Ariolasoft UK

COMPANY

United Kingdom

Ariolasoft UK was the British branch of German software developer and publisher Ariolasoft.

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Ariolasoft UK developed and published games for the ZX Spectrum, C64 and Amiga system. Notable games include They stole a Million, Golf Construction Set and Starfox (not the Nintendo franchise). They also released games under the following brands, 39 Steps (Company), Reaktor and Viz Design.

Developed Games

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Challenge of the Gobots (Game)

31 December 1986

Ariolasoft produced this game based on the then-sort-of-popular cartoon series, Gobots.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Hyperforce (Game)

1 June 1986

An action game in which the player controls the Straton and has to collect a number of pods that appear at random around the screen.

AMI​ AST​ C64​ +1

Zombies (Game)

1 January 1999

APL2​ A800​ C64​ +1

Published Games

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Batalyx (Game)

Unknown Release

Five different games and an interactive pause mode form this psychedelic, multi-part experience created by Jeff Minter.

C64​

David's Midnight Magic (Game)

31 December 1982

David's Midnight Magic is one of a series of early digital pinball simulations that was originally released on the Apple II.

APL2​ A800​ C64​ +1

Voidrunner + Hellgate (Game)

31 December 1987

Two shoot 'em ups written by Jeff Minter and published by Ariolasoft on one cassette for the Commodore 16.

C16​

Camelot Warriors (Game)

31 December 1986

Camelot Warriors is an action / adventure 8-bit game developed in Spain by Dinamic Software. It was very popular in Spain and was even a packed-in game (along others) for a long time in Armstrad CPCs.

CPC​ C64​ MSX​ +1

The Big Deal (Game)

1 January 1986

In this game developed by Radarsoft the player controls the kitchen robot Floyd II and has to cook food and do normal kitchen work.

AMI​ C64​

Panzadrome (Game)

Unknown Release

CPC​ SPEC​

Deactivators (Game)

1 June 1986

Deactivators is an arcade-puzzle maze game which puts you in control of a squad of bomb disposal droids.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Company details

Name

Ariolasoft UK

Abbreviation

Founded

Location

United Kingdom

Website

Aliases

Developed Games

• Challenge of the Gobots (Game)
• Hyperforce (Game)
• Zombies (Game)
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Published Games

• Batalyx (Game)
• David's Midnight Magic (Game)
• Voidrunner + Hellgate (Game)
• Camelot Warriors (Game)
• The Big Deal (Game)
• Panzadrome (Game)
• Deactivators (Game)
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Franchises

• Archon (Franchise)
• Gridrunner (Franchise)
• Gold Master Series (Franchise)
• Karateka (Franchise)
• Seven Cities of Gold (Franchise)
• Skyfox (Franchise)

People

• Jeff Minter (Person)
• Jordan Mechner (Person)

Characters

• Christopher Columbus (Character)
• Gilgamesh (Character)
• Julius Erving (Character)
• Kraken (Character)
• Larry Bird (Character)

Concepts

• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• CGA Graphics (Concept)
• ASM Hit (Concept)
• Antstream Arcade (Concept)
• Artificial Intelligence (Concept)
• Construction (Concept)
• First-Person Perspective (Concept)
• Licensed Game (Concept)
• Magic (Concept)
• Spiders (Concept)
• Top-Down Perspective (Concept)
• Zombie (Concept)
• Action Point (Concept)
• Adapted from Television (Concept)
• Alert (Concept)
• Anthropomorphism (Concept)
• Anti-Hero (Concept)
• Arthurian Legend (Concept)
• Attributes (Concept)

Locations

• Babylon (Location)
• Construction Site (Location)
• El Dorado (Location)
• Factory (Location)
• Iraq (Location)
• Japan (Location)
• London (Location)
• Middle East (Location)
• Pyramid (Location)
• Sewer (Location)
• Soviet Union (Location)
• Subway (Location)

Objects

• Sports Jersey (Object)
• Airplane (Object)
• Anti-Personnel Mine (Object)
• Basketball (Object)
• Basketball Hoop (Object)
• Bounce Pad (Object)
• Bubble (Object)
• Bumper (Object)
• Cannon Turret (Object)
• Car (Object)
• Cauldron (Object)
• Chess Pieces (Object)
• Chessboard (Object)
• Cleats (Object)
• Concrete Mixer (Object)
• Conveyor Belt (Object)
• Crate (Object)
• Elevator (Object)
• Emerald (Object)
• Fist (Object)