Beyond Software was a
video game publisher in the
UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the
EMAP
Ascential plc, formerly EMAP, is a British business-to-business media business specialising in exhibitions & festivals and information services. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
Ric ...
publishing group in 1983 and published numerous titles on the
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...
,
Dragon 32,
ZX Spectrum and
Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of
Mike Singleton's ''
The Lords of Midnight
''The Lords of Midnight'' is an epic fantasy video game combining aspects of wargames and graphic adventures, written by Mike Singleton and originally released in 1984 for the . Very well received from the beginning, it was soon converted for t ...
'' in 1984. The
Tolkien-esque strategy game became an instant success and allowed Beyond to establish a distribution deal with American developers
First Star
First Star Software, Inc. was a Chappaqua, New York based video game development, publishing and licensing company, founded by Richard Spitalny (who remains the company's president), Billy Blake, Peter Jablon, and Fernando Herrera in 1982. It is ...
, as well as a publishing deal with developer
Denton Designs.
After being acquired by
Telecomsoft in late 1985
[Richard Hewison]
Beyond.
'' from: ''The Bird Sanctuary.'' Accessed on 2009-12-10 for a six-figure sum, Beyond continued to operate as a unique label, mostly releasing games that had already been in development for some time, as well as a number of conversions of existing titles. Telecomsoft did very little with the Beyond label beyond these releases. A number of high-profile titles, such as ''
Star Trek: The Rebel Universe'' ended up on the Firebird label, while a highly anticipated Mike Singleton project, ''Eye of the Moon'', failed to materialise.
Games
References
External links
*{{MobyGames company, company=beyond
Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom
Video game companies established in 1983
Video game publishers