Big Red Software

The Big Red Software Company Limited

Trade name

| Big Red Software

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Type| Private
Industry| Video games
Fate| Merged into Eidos Interactive
Founded| 16 October 1989; 36 years ago (1989-10-16)
Founder| Paul Ranson
Defunct| 31 May 1996 (1996-05-31)
Headquarters|

Leamington Spa

England

The Big Red Software Company Limited, doing business as Big Red Software, was a British video game developer based in Leamington Spa, England, that was founded by Paul Ranson in October 1989.

## History

Big Red Software was incorporated on 16 October 1989[1] by Paul Ranson,[2] and was based in Leamington Spa, England.[3][4] In their early years, they focused on the 8-bit home computer game market, especially for ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. During this time, they formed a close relationship with Codemasters, who published many of their games.[2] This relationship was sufficiently close that Codemasters turned to them to develop the next Dizzy game after the series' creators, the Oliver Twins, moved onto other projects.[5] The resulting game, Magicland Dizzy, was a critical and commercial success. When Retro Gamer released a special retrospective edition of Your Sinclair in 2004, they rated it the 12th best game for ZX Spectrum of all time.[6] Other games released in collaboration with Codemasters include further Dizzy games, the Seymour series, and the PC port of Micro Machines.[2]

In the mid-1990s, as the industry moved away from the older 8-bit computers, Big Red Software started developing games such as Tank Commander and Big Red Racing for MS-DOS, with both these titles being published by Domark. On 25 September 1995, publicly traded Eidos Public Limited Company acquired Domark and Big Red Software, alongside Simis, for a total of yes|yes|GB|}}£12.9 million.[7] The latter two were merged into Domark to create Eidos Interactive on 31 May 1996.[2][8][9]

## Games developed

Year  | Title

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1990  | Wacky Darts
Raster Runner
NY Warriors
Magicland Dizzy
1991  | Fun School 4
Dizzy Panic
Seymour Goes to Hollywood
Spellbound Dizzy
Super Seymour Saves the Planet
Kamikaze
CJ's Elephant Antics
CJ in the USA
Dizzy
1992  | Wild West Seymour
Steg the Slug
Grell and Fella
Sergeant Seymour: Robot Cop
1994  | CJ: Elephant Fugitive
Pete Sampras Tennis
Sink or Swim
Dropzone
Micro Machines
1995  | Tank Commander
Big Red Racing

## References

1. ↑ ltd, company check. "THE BIG RED SOFTWARE COMPANY LIMITED. Free business summary taken from official companies house information. Free alerts. Registered as 02432568". https://companycheck.co.uk/company/02432568/THE-BIG-RED-SOFTWARE-COMPANY-LIMITED/companies-house-data. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Crookes, David (2007). "Painting the Town Big Red Software". Retro Gamer (Imagine Publishing) (42): 76–81. https://archive.org/stream/retro_gamer/RetroGamer_042#page/76/mode/2up.
3. ↑ "Video games don't love or hate you - they're just built that way". https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-02-04-video-games-dont-love-or-hate-you-theyre-just-built-that-way. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
4. ↑ "Enter the Dragon (32): graph paper, games and growing up". https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-12-17-enter-the-dragon-32-graph-paper-games-and-growing-up. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
5. ↑ Peters, Adam (1992). "Dizzy: this is your life". Amstrad Action (Future Publishing) (87): 30–33. https://archive.org/details/Amstrad_Action_Issue_087/page/28/mode/2up.
6. ↑ "Top 50 Games of All Time". Your Sinclair (Imagine Publishing). November 2004.
7. ↑ "EIDOS ACQUIRES THREE COMPANIES, UNVEILS PLACING". 25 September 1995. https://www.telecompaper.com/news/eidos-acquires-three-companies-unveils-placing--65391. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
8. ↑ Sherman, Christopher (April 1996). "Four Way Merger Between Domark, Big Red, Simis, and Eidos". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (16): 23. https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-016/page/n25/mode/2up.
9. ↑ Mallinson, Paul (March 1998). "Final Fantasy VII". PC Zone (Dennis Publishing) (61): 49. https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_61_March_1998/page/n47/mode/2up.

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