Special FX Ltd.

COMPANY

Liverpool,United Kingdom

A short-lived game developer and porter, active from 1987 to 1992.

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Special FX Ltd. was an English game developer and porter from Liverpool, England. The company closed dowin 1992. Notable titles include Midnight Resistance, Cabal and Firefly

Developed Games

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Batman: The Caped Crusader (Game)

4 May 1988

A standard action platforming affair that is split into two parts. In the first part the Penguin is trying to take over the world with his penguin robots and in the second part the Joker has kidnapped Robin.

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +4

Firefly (Game)

31 December 1988

"BEAT THE SYSTEM" - crew the spaceship Firefly in a mighty battle to save our home planet from the mechanised aliens.

C64​ SPEC​

Hysteria (Game)

1 January 1987

A action platformer developed by Special FX Software for the C64 and ZX Spectrum.

C64​ SPEC​

G.U.T.Z. (Game)

31 December 1988

C64​ SPEC​

Hudson Hawk (Game)

31 December 1991

A game based on the 1991 Bruce Willis film of the same name. World famous cat burglar Eddie "Hudson Hawk" Hawkins must stop the evil Mayflowers from reconstructing Leonardo Da Vinci's alchemy machine.

AMI​ GB​ CPC​ +4

Red Heat (Game)

31 December 1989

You play the part of Ivan Danko(Arnold Schwarzenegger) who chases Viktor Rostavili through the four different levels that make up the game.

AMI​ CPC​ AST​ +2

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Company details

Name

Special FX Ltd.

Abbreviation

Founded

Location

Liverpool,United Kingdom

Website

Aliases

Developed Games

• Batman: The Caped Crusader (Game)
• Firefly (Game)
• Hysteria (Game)
• G.U.T.Z. (Game)
• Hudson Hawk (Game)
• Red Heat (Game)
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Published Games

• None
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Franchises

• Batman (Franchise)
• DC Universe (Franchise)
• Heavy Barrel (Franchise)

People

• Hitoshi Sakimoto (Person)

Characters

• Al Capone (Character)
• Art Ridzik (Character)
• Batman (Character)
• Eliot Ness (Character)
• Elliot Ness (Character)
• Ivan Danko (Character)
• John Rambo (Character)
• Johnny Ford (Character)
• King Crimson (Character)
• Leonardo da Vinci (Character)
• The Joker (Character)
• The Penguin (Character)
• Viktor Rostavili (Character)

Concepts

• 8-bit (Concept)
• ASM Hit (Concept)
• Antstream Arcade (Concept)
• Games Based on Movies (Concept)
• Jump (Concept)
• Licensed Game (Concept)
• Multi-Load (Concept)
• Side-Scrolling (Concept)
• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• A Crash Smash (Concept)
• Air Strike (Concept)
• Boss (Concept)
• Boss Fight (Concept)
• Clowns (Concept)
• Cooperative Play (Concept)
• Crime Fighting (Concept)
• Dog (Concept)
• Explosion (Concept)
• Lives (Concept)

Locations

• Chicago (Location)
• Europe (Location)
• Gotham City (Location)
• Moscow (Location)
• New York City (Location)
• Soviet Union (Location)
• The United States of America (Location)

Objects

• Machine Gun (Object)
• Ammo (Object)
• Batarang (Object)
• Bottle (Object)
• Cape (Object)
• Flamethrower (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Homing Missile (Object)
• Jeep (Object)
• Key (Object)
• Newspaper (Object)
• Tennis Ball (Object)