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Barry Leitch
Barry Leitch (born 27 April 1970 in Strathaven, Scotland) is a Scottish video game music composer. His work includes the '' Lotus Turbo Challenge'', '' TFX'', '' Gauntlet Legends'', '' Gauntlet Dark Legacy'', ''Top Gear'', and '' Rush'' video game series. Games * ''The Addams Family'' (Game Boy, NES - Ocean) * '' Airborne Ranger'' (Atari ST, Amiga - Microprose) * '' American Gladiators'' (Atari ST, Amiga, Genesis, SNES - Gametek) * '' Back to the Future Part III'' (C64 - Probe - not published) * ''Battlefield'' (C64 - Atlantis Software) * '' Bonnie's Bookstore'' (PC - Popcap and New Crayon Games) * '' Boss Rally'' (PC) * ''BSS Jane Seymour'' (PC - Gremlin Graphics) * '' Butcher Hill'' (Amiga - Gremlin Graphics) * '' Captain Blood'' (Spectrum - Infogrames) * ''Captain Courageous'' (C64 - English Software) * '' Championship Manager'' (PC - Domark) * '' Combo Racer'' (Amiga - Gremlin Graphics) * ''Daemonsgate'' (Atari ST, Amiga, PC - Gremlin Graphics) * ''Demoniak'' (PC - Bitmap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathaven
Strathaven ( ; from ) is a historic market town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is the largest settlement in Avondale. It is south of Hamilton. The Powmillon Burn runs through the town centre, and joins the Avon Water to the east of the town. The current estimated population is 8,000. The town was granted a royal charter in 1450, making it a burgh of barony. The A71, which connects Edinburgh and Irvine, passes through the town. History A Roman road passes close by, on the south side of the Avon Water; it led to the Roman fort at Loudoun Hill near Darvel. The origins of Strathaven Castle are obscure, but it is believed to have been held by the Bairds until after the end of the Wars of Scottish Independence in 1357. It then passed to William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas in 1370. The settlement within the lands of Strathaven became a burgh of barony in 1450. The centre of the town is occupied by the market square, formerly a grassed common, and still known as Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie's Bookstore
''Bonnie's Bookstore'' is a word-forming puzzle video game developed by New Crayon Games and published by PopCap Games. On each level, tiles containing one (or in some cases, two) letters are arranged in a specific structure. As in the similar title ''Bookworm'', players use adjacent letters to form valid words, with points being awarded based on the length of the word. In most cases, once a letter is used, it is removed from the board, with existing letters moving downwards and new letters filling in from the top. Plot In ''Bonnie's Bookstore'', the titular character runs a bookstore which she has inherited from her deceased grandfather. One day while cleaning the attic, she discovers a series of paintings apparently created by him. The paintings appear to depict scenes from popular children's stories. In a flash of inspiration, Bonnie decides to become an author, writing updated versions of these classic stories while using her grandfather's paintings as the illustrations. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psygnosis
Psygnosis Limited (; known as SCE Studio Liverpool or simply Studio Liverpool from 1999) was a British video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher headquartered at Wavertree Technology Park in Liverpool. Founded in 1984 by Ian Hetherington, Jonathan Ellis, and David Lawson, the company initially became known for well-received games on the Atari ST and Amiga. In 1993, it became a wholly owned subsidiary and first-party developer of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and began developing games for the original PlayStation (console), PlayStation. It later became a part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The company was the oldest and second largest development house within the company. The company is best known for creating the ''Wipeout (video game series), Wipeout'', ''Formula One (video game series), Formula One'' and ''Colony Wars'' series. Reports of Studio Liverpool's closure surfaced on 22 August 2012, with ''Edge (magazine), Edge'' quoting staff tweets. Staff members we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Flame
Order of the Flame may refer to: *Order of the Flame, a religious order under the auspices of the World Methodist Council The World Methodist Council (WMC), founded in 1881, is a consultative body that represents churches within Methodism and facilitates cooperation among its member denominations. It comprises 80 denominations in 138 countries which together repres ... * Drakan: Order of the Flame, an action-adventure video game {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Dragon
is a beat 'em up video game series originally developed and published by Technōs Japan. It began with the release of the arcade game '' Double Dragon'' in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals. The original ''Double Dragon'' was a hit arcade video game, ushering in a "Golden Age" for the beat 'em up genre,Spencer, SpannerThe Tao of Beat-'em-ups (part 2) ''EuroGamer'', Feb 12, 2008, Accessed Mar 18, 2009Cassidy, William, ''Gamespy'', Jan 5, 2003, Accessed, March 24, 2009 resulting in a flood of beat 'em ups during the late 1980s to 1990s that followed the conventions set by ''Double Dragon''. A 1993 animated series and 1994 live-action film adaptation were produced; these adaptations were widely-panned by critics and audiences. In June 2015, Arc System Works acquired the rights to all former Technōs IPs, including the ''Double Dragon'' series. Arc System Works had previously ported the origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bitmap Brothers
