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Ocean Software

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Ocean Software

Former type Video game developer and publisher
Fate
Acquired by Infogrames in 1996 and
renamed to Infogrames UK in 1998.
Predecessor(s) Spectrum Software
Successor(s)
Infogrames UK (1998)
Atari UK (2004)
Atari, Inc (2009)
Founded 1984
Defunct 1998 (Renamed)
Headquarters
6, Central Street, Manchester,
England
Key people
David Ward, Jon Woods, Gary
Bracey, Marc Djan (ocean france)
Ocean Software Ltd (also known in the United States as Ocean of America, Inc.), commonly
referred to as Ocean, was a British software development company, that became one of the
biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 1990s. It was acquired by a
French holding company, Infogrames in 1996 and renamed to Infogrames UK in 1998, and again
in 2004 to Atari UK, and once again in 2009 now known as Atari, Inc.
The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods and was based in Manchester. Ocean
developed dozens of games for a variety of systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64,
MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Atari ST, Amiga, PC, and video game consoles such as
the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System
and Sega Mega Drive.
Contents
1 History
2 Tape loaders
3 Licensed games
4 Other titles
5 Footnotes
6 External links
History
The company's early releases in 1984 (Moon Alert, Hunchback, High Noon, Gilligan's Gold,
Daley Thompson's Decathlon etc.) were developed in-house, but later in that year Ocean
Software acquired its former Liverpool rival, the defunct software developer Imagine, and focus
shifted from development to publication of games. Also in 1984, Ocean struck a deal with
Konami to publish their arcade games for home computers.
In 1985, Ocean Software managed to secure the first movie licences, such as Rambo,
Short Circuit and Cobra, as well as the TV show Miami Vice and RoboCop which spent
about a year on the top of the charts.
In 1986, a deal was signed with Taito and Data East for home versions of their arcade
games such as Arkanoid, Renegade, Operation Wolf and The NewZealand Story.
In 1986, Ocean Software created with Marc DJAN Ocean Software France. This 16-bit
studio will create most of the 16-bit arcade conversation between 1986 and 1991 then
became the French marketing and sales subsidiary of Ocean software Ltd.
In 1987, Ocean Software published original games again, after a marginal season filled
with licences, resulting in Head over Heels, Match Day II and Wizball.
Ocean was voted Best 8-bit Software House of the Year 1988 at the Golden Joystick
Awards.
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In 1996, Ocean Software published Cheesy for the PlayStation.
Ocean was acquired by Infogrames in 1996 for 100,000,000 and renamed to Infogrames
UK in 1998.
Ocean acquired Digital Image Design in 1998.
The last game released by Ocean was Mission: Impossible in 1998, for Nintendo 64.

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