Ocean software
| Ocean software
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1982 (as Spectrum Games) |
| resolution | 1998 |
| Reason for dissolution | Change of name to Infogrames UK |
| Seat |
Manchester , UK
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| management | David Ward (Chairman) |
| Branch | Software development |
Ocean Software (also Ocean Software Ltd. and sometimes Ocean of America, Inc.) was a British computer game development company.
Company history
The company was founded in 1982 as Spectrum Games by David Ward and Jon Woods in Manchester . In 1983 it was renamed Ocean Software. Ocean produced games for a wide variety of computer platforms: ZX Spectrum , Commodore 64 , Amstrad CPC , Atari ST , Amiga , PC , and video game consoles such as NES and SNES . In 1996, Ocean merged with Infogrames and was renamed Infogrames UK in 1998, then Atari UK in 2003.
In 2004, the source code for some of the Ocean software development tools was published by the then developer, Paul Hughes .
Well-known titles from Ocean
- Addams Family (1992)
- Addams Family Values (1994)
- Batman the Movie (1989)
- Beach Volley (1992)
- Combat School (1987: C64)
- Eco (1987)
- The Raiden Project (1995: PSX)
- Epic (1992: Amiga, PC)
- F-29 Retaliator (1991: PC)
- GT 64: Championship Edition (1998: N64)
- GUTZ
- Cabal (1989)
- Cheesy (1996)
- Head Over Heels (1987)
- Highnoon (1984: C64)
- Hook (1992)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Midnight Resistance (1990)
- Mr. Nutz (1994)
- New Zealand Story (1989)
- Operation Wolf (1989)
- Lethal Weapon (1992)
- Lost Patrol (1990)
- Operation Thunderbolt (1990)
- Pang (1990)
- Parallax (1986)
- Parasol Stars (1992)
- Platoon (1988)
- Pushover (1992)
- Rainbow Islands (1990)
- Robocop 3 (1992)
- The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants (1991)
- Sleepwalker (1993)
- Shaq Fu (1994)
- Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (1992)
- TFX - Tactical Fighter Experiment (1993)
- TFX: EF2000 (1995)
- Toki (1991)
- Total Recall (1991)
- Waterworld (1995)
- Where Time Stood Still (1987)
- Wizball (1988)
- Wizkid (1992)
- Worms (1994)
literature
Chris Wilkins, Roger M. Kean: The History of Ocean Software, Fusion Retro Books (2013)
Web links
- Ocean Software at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Games+publisher+Ocean+International+to+merge+with+France%27s+Infogrames...-a018190045
- ↑ Frank Gas King: Ocean Sources. homepage.ntlworld.com/frank.gasking, 2004, archived from the original on March 16, 2005 ; Retrieved on October 25, 2013 (English): “ And as a result, Paul has kindly agreed to release sources to the public, for people to check out, to learn from, and to preserve and enjoy. "