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Cross Products

Founded: 1989^[1]

Merged with: Imagination Technologies Group plc

Headquarters:

Leeds, United Kingdom

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Cross Products^[2] was a British company, based in Leeds, specialized in creating and marketing Cross Platform Development Tools^[3], founded in 1989^[1] by Ian Oliver and Andy Craven^[4]^[5] (Andrew Stuart Craven), a collaborative venture^[6]^[7]^[8] between Realtime Games Software and Vektor Grafix, two of the UK’s leading computer game companies of the time.

In June 1994^[1]^[9] the company was acquired by Sega as part of their ongoing development tools strategy. In 2001 the entire share capital of Cross Products was acquired from Sega by Imagination Technologies Group plc for a total of £4.2 million^[10].

Development hardware/tools produced

Promotional material

SNASM2 Brochure
Cross Products UK Price List - May 1995
Cross Products Export Price List - May 1995
Cross Products Export Price List - May 1995 (Alt)
Cross Products UK Price List - February 1997
Cross Products Export Price List - February 1997

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Cross Products

Logos

Old logo
Logo

External links

www.crossprod.co.uk (archived 1996-12-27 10:09)

References

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Overseas Sega companies, studios and subsidiaries
CSK														Sega Sammy Holdings
	Sega of America
		Sega Technical Institute
				Sega Away Team
			Sega Europe
			Sega France												Sega France
			Sega Consumer Products S.A												Sega Spain
			Sega Vertriebsgesellschaft			Sega Austria
				Sega Interactive
				Sega Deutschland											Sega Germany
				Sega Amusements Taiwan																			Sega Taiwan
					Sega Denmark
					Sega Belgium
					Sega Netherlands
					Sega Multimedia Studio
					Sega Midwest Studio
					Sega Amusements USA
						Deith Leisure					Sega Amusements Europe										Sega Amusements International
																	Sega Total Solutions
																	Sega Prize Europe
							Sega Music Group
							SegaSoft
							Sega Entertainment
								Hyundai-Sega Entertainment
								Sega Enterprises Israel
									No Cliche
										Sega of America Dreamcast
										Sonic Team USA					Sega Studios USA
										Visual Concepts
											Sega.com
											Sega.com Asia
												Sega of China
													Sega Mobile							Sega Networks Inc.
													Sega Publishing Korea
															The Creative Assembly
															Sega (China) Network Technology Co., Ltd
																Sega Benelux
																Sega Studios San Francisco
																Sports Interactive
																		Sega Studios Australia
																			Three Rings Design
																				Relic Entertainment
																				Atlus USA
																					Demiurge Studios
																					Go Game
																					Sonic Studio
																						Amplitude Studios
																								Sonic Team USA

[Interview:_Ian_Oliver_.281998-01.29_by_World_of_Stuart-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Interview: Ian Oliver (1998-01) by World of Stuart

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19961227100911.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.crossprod.co.uk-2] ttp://www.crossprod.co.uk (Wayback Machine: 1996-12-27 10:09)

[:File:ElectronicNews_US_1994-03-14.3B_Page_42.png_p-3] File:ElectronicNews US 1994-03-14; Page 42.png

[:File:Crash_UK_64.pdf_p53-4] Crash, "May 1989" (UK; 1989-04-27), page 53

[https:.2F.2Farchive.fo.2FdwaWb-5] ttp://www.crashonline.org.uk/64/bomber.htm (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19980121164142.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.crossprod.co.uk.2Fcompany.htm-6] ttp://www.crossprod.co.uk/company.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-01-21 16:41)

[:File:TGM_UK_29.pdf_p20-7] The Games Machine, "April 1990" (UK; 1990-03-15), page 20

[:File:NextGeneration_US_09.pdf_p57-8] Next Generation, "September 1995" (US; 1995-08-22), page 57

[:File:Cross_Products_Limited_Annual_Report_.28for_the_period_ended_31_March_1995.29_1995-06-16.pdf_p3-9] File:Cross Products Limited Annual Report (for the period ended 31 March 1995) 1995-06-16.pdf, page 3

[Press_Release:_2001-09-26:_Imagination_Technologies_Acquires_Cross_Products-10] Press Release: 2001-09-26: Imagination Technologies Acquires Cross Products

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+{{sub-stub}}'''Cross Products'''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19961227100911/http://www.crossprod.co.uk}} was a British company, based in Leeds, specialized in creating and marketing Cross Platform Development Tools{{fileref|ElectronicNews US 1994-03-14; Page 42.png}}, founded in 1989{{intref|Interview: Ian Oliver (1998-01) by World of Stuart}} by [[Ian Oliver]] and Andy Craven{{magref|crash|64|53}}{{ref|https://archive.fo/dwaWb|http://www.crashonline.org.uk/64/bomber.htm}} (Andrew Stuart Craven), a collaborative venture{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19980121164142/http://www.crossprod.co.uk/company.htm}}{{magref|gamesmachineuk|29|20}}{{magref|nextgeneration|9|57}} between [[Realtime Games Software]] and [[Vektor Grafix]], two of the UK’s leading computer game companies of the time.
 In June 1994{{intref|Interview: Ian Oliver (1998-01) by World of Stuart}}{{fileref|Cross Products Limited Annual Report (for the period ended 31 March 1995) 1995-06-16.pdf|page=3}} the company was acquired by [[Sega]]  as part of their ongoing development tools strategy. In 2001 the entire share capital of Cross Products was acquired from [[Sega]] by Imagination Technologies Group plc for a total of £4.2 million{{intref|Press Release: 2001-09-26: Imagination Technologies Acquires Cross Products}}.