Big Red Software | |
Type | Private |
Industry | Video games |
Fate | Merged into Eidos Interactive |
Founded | 16 October 1989 |
Founder | Paul Ranson |
Defunct | 31 May 1996 |
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.
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]
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 |
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big Red Software.
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