CRL Group

CRL Group PLC

Type	Private
Industry	Video games
Fate	Dissolved
Founded	Kings Yard, London
Founder	Clem Chambers
Products	Tau Ceti, Academy

CRL Group plc is a defunct British video game development and publishing company. Originally CRL stood for "Computer Rentals Ltd.". It was based in King's Yard, London and run by Clem Chambers.^[1]

They released a number of notable adventure games based on horror stories. Dracula and Frankenstein were rated 15 certificate by the British Board of Film Censors for their graphics depicting bloody scenes; Dracula was the first game to be rated by the BBFC.^[2] Jack the Ripper was the first game to receive an 18 certificate, Wolfman also gained an 18 certificate.^[3]

CRL-published games that achieved critical success include Tau Ceti and Academy.

The 1984 game of the series Terrahawks was one of the first video games based on a TV show.^[4]

References

↑ "From cavemen to rocky horrors". Amstrad Action (19): 30. August 1985. at World of Spectrum
↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bram-stokers-dracula-review
↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-01-dracula-unbound-the-story-behind-the-first-18-certificated-video-game
↑ http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue60/Pages/YourSinclair6000058.jpg

External links

CRL Group at World of Spectrum
CRL Group at Moby games

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Video games

1982	Rescue

1983	3D Desert Patrol Alien Maze Bomber Caveman Crawler Derby Day Draughts Escape from Manhattan Galactic Patrol Grand National Jackpot Lunar Rescue One Day Cricket Pandemonia Test Match The Omega Run The Orb Space Mission Zaraks

1984	£.s.d. Ahhh!! Cricket 64 Glug Glug Handicap Golf Handy Andy Incredible Adventure Olympics Orpheus in the Underworld Show Jumping Terrahawks The Magic Roundabout Tritz Whirlybird The War of the Worlds The Warlock's Treasure The Woods of Winter

1985	Blade Runner Bored of the Rings Endurance Formula One Juggernaut Space Doubt Tau Ceti The Causes of Chaos The Rocky Horror Show

1986	Bugsy Doctor What! Dracula Hercules¹ Pilgrim Robin of Sherlock² Room Ten Samurai The Boggit The Very Big Cave Adventure

1987	Academy Ball Breaker Book of the Dead Cyborg Death or Glory Federation³ Frankenstein From Darkness into Light I-Alien IQ Jack the Ripper Jet-Boys Last Mohican Lifeforce Loads of Midnight Mandroid Murder off Miami Ninja Hamster Oink! Outcast Plasmatron Sun Star They Call Me Trooper Traxxion Vengeance

1988	Ball Breaker II CounterForce Cyberknights Discovery International Soccer⁴ Kellogg's Tour 1988 NATO Assault Course Purple Heart Road Warrior Sophistry Thundercross Time Fighter To Hell and Back Trigger Happy Wolfman

1989	Inner Space Lancaster Professional Soccer Search for the Titanic

1990	Hellhole

Unknown year	The Great Detective

Unreleased	Enchantress Spearhead The Blues Brothers The Malinsay Massacre

Software

Fifth (1983)
Stargazer Secrets (1983)
Highway Code (1984)
3D Game Maker (1987)
2D Game Maker (1988)
Hi-Rise Scaffold Construction Set (Unreleased)

Platforms

Key people

Clem Chambers
Ian Ellery
Michael Hodges
Jared Derrett
Jay Derrett

¹ Hercules was a re-release of a 1984 video game by Interdisc

² Robin of Sherlock was a re-release of a 1985 video game by Delta 4 Software
³ Federation was a re-release of a 1985 video game called Quann Tulla

⁴ International Soccer was a re-release of a 1983 video game called Cup Final

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