Gargoyle Games
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| Fate | Dissolved |
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| Headquarters | Dudley, England |
Key people | Ted Heathcote |
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Gargoyle Games was a British software company founded in 1983 by Roy Carter and Greg Follis in order to publish their first game, Ad Astra.[1] They generally specialized in games for the ZX Spectrum even though the company was originally named with the intention of publishing games for Dragon computers.[2] They later created a new label specifically for arcade-style games, Faster Than Light[3] (FTL), as well as developing titles for Elite Systems.
Two of Gargoyle's releases, Marsport and Heavy on the Magick, were intended to be the first in a series of games but the planned sequels were never released. Marsport is often considered an unofficial companion to Tir Na Nog and Dun Darach due to its similar gameplay. Tir Na Nog and Dun Darach are part of the same series, with Dun Darach being a prequel released the following year.
Games developed
- Ad Astra (1984)[4]
- Tir Na Nog (1984)[4]
- Dun Darach (1985)[4]
- Marsport (1985)[4]
- Sweevo's World (1985)[4]
- Sweevo's Whirled (1986), an enhanced version of Sweevo's World for the 128k Spectrum
- Heavy on the Magick (1986)[5]
- Light Force (FTL, 1986)
- Scooby Doo in the Castle Mystery (Elite Systems, 1986)
- Shockway Rider (FTL, 1987)
- Hydrofool (FTL, 1987)
- Thundercats (Elite Systems, 1987)
- Supertrux (Elite Systems, 1989)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Gargoyle speaks". Sinclair User. No. 44. EMAP. November 1985. p. 112. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Heavy on the Mockery". Your Sinclair. No. 7. Dennis Publishing. July 1986. p. 55. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Light Force - FTL in action". Popular Computing Weekly. Vol. 5, no. 36. 4–10 September 1986. p. 24. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Playing with Grandfather's Abacus". Crash. No. 24. Newsfield. 12 December 1985. p. 88. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Heavy on the Magick (48k/128k) - Software - Game - Computing History".
External links
- Information about Gargoyle Games at Planet Sinclair
- Further info on Gargoyle Games
