Gremlin Interactive

Gremlin Interactive was a British software house based in Sheffield and working mostly in the personal computer and Amiga market.

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British - Software house - Sheffield - Personal computer - Amiga

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The company was established in 1984 as Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd. and renamed in 1994. Gremlin's early success was based on games like Monty on the Run and Thing on a Spring. Their primary 8 bit market was the Commodore 64.

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1984 - 1994 - Monty on the Run - Thing on a Spring - 8 bit - Commodore 64

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Gremlin scored big with the Premier Manager series in the early 1990s, and then with Actua Soccer, the first football game in full 3D, while having success with other games such as the Lotus series, Zool, Motorhead or Hardwar. Following EA's success with the EA Sports brand, Gremlin also released their own sports videogame series, adding Golf, Tennis and Ice Hockey to their Actua Sports series.

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Premier Manager - 1990s - Actua Soccer - Football - 3D - Lotus - Zool - Motorhead - Hardwar - EA - EA Sports - Golf - Tennis - Ice Hockey - Actua Sports

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In 1996 Gremlin acquired DMA Design.

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1996 - DMA Design

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In 1999 they themselves were bought by Infogrames and renamed Infogrames Sheffield House, for a reported fee of around £21 M, but the studio closed in 2001.

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1999 - Infogrames - £ - 2001

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