Idigicon Limited

COMPANY

South Yorkshire,England

Idigicon Limited is a British video game publisher and developer which predominantly manages intellectual properties and digital rights. Currently, the company's main focus is in educational products.

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Idigicon Limited in its current form was founded in 1985 under the name CDS Software Ltd by current owner Giles Hunter (Person). However, the company began in the video game business by publishing a number of ZX Spectrum (Platform) games in the early 1980s while known as CDS Microsystems.

In 1988, the company (under the name CDS Software) changed its name to Nimrod Holdings Ltd, which it would then go on to change in 1992 to Guildhall Leisure Services and finally to Idigicon Limited in 2002.

Trivia

• Idigicon Limited is the top supplier of education software to Toys R Us.
• Idigicon has discontinued their Garfield educational software due to incompatibilities with Windows Vista.

Developed Games

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Steve Davis Snooker (Game)

31 December 1984

Steve Davis Snooker is a snooker game released on multiple early computer systems.

CPC​ A800​ C64​ +2

Colossus Chess X: The Ultimate Chess Program (Game)

1 February 1988

The fifth entry in the Colossus Chess series of computer chess games, featuring an isometic 3D board.

AMI​ PC​ AST​

Colossus Chess 4 (Game)

1 February 1985

The fourth entry in the Colossus Chess series of computer chess games.

CPC​ APL2​ A800​ +4

Pool (Game)

31 December 1983

An early billiards simulator from CDS Software.

SPEC​

Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (Game)

31 December 1987

A football management game from the mid 80's.

AMI​ CPC​ A800​ +3

Colossus 4 Chess (Game)

Unknown Release

CPC​ A800​ C64​ +2

European Superleague (Game)

4 October 1991

Up to eight players can manage one European team on one of three difficulty levels. The player's responsibilities are training, scouting, transfers, press speeches and team strategy (this is the best part of the game, lots of tactics). Each team has 20 players with different skill that change throughout the season, so the player has to select the starter eleven for every match

AMI​ CPC​ BBCM​

Nux (Game)

25 December 2006

Nux is an action game with a claymation graphics.

PC​

Game Set & Match (Game)

31 December 1987

SPEC​

The Ice Temple (Game)

1 June 1986

The Ice Temple is an action game created by Idigicon Limited.

C64​ SPEC​

Sporting Triangles (Game)

1 March 1989

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +2

Published Games

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Super Skidmarks (Game)

31 December 1995

Super Skidmarks is a top-down perspective racer on the Commodore Amiga, Sega Genesis, and Amiga CD32 systems. It features a variety of car and track styles. The game featured some of the greatest skidmarks seen in gaming at the time.

AMI​ GEN​ CD32​

Colossus Chess X: The Ultimate Chess Program (Game)

1 February 1988

The fifth entry in the Colossus Chess series of computer chess games, featuring an isometic 3D board.

AMI​ PC​ AST​

Colossus Chess 4 (Game)

1 February 1985

The fourth entry in the Colossus Chess series of computer chess games.

CPC​ APL2​ A800​ +4

Skateboard Crazy (Game)

Unknown Release

PC​

Pool (Game)

31 December 1983

An early billiards simulator from CDS Software.

SPEC​

Gloom (Game)

31 December 1995

A Doom clone for the Amiga

AMI​ CD32​

Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (Game)

31 December 1987

A football management game from the mid 80's.

AMI​ CPC​ A800​ +3

Super Skidmarks Data Disks (Game)

Unknown Release

AMI​

Word Yo! (Game)

Unknown Release

PC​ MAC​

Colossus 4 Chess (Game)

Unknown Release

CPC​ A800​ C64​ +2

European Superleague (Game)

4 October 1991

Up to eight players can manage one European team on one of three difficulty levels. The player's responsibilities are training, scouting, transfers, press speeches and team strategy (this is the best part of the game, lots of tactics). Each team has 20 players with different skill that change throughout the season, so the player has to select the starter eleven for every match

AMI​ CPC​ BBCM​

Strip Pot (Game)

1 March 1994

AMI​ CD32​

Company details

Name

Idigicon Limited

Abbreviation

Founded

Location

South Yorkshire,England

Website

http://www.idigicon.com

Aliases

Guildhall Leisure Services,CDS Software Ltd.,CDS Microsystems

Developed Games

• Steve Davis Snooker (Game)
• Colossus Chess X: The Ultimate Chess Program (Game)
• Colossus Chess 4 (Game)
• Pool (Game)
• Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (Game)
• Colossus 4 Chess (Game)
• European Superleague (Game)
• Nux (Game)
• Game Set & Match (Game)
• The Ice Temple (Game)
• Sporting Triangles (Game)
• view all →

Published Games

• Super Skidmarks (Game)
• Colossus Chess X: The Ultimate Chess Program (Game)
• Colossus Chess 4 (Game)
• Skateboard Crazy (Game)
• Pool (Game)
• Gloom (Game)
• Brian Clough's Football Fortunes (Game)
• Super Skidmarks Data Disks (Game)
• Word Yo! (Game)
• Colossus 4 Chess (Game)
• European Superleague (Game)
• Strip Pot (Game)
• Train Tracking (Game)
• Sporting Triangles (Game)
• Maxx GP (Game)
• Minskies: The Abduction (Game)
• view all →

Franchises

• Colossus Chess (Franchise)
• Platypus (Franchise)
• Steve Davis (Franchise)
• Football Director (Franchise)
• Hover Bovver (Franchise)

People

• Anthony Flack (Person)
• Ben Daglish (Person)
• Jeff Minter (Person)
• Jonathan Dunn (Person)
• Martin Galway (Person)
• Martin Walker (Person)
• Matt Gray (Person)
• Rob Hubbard (Person)

Characters

• MDickie (Character)
• Simon the Sorcerer (Character)

Concepts

• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• Top-Down Perspective (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Antstream Arcade (Concept)
• Steam (Concept)
• Claymation (Concept)
• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• Digitized Sprites (Concept)
• Chess (Concept)
• Indie (Concept)
• Lives (Concept)
• Llama (Concept)
• Power Up (Concept)
• Professional Wrestler (Concept)
• Snooker (Concept)
• Soccer Player (Concept)
• Split-Screen Multiplayer (Concept)
• Sprite (Concept)
• Steam Trading Cards (Concept)
• Aerial Combat (Concept)

Locations

• Canada (Location)
• Japan (Location)
• Mexico (Location)
• The United States of America (Location)
• United Kingdom (Location)
• Wrestling Ring (Location)

Objects

• Pool Table (Object)
• Soccer Ball (Object)
• Airplane (Object)
• Alarm Clock (Object)
• Aluminum Can (Object)
• Apple (Object)
• Audio Cassette (Object)
• Banana (Object)
• Billiard Ball (Object)
• Boots (Object)
• Cleats (Object)
• Clock (Object)
• Cola (Object)
• Floppy Disk (Object)
• Football (Object)
• Grass (Object)
• Half-Pipe (Object)
• Hammer (Object)
• Helicopter (Object)
• Lawnmower (Object)