Denton Designs

COMPANY

Liverpool,United Kingdom

A former British game studio, initially focusing on the ZX Spectrum system and eventually extending their focus to other platforms as well. Went defunct in 1996.

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Overview

Denton Designs was founded in 1984 in Liverpool, by programmer colleagues , , Graham 'Kenny' Everitt, and who were all former employees of . The company's offering included games such as and the innovative . The company's last release was in 1996 and the company is as of now defunct.

Developed Games

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The Great Escape (Game)

31 December 1986

An isometric action-adventure game from 1986 based on the 1963 WWII POW movie.

PC​ CPC​ C64​ +1

World Class Rugby (Game)

31 December 1991

Rugby game released to coincide with the 1991 Rugby World Cup.

AMI​ PC​ SNES​ +4

Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Game)

31 December 1985

Frankie Goes to Hollywood is an action adventure game featuring the band of the same name.

C64​ SPEC​

Enigma Force (Game)

31 December 1985

Enigma Force is the sequel to the tactical quadro-squad game Shadowfire

C64​ SPEC​

Shadowfire (Game)

1 April 1985

An icon-driven role-playing adventure game by Denton Designs.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Madballs (Game)

31 December 1987

Madballs

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Foxx Fights Back (Game)

31 December 1988

A game in which the fox is the hunter.

C64​ SPEC​

Eco (Game)

Unknown Release

AMI​ AST​

Cosmic Wartoad (Game)

31 December 1985

SPEC​

Dante's Inferno (Game)

31 December 1986

An action-adventure game released in 1986 for the C64. No relation to the 2010 Visceral action game.

C64​

Eye of Horus (Game)

1 July 1989

A side-scrolling action game featuring Egyptian god Horus in search of the scattered body parts of his father Osiris.

AMI​ PC​ AST​ +1

Live Ammo (Game)

Unknown Release

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Published Games

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Company details

Name

Denton Designs

Abbreviation

Founded

Location

Liverpool,United Kingdom

Website

Aliases

Developed Games

• The Great Escape (Game)
• World Class Rugby (Game)
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Game)
• Enigma Force (Game)
• Shadowfire (Game)
• Madballs (Game)
• Foxx Fights Back (Game)
• Eco (Game)
• Cosmic Wartoad (Game)
• Dante's Inferno (Game)
• Eye of Horus (Game)
• Live Ammo (Game)
• Where Time Stood Still (Game)
• Bounces (Game)
• Wreckers (Game)
• The Magnificent Seven (Game)
• World Class Rugby 2: Kokunai Gekitou Hen '93 (Game)
• ET's Rugby League (Game)
• Troll (Game)
• Sinclair User DoubleHits 5 (Game)
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Published Games

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Franchises

• Shadowfire (Franchise)
• Batman (Franchise)
• DC Universe (Franchise)
• Madballs (Franchise)
• Striker (Franchise)
• The Great Escape (Franchise)

People

• None

Characters

• Andrew Ettingshausen (Character)
• Batman (Character)
• Catwoman (Character)
• Diego Armando Maradona (Character)
• Dunga (Character)
• Eric Cantona (Character)
• Gabriel Batistuta (Character)
• Horus (Character)
• Humgruffin (Character)
• Isis (Character)
• Jorginho (Character)
• Kazu Miura (Character)
• Marco Van Basten (Character)
• Osiris (Character)
• Paolo Maldini (Character)
• Pierre Littbarski (Character)
• Roberto Baggio (Character)
• Set (Character)
• Stungun Clown (Character)
• Tattooed Strongman (Character)

Concepts

• 2D (Concept)
• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• Jump (Concept)
• Licensed Game (Concept)
• ASM Hit (Concept)
• Antstream Arcade (Concept)
• CGA Graphics (Concept)
• Celebrity Tie-in (Concept)
• Fire (Concept)
• Games Based on Movies (Concept)
• Mode 7 (Concept)
• Rugby (Concept)
• Steam (Concept)
• Anthropomorphism (Concept)
• Arrival by Crash Landing (Concept)
• Bangsian Fantasy (Concept)
• Based on Toy or Toyline (Concept)
• Bats (Concept)
• C +VG Hit! (Concept)
• Cats (Concept)

Locations

• California (Location)
• Gotham City (Location)
• Hell (Location)
• Prison (Location)
• Sports Stadium (Location)
• Stadium (Location)

Objects

• Airplane (Object)
• Ammo (Object)
• Ankh (Object)
• Batarang (Object)
• Batclaw (Object)
• Batmobile (Object)
• Cape (Object)
• Color-coded Key (Object)
• Goal (Object)
• Lava (Object)
• Mask (Object)
• Rugby ball (Object)
• Sarcophagus (Object)
• Smoke Grenade (Object)
• Soccer Ball (Object)
• Spandex (Object)
• Sports Jersey (Object)
• Stungun (Object)