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| − | }} | + | }}{{stub}}'''Software Studios''' was a British video game developer{{magref|gamesmachineuk|6|15}} and internal division of [[Electric Dreams Software]]. |
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| + | Founded in 1986 by John Dean and Dave Cummings, and active throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Software Studios was [[Electric Dreams Software]]'s internal game development division, and was founded to coordinate resources, staff, and ideas between its parent company's various projects. | ||
| − | Software Studios | + | Software Studios was responsible for handling [[Activision]]-owned properties in Europe (including those licensed from [[Sega]]), and sub-contracted the actual game development work to developers like [[Images Design]], [[MD Software]] and [[Focus]]. The role Software Studios played in these circumstances is also unknown - they may have simply been co-publishers, or may have had a direct hand in development, managing smaller studios responsible for producing programming, graphics, or sound. |
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| + | Curiously, the Software Studios name continued to be used after [[Electric Dreams Software]] ceased game publishing. | ||
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:''Note: Software Studios may have produced every Activision-branded Sega port - there is insufficient evidence at present to prove it at this time.'' | :''Note: Software Studios may have produced every Activision-branded Sega port - there is insufficient evidence at present to prove it at this time.'' | ||
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Software Studios was a British video game developer[1] and internal division of Electric Dreams Software.
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Company
Founded in 1986 by John Dean and Dave Cummings, and active throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Software Studios was Electric Dreams Software's internal game development division, and was founded to coordinate resources, staff, and ideas between its parent company's various projects.
Software Studios was responsible for handling Activision-owned properties in Europe (including those licensed from Sega), and sub-contracted the actual game development work to developers like Images Design, MD Software and Focus. The role Software Studios played in these circumstances is also unknown - they may have simply been co-publishers, or may have had a direct hand in development, managing smaller studios responsible for producing programming, graphics, or sound.
Curiously, the Software Studios name continued to be used after Electric Dreams Software ceased game publishing.
Softography
- Note: Software Studios may have produced every Activision-branded Sega port - there is insufficient evidence at present to prove it at this time.
Amiga
- SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative (1989)
- Time Scanner (1989)
- Super Hang-On (1989)
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1989)
- Power Drift (1989)
- Altered Beast (1990)
- Power Drift (unreleased)
Amstrad CPC
- Super Hang-On (1987)
- SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative (1988)
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1989)
- Power Drift (1989)
- Power Drift (unreleased)
Atari ST
- Enduro Racer (1987)
- Super Hang-On (1988)
- Time Scanner (1989)
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1989)
- Power Drift (1989)
- Power Drift (unreleased)
Commodore 64
- Enduro Racer (1987)
- Super Hang-On (1987)
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1989)
- Power Drift (1989)
- Power Drift (unreleased)
ZX Spectrum
- Enduro Racer (1987)
- Super Hang-On (1987)
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land (1989)
- Power Drift (1989)
- Power Drift (unreleased)