Electric Dreams Software

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Southampton,Hampshire,United Kingdom

Electric Dreams Software was a British game design and publishing company

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Electric Dreams Software was a British game design and publishing company, a subsidiary of Activision. The company was founded in 1985 and went on releasing games until the 1992. The company was founded by Rod Cousens (Person) and Paul Cooper. Their in-house design division was Software Studios (Company) with all release being published by Electric Dreams software.

Developed Games

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Spindizzy (Game)

31 December 1986

Isometric traversal game with action components, influenced by Marble Madness

CPC​ APL2​ A800​ +2

Back to the Future (Game)

17 April 1985

Computer game based on the movie. As Marty, collect items to influence A.I. controlled characters into preserving your existence.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Hijack (Game)

Unknown Release

CPC​ SPEC​

Published Games

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Championship Sprint (Game)

30 September 1986

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​ +2

Aliens: The Computer Game (Game)

4 May 1986

A horror game based on the James Cameron film that takes place in many horizontaly scrolling corridors.

CPC​ APL2​ C64​ +1

Back to the Future (Game)

17 April 1985

Computer game based on the movie. As Marty, collect items to influence A.I. controlled characters into preserving your existence.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Incredible Shrinking Sphere (Game)

1 November 1987

AMI​ AST​ C64​ +1

Big Trouble in Little China (Game)

31 December 1987

A video game based on the 1986 John Carpenter film of the same name.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Citadel (Game)

1 June 1989

Citadel

C64​

Prodigy (Game)

Unknown Release

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Hijack (Game)

Unknown Release

CPC​ SPEC​

Explorer (Game)

1 June 1986

Explorer is an action game.

CPC​ C64​ SPEC​

Company details

Name

Electric Dreams Software

Abbreviation

Founded

Location

Southampton,Hampshire,United Kingdom

Website

Aliases

Developed Games

• Spindizzy (Game)
• Back to the Future (Game)
• Hijack (Game)
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Published Games

• Championship Sprint (Game)
• Aliens: The Computer Game (Game)
• Back to the Future (Game)
• Incredible Shrinking Sphere (Game)
• Big Trouble in Little China (Game)
• Citadel (Game)
• Prodigy (Game)
• Hijack (Game)
• Explorer (Game)
• view all →

Franchises

• Alien (Franchise)
• Spindizzy (Franchise)
• Back to the Future (Franchise)
• Deus Ex Machina (Franchise)
• R-Type (Franchise)
• Rocky Horror (Franchise)
• Sprint (Franchise)
• Star Raiders (Franchise)
• Zoids (Franchise)

People

• H. R. Giger (Person)
• Jon Pertwee (Person)
• Paul Shirley (Person)
• Sandy White (Person)

Characters

• Biff Tannen (Character)
• Brad Majors (Character)
• Dobkeratops (Character)
• Doc Brown (Character)
• Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Character)
• Dwayne Hicks (Character)
• Egg Shen (Character)
• Ellen Ripley (Character)
• George McFly (Character)
• Gomander (Character)
• Jack Burton (Character)
• Janet Weiss (Character)
• Lightning (Character)
• Lo Pan (Character)
• Lorraine McFly (Character)
• Marty McFly (Character)
• Riff Raff (Character)
• Wang Chi (Character)

Concepts

• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• Licensed Game (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Alien (Concept)
• Antstream Arcade (Concept)
• First-Person Perspective (Concept)
• Games Based on Movies (Concept)
• High Score (Concept)
• Isometric Viewpoint (Concept)
• Maze (Concept)
• 8-bit (Concept)
• A Crash Smash (Concept)
• Alien Invasion (Concept)
• Artificial Intelligence (Concept)
• Auto-Scrolling Levels (Concept)
• Autofire (Concept)
• Boss (Concept)
• Boss Fight (Concept)
• Bundled with Peripherals (Concept)
• Bydo (Concept)

Locations

• Chinatown (Location)
• LV-426 (Location)
• Newgamma III (Location)
• San Francisco (Location)
• Space (Location)
• The Moon (Location)

Objects

• Laser (Object)
• Ball (Object)
• Glasses (Object)
• Homing Missile (Object)
• Jet Pack (Object)
• Mech (Object)
• Missile (Object)
• Mullet (Object)
• Option (Object)
• R-9A Arrowhead (Object)
• Race Car (Object)
• Six Demon Bag (Object)
• Skyscraper (Object)
• Spaceship (Object)
• Spread Gun (Object)
• Sword (Object)
• TEC-9 (Object)