* Renegade Software
* Revolution Software
* Richard Shepherd Software
* Rising Star Games
* Rockstar Games
* Rockstar Leeds
* Rockstar London
* Rockstar North
* Rocksteady Studios
* Rowan Software
* Ruffian Games
* Runecraft
* SCE Cambridge Studio
* SCE London Studio
* SCE Studio Liverpool
* Sega Racing Studio
* Sensible Software
* Sherston America
* Sherston Software
* Silicon Dreams Studios
* Slightly Mad Studios
* Software Creations (UK)
* Software Projects
* The Software Refinery
* Sold-Out Software
* Sony Imagesoft
* Splash Damage
* Sports Interactive
* Square Enix Europe
* Stainless Games
* Strange Flavour
* Strangelite
* Strawdog Studios

I've missed loads and loads to games far far too many to post.

But feel free too add more, talk about them etc etc etc

Over to you guys

Last edited by HSH28 on Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:20 pm, edited 3 times in total.

You just can't beat Sensible Software for me...

The problem with the companies is that they're nowhere near as interesting as the games they produced. (well, not so much that they're not interesting as it's something that - as a gamer of the time - you're were barely exposed to).

The magazines of the time are a far more profitable line of inquiry. They were our proto-internet.

The music was brilliant with this old Amiga games 8-)

I spent so many hours playing this on the Amiga :wub:

Mastertronic made a whole heap of shite on the speccy but at least they had the good grace to only charge £1.99 and they also made those magic knight games which were brilliant.

The first software house that I was really aware of and looked to as a sign of quality was J K Greye Software back in the days of the ZX81...

3D Monster Maze

3D Defender

my favourite was Catacombs... but can't find a clip of that

U.S.Gold based out of Birmingham who did loads of arcade conversions.

Where are looking glass? Didnt they do system shock?

Also the Ultima Underworld games IIRC.

Rex Kramer wrote:Mastertronic made a whole heap of shite on the speccy but at least they had the good grace to only charge £1.99 and they also made those magic knight games which were brilliant.

How did I not remember Mastertronic? :fp:

I never did finish The Last V8... but thanks to the magic of youtube...

The amount of great British-developed games on the Amiga was staggering.

Sensible Software were probably my number one but Team 17, Bitmap Brothers, Dino Dini and others would have to be up there too.

Bullfrog

Still holding out for Dungeon Keeper 3.

SchminkyPinky wrote:The amount of great British-developed games on the Amiga was staggering.

Sensible Software were probably my number one but Team 17, Bitmap Brothers, Dino Dini and others would have to be up there too.

The Amiga was a strange strange platform. Uncommonly popular in Europe, less so in the US.

Amiga veterans may find this interesting. £130 for an FGPA board that rather effectively emulates the A500.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimig

Of course, you could probably source a real Amiga cheaper, but it's nice to know that should every original Amiga effectively die, there's a cost effective replacement available

Ultimate. (Rare now) some people liked jet pac or attic attac, I liked the little gardening robot game Pssst.

Psygnosis isn't technically dead...

KKLEIN wrote:Psygnosis isn't technically dead...

True they are now SCE Studio Liverpool

Durell Software did some immense work on the Spectrum. Harrier Attack, Combat Lynx, Critical Mass, Fat Worm Blows a Sparky, Thanatos, Saboteur, and the sublime Turbo Esprit. Some of the best games of my childhood right there.

You know, according to Retro Gamer, there was actually a Harrier Attack 2...

strawberry float yeah Ocean.

Were Bullfrog British too?

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