Software Creations (UK)

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Software Creations is a video game developer based out of Manchester, England first established in 1987. They are primarily known for their video games based on movie and comic licenses like Marvel Comics, Cutthroat Island, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and original titles Solstice and the sequel Equinox. Software Creations titles in their later years were all published by now defunct company, Acclaim Entertainment and by May 2002, Acclaim had purchased most of their assets and established their own in-house development unit, Acclaim Studios Manchester. Software Creations CEO - Paul Hibbard - moved over to the new company as General Manager after the take-over, with all titles produced under the name "Acclaim Entertainment". Just prior to Acclaim's collapse in 2004, the Manchester studio was dismantled and sold off to try and cover Acclaim's financial difficulties.

In their early history, Software Creations ported popular titles to other platforms such as the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, NES and the Game Boy. Besides a few exceptions it wasn't until the 16-bit consoles, i.e. the Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis did the developer begin to produce titles with significant appeal.

[edit] Notable games

Solstice (1990) (NES)
Cutthroat Island (1991) (Mega Drive, SNES)
Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (1992) (Game Gear, Mega Drive, SNES)
Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest (1993) (Mega Drive)
Blaster Master 2 (1993) (Sega Genesis)
Equinox (Solstice 2) (1993) (SNES)
Plok (1992) (SNES)
Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage (1994) (Mega Drive, SNES)
The Tick (1994) (Mega Drive, SNES)
The Simpsons: Bart and the Beanstalk (1994) (Game Boy)
Kid Klown in Crazy Chase (1994) (SNES)
Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety (1995) (Mega Drive, SNES)
Foreman for Real (1995) (SNES)
Cutthroat Island (1996) (Game Boy, Game Gear, Mega Drive)
Carmageddon (1997) (Nintendo 64)
NASCAR 2000 (1999) (Game Boy Color)
Boarder Zone (1999) (Game Boy Color)
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest (1999) (Game Boy Color)
All-Star Baseball (2002) (Game Boy Advance)
2002 FIFA World Cup (2002) (GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox)