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Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher
Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that Publishing video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
 established in 1985
1985 in video gaming

Events...
 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva
Quicksilva

Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.....
, Rob Cousens. The company published video games for the ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. Referred to during development as the ZX81 Colour and ZX82, the machine was launched as the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair to highlight the machine's colour display, compared with the black-and-white of its predec...
, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC

The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. "CPC" stands for 'Colour Personal Computer', although it was possible to purchase a CPC with a Green screen display as well as with the standard colour screen ....
 between 1985 and 1989, becoming one of the top eight UK software houses of that decade.

publisher's in-house video game developer
Video game developer

A video game developer is a Computer software Software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers....
 was Software Studios, set up in April 1986 and run by John Dean and Dave Cummings.






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Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher
Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that Publishing video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
 established in 1985
1985 in video gaming

Events...
 by ex-managing director of Quicksilva
Quicksilva

Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A.....
, Rob Cousens. The company published video games for the ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. Referred to during development as the ZX81 Colour and ZX82, the machine was launched as the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair to highlight the machine's colour display, compared with the black-and-white of its predec...
, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC

The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. "CPC" stands for 'Colour Personal Computer', although it was possible to purchase a CPC with a Green screen display as well as with the standard colour screen ....
 between 1985 and 1989, becoming one of the top eight UK software houses of that decade.

Software Studios

The publisher's in-house video game developer
Video game developer

A video game developer is a Computer software Software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers....
 was Software Studios, set up in April 1986 and run by John Dean and Dave Cummings. Software Studios also handled Activision
Activision

Activision Inc. is an United States video game developer and video game publisher. It was founded on October 1, 1979., and was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for video game console....
s products marketed in countries outside the United States. The concept behind this team was to pool resources and ideas between all Electric Dream projects, but they were also directly responsible for two film tie-in licenses, Aliens: The Computer Game (1986) and Big Trouble in Little China
Big Trouble in Little China

Big Trouble in Little China is a 1986 in film Cinema of the United States comedy/action film, directed by John Carpenter and stars Kurt Russell as truck driver Jack Burton who helps his friend Wang Chi rescue Wang's green-eyed girlfriend from bandits in Chinatown, San Francisco, California....
.

Other software titles were chosen for release by Paul Cooper, also formerly of Quicksilva. The company's initial releases were Riddler's Den and I, Of the Mask.

Logo

Electric Dreams Software's logo design is identical to the logo for Disney's Captain EO
Captain EO

Captain EO is a 3-D film formerly shown at The Walt Disney Company theme parks.The film stars Michael Jackson. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Executive producer by George Lucas, choreographed by Jeffrey Hornaday, photographed by Peter Anderson, produced by Rusty Lemorande, and written by Lemorande, Lucas and Coppola....
.

List of releases

  • Riddler's Den (1985), David Harper
  • I, of the Mask (1985), Spaceman Ltd
  • Back to the Future
    Back to the Future (video game)

    Back to the Future is a video game produced by LJN Toys for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Electric Dreams Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC....
     (1985), Software Images
  • Winter Sports (video game) (1985), Software Images
  • Aliens: The Computer Game (1986), Software Studios
  • Big Trouble in Little China
    Big Trouble in Little China

    Big Trouble in Little China is a 1986 in film Cinema of the United States comedy/action film, directed by John Carpenter and stars Kurt Russell as truck driver Jack Burton who helps his friend Wang Chi rescue Wang's green-eyed girlfriend from bandits in Chinatown, San Francisco, California....
     (1986), Software Studios
  • Dandy (1986), The RamJam Corporation
  • Explorer (1986), The RamJam Corporation
  • Hijack (1986), Paradise Software
  • Mermaid Madness (1986), Soft Design
  • Prodigy (1986), MD Software
  • Spindizzy
    Spindizzy (computer game)

    Spindizzy is an isometric projection computer puzzle game released for several 8-bit formats in 1986 by Electric Dreams Software.A sequel to Spindizzy for the Amiga, Atari ST and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, called Spindizzy Worlds, was released in 1990 and 1993 ....
     (1986), Paul Shirley and Phil Churchyard
  • Super Hang-On
    Super Hang-On

    Super Hang-On is a 1987 in video gaming motorcycle racing arcade game from Sega, and the sequel to the acclaimed Hang-On. A version of this game, in the full simulated-motorcycle cabinet used by the original Hang-On was released in 1991 in video gaming as Limited Edition Hang-On....
     (1986), Software Studios; under license from Sega
  • Xarq (1986), The RamJam Corporation
  • Aliens: The Computer Game (1987), Mr. Micro
  • FireTrap
    Firetrap

    Firetrap is a clothing company famed for providing an independent and creative take on fashion. This British jeanswear brand is formed around the basis of future classics: taking classic design and remoulding it for future generations whilst championing the maverick spirit of subversive British culture....
     (1987), Source Software; under license from Data East USA
  • Nihilist (1987), Shahid Ahmad
  • Star Raiders 2
    Star Raiders 2

    Star Raiders II is a game released in 1986 for the Atari 8-bit home computers and game consoles. As a sequel to Star Raiders it contains many similar elements, namely, the enemies are the Zylons, the ship can travel through Hyperspace and it refuels at starbases....
     (1987), Simon Freeman, Gary Stark and Bruce Poelman; under license from Atari
  • Super Sprint
    Super Sprint

    Super Sprint is a 1986 arcade game by Atari Games. The player drives a Formula 1-like car on a circuit that is viewed from above....
     (1987), as developer, published by Activision; under license from Atari
  • Tempest (1987), David Pridmore; under license from Atari
  • Championship Sprint
    Championship Sprint

    Championship Sprint is an arcade game that was released in 1986 in video gaming and was the sequel to Super Sprint. Championship Sprint is also available as a downloadable game on the PlayStation Store....
     (1988), Catalyst Coders; under license from Atari
  • Karnov
    Karnov

    is an arcade game developed and published by Data East in 1987....
     (1988), Mr. Micro; under license from Data East USA
  • R-Type
    R-Type

    R-Type is a Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The player controls a space fighter named "Arrowhead" to defend humanity against a mysterious but powerful alien life-form known as "Bydo", which was later discovered to be not entirely alien in origin....
     (1988), Bob Pape and Mark A. Jones; under license from Irem Corporation
  • Incredible Shrinking Sphere (1989), Foursfield


In addition, the strategy game RMS Titanic was previewed by the gaming press in 1986, but was never published.