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}}{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}, Ltd.''', later known as '''21st Century Entertainment, Ltd.'''{{ref|1=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4Bn8fpr0yooJ:https://www.companieslist.co.uk/02590907-21st-century-entertainment-ltd+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us}}, was a British video game developer most notable for porting the 1989 [[Hewson Consultants]] [[Amiga]] game ''[[wikipedia:Onslaught (video game)|Onslaught]]'' to the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in 1991 as ''[[Onslaught]]''.
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{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}, Ltd.''', trading as, and later known as '''21st Century Entertainment, Ltd.'''{{ref|1=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4Bn8fpr0yooJ:https://www.companieslist.co.uk/02590907-21st-century-entertainment-ltd+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us}}, was a British video game developer. It was formed by Andrew Hewson in 1991 after his previous company, [[Hewson Consultants]] went into administrative receivership. Nextgrand would acquire Hewson Consultants and its intellectual property rights weeks later.
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The company is most known for publishing a series of critically-acclaimed pinball simulations by [[Digital Illusions]], and for their 1995 acquisition of development studio [[Spidersoft]].
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
 
{{CompanyHistoryAll|Nextgrand|21st Century Entertainment}}
 
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/19961023023529/http://www.21stcent.com/ Official website] (Wayback Machine)
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*''[https://web.archive.org/web/19990221142057/http://pcpinball.com/news/articles/a0010_a.html 21st Century Entertainment Ltd. History]'' article by Sam Gabrielsson at [https://web.archive.org/web/19990221142057/http://pcpinball.com/ The Tower of Pin]
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*''[https://web.archive.org/web/19981203145533/http://www.pcpinball.com/news/articles/a0010.html 21st Century Entertainment Ltd R.I.P]'' article by Sam Gabrielsson at [https://web.archive.org/web/19990221142057/http://pcpinball.com/ The Tower of Pin]
  
 
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Nextgrand, Ltd., trading as, and later known as 21st Century Entertainment, Ltd.[1], was a British video game developer. It was formed by Andrew Hewson in 1991 after his previous company, Hewson Consultants went into administrative receivership. Nextgrand would acquire Hewson Consultants and its intellectual property rights weeks later.

The company is most known for publishing a series of critically-acclaimed pinball simulations by Digital Illusions, and for their 1995 acquisition of development studio Spidersoft.

Softography

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