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Not to be confused with Gremlin Industries.

Gremlin Interactive

Founded: 1984

Defunct: 2003

T-series code: T-123

Merged into: Infogrames (1999)

Headquarters:

2-4 Carver Street, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, S1 4FS^[1]

Gremlin Interactive Ltd. (formerly Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.) was a British software house based in Sheffield and working mostly in the home computer market. The company was established in 1984 as Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd by Ian Stewart. In 1994, it was renamed as Gremlin Interactive. Like many software houses established in the eighties, their primary market was the 8-bit range of computers such as the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64.

Gremlin scored big with the Zool and Premier Manager series in the early 1990s, and then with Actua Soccer, the first football game in full 3D, while having success with other games such as the Lotus series, Motorhead or Hardwar. Following EA's success with the EA Sports brand, Gremlin also released their own sports videogame series, adding Golf, Tennis and Ice Hockey to their Actua Sports series (thought, incidentally to be a nod to Sega's Virtua series, both missing the "l" off "Actual" and "Virtual", respectively).

In 1996 Gremlin acquired DMA Design (creators of Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings). In 1999, they themselves were bought by Infogrames and renamed "Infogrames Sheffield House", for a reported fee of around £21m, but the studio closed in 2003. The building they occupied has since been demolished.

In 2003, Zoo Digital Publishing, another company founded by Gremlin founder Ian Stuart, acquired the ex-Gremlin assets from Atari (IESA). A year later, former members of Gremlin Interactive management set up Sumo Digital.

Softography

Master System

Zool (1994) (as Gremlin Graphics Software)

Mega Drive

Lotus Turbo Challenge (1992) (as Gremlin Graphics Software)
Zool (1993) (as Gremlin Graphics Software)
Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing (1993) (as Gremlin Graphics Software)
Top Gear 2 (1994) (as Gremlin Graphics Software)
Newman-Haas IndyCar Featuring Nigel Mansell (1994) (as Gremlin Graphics Software)
Premier Manager (1995)
Premier Manager 97 (1996)
Litil Divil (unreleased)

Game Gear

Monster Truck Wars (1994) (as Gremlin Graphics Software)
Zool (1994) (as Gremlin Graphics Software)

Saturn

Loaded (1996)
UEFA Euro 96 England (1996)
Gremlin Interactive Demo Disk (1996)
Actua Golf (1996)
VR Soccer (1996)
Hardcore 4x4 (1996)
Actua Soccer Club Edition (1997)
Gremlin Interactive Demo Disc (1997)
Actua Golf 2 (unreleased)
Actua Ice Hockey (unreleased)
Actua Soccer 2 (unreleased)
Actua Tennis (unreleased)
Arms Race (unreleased)
Buggy (unreleased)
Premier Manager 97 (unreleased)
Re-Loaded (unreleased)
Slipstream (unreleased)

Dreamcast

Wacky Races (2000) (as Infogrames Sheffield House)

Gallery

1986 logo
1995 logo

References

↑ http://www.gremlin.co.uk/compindex.html (Wayback Machine: 1997-01-19 09:55)

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-'''Gremlin Interactive''' (formerly '''Gremlin Graphics''') was a British software house based in Sheffield  and working mostly in the home computer market. The company was established in 1984 as Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd by Ian Stewart. In 1994, it was renamed as Gremlin Interactive. Like many software houses established in the eighties, their primary market was the 8-bit range of computers such as the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64.
+'''Gremlin Interactive Ltd.''' (formerly '''Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.''') was a British software house based in Sheffield and working mostly in the home computer market. The company was established in 1984 as Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd by Ian Stewart. In 1994, it was renamed as Gremlin Interactive. Like many software houses established in the eighties, their primary market was the 8-bit range of computers such as the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64.
-Gremlin scored big with the ''[[Zool]]'' and ''[[Premier Manager]]'' series in the early 1990s, and then with ''Actua Soccer'', the first football game in full 3D, while having success with other games such as the Lotus series, Motorhead or Hardwar. Following EA's success with the EA Sports brand, Gremlin also released their own sports videogame series, adding Golf, Tennis and Ice Hockey to their ''Actua Sports'' series (thought, incidentally to be a nod to [[Sega]]'s ''Virtua'' series, both missing the "l" off "Actual" and "Virtual", respectively).
+Gremlin scored big with the ''[[Zool]]'' and ''[[Premier Manager]]'' series in the early 1990s, and then with ''Actua Soccer'', the first football game in full 3D, while having success with other games such as the ''Lotus'' series, ''Motorhead'' or ''Hardwar''. Following EA's success with the EA Sports brand, Gremlin also released their own sports videogame series, adding Golf, Tennis and Ice Hockey to their ''Actua Sports'' series (thought, incidentally to be a nod to [[Sega]]'s ''Virtua'' series, both missing the "l" off "Actual" and "Virtual", respectively).
-In 1996 Gremlin acquired DMA Design (creators of Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings). In 1999, they themselves were bought by Infogrames and renamed "Infogrames Sheffield House", for a reported fee of around £21m, but the studio closed in 2003. The building they occupied has since been demolished.
+In 1996 Gremlin acquired DMA Design (creators of ''Grand Theft Auto'' and ''[[Lemmings]]''). In 1999, they themselves were bought by Infogrames and renamed "Infogrames Sheffield House", for a reported fee of around £21m, but the studio closed in 2003. The building they occupied has since been demolished.
-In 2003, former members of Gremlin Industries management set up [[Sumo Digital]].
+In 2003, Zoo Digital Publishing, another company founded by Gremlin founder Ian Stuart, acquired the ex-Gremlin assets from Atari (IESA). A year later, former members of Gremlin Interactive management set up [[Sumo Digital]].
 ==Softography==
-===[[Master System]]===
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Gremlin Interactive|Gremlin Graphics Software|Infogrames Sheffield House}}
-* ''[[Zool]]'' (1993)
-===[[Mega Drive]]===
+==Gallery==
-* ''[[Lotus Turbo Challenge]]'' (1992)
+<gallery>
-* ''[[Lotus II: RECS]]'' (1993)
+GremlinGraphicsSoftware logo.png|1986 logo
-* ''[[Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing]]'' (1993)
+Gremlininteractive_logo.png|1995 logo
-* ''[[Zool]]'' (1993)
+</gallery>
-* ''[[Newman/Haas IndyCar featuring Nigel Mansell]]'' (1994)
-* ''[[Top Gear 2]]'' (1994)
-* ''[[Premier Manager]]'' (1995)
-* ''[[Premier Manager 97]]'' (1996)
-===[[Game Gear]]===
+==References==
-* ''[[Monster Truck Wars]]'' (1994)
+<references/>
-* ''[[Zool]]'' (1994)
-===[[Saturn]]===
-* ''[[UEFA Euro 96 England]]'' (1995)
-* ''[[Actua Golf]]'' (1996)
-* ''[[Loaded]]'' (1996)
-* ''[[VR Soccer]]'' (1996)
-* ''[[Actua Soccer Club Edition]]'' (1997)
-* ''[[TNN Motor Sports Hardcore 4x4]]'' (1997)
-===[[Dreamcast]]===
-* ''[[Wacky Races]]'' (2000)