Flare Technology

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There are a number of existing and former business called Flare Technology.

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Flare Technology is a former computer hardware company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1986 by Martin Brennan, Ben Cheese and John Mathieson, former engineers at Sinclair Research.

Flare Technology initially did work for Amstrad whilst developing a technology demonstrator system called Flare One ^[1]. The Flare One was intended as a home computer or games console with extensive audio and video capabilities. It was related to the Loki project they had worked on previously at Sinclair Research, which in turn was derived from the ZX Spectrum home computer.

The Flare One was used in some arcade game cabinets^[2] and further developed into the Konix Multisystem Slipstream prototype. Flare later developed the unreleased Atari Panther.

Martin Brennan and John Mathieson went on to design the Flare II which design was purchased by Atari and turned into the Atari Jaguar.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Flare", Personal Computer World, August 1988.
2. ^ Advanced Computer Entertainment, issue 11, August 1988.