Virgin Interactive
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Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games from the remnants of the large-scale 1980s label, Mastertronics, which was purchased by Virgin in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group, and it was once considered the "Electronic Arts" of Europe. In 1994 it was renamed Virgin Interactive.
It published games for PC as well as other systems, including the Amiga, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, C64 and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
It helped the career of many developers, including Westwood Studios and Synergistic. Also, many workers for Shiny Entertainment, including David Perry, worked for Virgin before splitting off to create Earthworm Jim.
It was acquired in 1999 by the French publisher Titus Software and its name was changed to Avalon Interactive on July 1, 2003.
Some popular games published by this company:
- Doriath (1985)
- Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future (1986)
- Realms (1991)
- Corporation (1991)
- M.C. Kids (1991)
- Global Gladiators (1992)
- The 7th Guest (1992)
- Disney's Aladdin (1993)
- Cannon Fodder (1993)
- Cool Spot (1993)
- Lands of Lore series (1993)
- Goal! (1994)
- The Lion King (1994)
- Command & Conquer (1995)
- Zone Raiders (1995)
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996)
- Resident Evil (Europe only) (1996)
- Agile Warrior F-111X (1997)
- Subspace (1997)
- Resident Evil 2 (Europe only) (1998)
- Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (Europe only) (2000)
- Project Justice (Europe only) (2001)
[edit] External links
- Avalon Interactive Portal
- virginbrand.com Unofficial blog of the Virgin Group
- Virgin Interactive profile on MobyGames
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