The Bitmap Brothers is a British video game developer founded in 1987 by Mike Montgomery, Eric Matthews, and Steve Kelly. The company released its first title, the scrolling shooter ''Xenon (video game), Xenon'', in 1988. Shortly thereafter, it released ''Speedball (video game), Speedball''. Prior to publishing its own games (as Renegade Software), early Bitmap Brothers titles were Distribution (business), distributed by Image Works and Konami. The Bitmap Brothers released several games on the Amiga, Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes, and other DOS machines. The company came to prominence partly because it developed many different types of games, and most of these titles became highly regarded entries in their respective genres. The Bitmap Brothers' Personal computer, PC games have never matched the sales of their previous Amiga titles, however, even despite garnering positive critical reviews in the press. Frequently characterized as rockstars, Montgomery, Matthews, and Kelly once p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combo Racer
''Combo Racer'' is a Sidecar video game developed by Imagetic Design and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1990 in video gaming, 1990. The game uses an isometric view and the player has to change gear manually. It contains a training mode, a normal game mode and a track editor. References External linksPlay Combo Racer online *https://web.archive.org/web/20110804213510/http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/game.php3?titel_id=7143&game_id=7221 1990 video games Amiga games Atari ST games Europe-exclusive video games Gremlin Interactive games Multiplayer video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games scored by Barry Leitch {{f1-racing-videogame-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Square Enix Europe
Eidos Interactive Limited (formerly Domark Limited) was a British video game publisher based in Wimbledon, London. Among its franchises were '' Championship Manager'', ''Deus Ex'', ''Hitman'', ''Thief'' and ''Tomb Raider''. Domark was founded by Mark Strachan and Dominic Wheatley in 1984. In 1995, it was acquired by software company Eidos. Ian Livingstone, who held a stake in Domark, became executive chairman of Eidos and held various roles including creative director. Eidos took over U.S. Gold in 1996, which included developer Core Design, and merged its operations including Domark, which created publishing subsidiary Eidos Interactive. The company acquired Crystal Dynamics in 1998, and owned numerous other assets. In 2005, parent Eidos was taken over by games publisher SCi. The combined company, SCi Entertainment Group, which was briefly renamed Eidos, was itself taken over by Square Enix in 2009. Square Enix completed the merger with Eidos Interactive by November 2009, abs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Championship Manager (video Game)
''Championship Manager'' is the first game in the '' Championship Manager'' series of football management simulation video games. The game was released in September 1992 on Atari ST and Amiga, and ported to MS-DOS soon after. The game was written by Paul and Oliver Collyer, the co-founders of Sports Interactive. Gameplay The game featured four playable English divisions (First through to Fourth; the newly formed FA Premier League did not appear until '' Championship Manager 93/94''). In the game, each division contained only 20 teams, whereas in real life they contained 22 or 24 teams at that time. Also included were all of the major domestic cups of the time (including the Anglo-Italian Cup) and the three major European trophies (including the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup). Any teams outside of the four playable divisions and all foreign teams had no player names at all. Instead, players were simply called No. 3 or No. 10 depending on which position they played. One of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Software
The English Software Company, later shortened to English Software, was a Manchester, UK-based video game developer and publisher that operated from 1982 until 1987. Starting with its first release, the horizontally scrolling shooter ''Airstrike'', English Software focused on Atari 8-bit computers of home, then expanded to other platforms. The company used the slogan "The power of excitement". History The company was set up in 1982 by Philip Morris, owner of the Gemini Electronics computer store in Manchester, to release video games for the Atari 8-bit computers. By the end of 1983, English Software was the largest producer of Atari 8-bit software in the UK and Morris closed Gemini Electronics to concentrate on English Software."News and Views" |
Atari SA
Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA ()), also known as Atari Group, is a French holding company headquartered in Paris that owns mainly video gaming-related interactive entertainment properties. Atari SA's core subsidiaries include the publisher and marketer Atari, Inc. (1993–present), Atari, Inc., developers Nightdive Studios and Digital Eclipse, and publisher Infogrames. It also has a blockchain division, Atari X, and additionally owns the websites MobyGames and AtariAge. Through these divisions, the company owns the rights to many video game properties that originated from Accolade, Inc., Accolade, Atari, Inc., Atari Corporation, GT Interactive, Ocean Software, M Network via Intellivision and others. It is the sole owner of the Atari, Atari brand since 2001, through its subsidiary Atari Interactive, Atari Interactive Inc. which licenses the brand to other entities in the group. Infogrames published numerous video games during the 1990s and eventually became one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Blood (video Game)
''Captain Blood'' (''L'Arche du Captain Blood'' in France) is a French video game made by ERE Informatique (soon relabeled with their short-lived '' Exxos'' label) and released by Infogrames in 1988. It was later re-released in the UK by Players Premier Software. The game was first released on the Atari ST, and was later for the Commodore 64, Macintosh, Amiga, Apple IIGS, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Thomson TO8 / MO6. The ST version is the only version that includes the full set of alien language sounds. The title tune is a stripped down version of "Ethnicolor" by Jean-Michel Jarre. Plot The titular character of the game is a 1980s video game designer, Bob Morlock, who picked "Captain Blood" as a nickname in tribute to the film starring Errol Flynn of the same name. Morlock develops a new video game about aliens and space travel. While testing his new project for the first time, he becomes warped inside the spaceship of the very game he had designed. Soon after, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
