Novagen Software Ltd (commonly referred to as Novagen) was a British software developer which released a number of
computer games
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on a variety of platforms from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
The company was set up by Paul Woakes and Bruce Jordan and employed approximately 18 people. In addition to running Novagen, Paul Woakes also developed and programmed the vast majority of the company's products and the first version of a custom loading scheme that worked ten times faster than
Commodore
Commodore may refer to:
Ranks
* Commodore (rank), a naval rank
** Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom
** Commodore (India), in India
** Commodore (United States)
** Commodore (Canada)
** Commodore (Finland)
** Commodore (Germany) or ' ...
's own, which became
Novaload.
Games
* ''
Encounter!'' (1983) Atari 8-bit, (1984) C64
* ''
Mercenary
A mercenary is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather t ...
'' (1985) Atari 8-bit, C64, C16, Plus/4, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST
** ''Mercenary: The Second City'' (1986) expansion pack for ''Mercenary''
* ''Mercenary Compendium Edition'' (1987) ''Mercenary'' + ''The Second City''
* ''Backlash'' (1988) Amiga, Atari ST
* ''Battle Island'' (1988) C64
* ''Hell Bent'' (1989) Amiga, Atari ST
* ''
Damocles: Mercenary II'' (1990) Amiga, Atari ST
** ''Damocles: Mission Disk 1'' (1991) Amiga, Atari ST
** ''Damocles: Mission Disk 2'' (1991) Amiga, Atari ST
* ''Damocles Compendium Edition'' (1991) Damocles + Mission Disk 1 + Mission Disk 2
* ''Encounter'' (1991) Amiga, Atari ST
* ''
Mercenary III'' (1992)
Amiga, Atari ST
References
External links
The Novagen Team
Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom
Software companies of the United Kingdom
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