Activision - Revision history

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Ritchardo mkII at 20:03, 10 May 2010

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Ritchardo mkII at 17:02, 9 May 2010

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Ritchardo mkII at 17:01, 9 May 2010

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Ritchardo mkII at 16:35, 9 May 2010

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Ritchardo mkII at 16:33, 3 May 2010

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Ritchardo mkII: /* Releases for CPC (Activision) */

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‎Releases for CPC (Activision)

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 *[[Fighter Bomber]]
 *[[Fighting Soccer]]
-*[[Galactic Games]]
+*[[Galactic Games]] (1987)
 *[[Galaxy Force]]
 *[[Gee Bee Air Rally]]

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 *[[Koronis Rift]]
 *[[Little Computer People]]
-*[[Master of the Lamps]]
+*[[Master of the Lamps]] (1985)
 *[[Mindfighter]]
 *[[Mindshadow]]

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 *[[The Eidolon]]
 *[[Enduro Racer]]
-*[[The Fifth Axis|Fifth Axis]]
+*[[Le 5eme Axe|Fifth Axis]]
 *[[Fighter Bomber]]
 *[[Fighting Soccer]]

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 *[[The Eidolon]]
 *[[Enduro Racer]]
 *[[Fighter Bomber]]
 *[[Fighting Soccer]]
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 *[[Time Scanner]]
 *[[Wonder Boy]]
 === Electric Dreams ===
 *[[Aliens]]

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-The world's first thirty party software delveloper, American company Activision have been in existence in one form or another since 1979 when ex-[[Atari]] programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead joined forces with former music industry executive Jim Levy in creating a new company that would give credit to the programmers for their work, a policy for which [[Atari]] had received a great deal of criticism from its employees over a prolonged period.
+The world's first thirty party software delveloper, American company '''Activision''' have been in existence in one form or another since 1979 when ex-[[Atari]] programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead joined forces with former music industry executive Jim Levy in creating a new company that would give credit to the programmers for their work, a policy for which [[Atari]] had received a great deal of criticism from its employees over a prolonged period.
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 As well as under their own banner, Activision released a number of games under the '''Electric Dreams''' label a British subsidiary of the company who were tasked with the production of software suitable for the European market, with one eye firmly on what could also be sold in the United States.
-Activision appointed former [[Quicksilva]] boss Rod Cousens to the post of managing director of '''Electric Dreams''' with complete control over their output and he was soon promoted to the head of all of Activision's UK based activities which consisted of arcade conversions, film tie-ins and orginal software.
+Activision appointed former [[Argus Press Software|Quicksilva]] boss Rod Cousens to the post of managing director of '''Electric Dreams''' with complete control over their output and he was soon promoted to the head of all of Activision's UK based activities which consisted of arcade conversions, film tie-ins and orginal software.
 A less successful off-shoot was '''Gamestar''' which made only five releases before being wound-up.
-== Releases for CPC (Activision) ==
+== Releases for CPC ==
+=== Activision ===
 *[[Afterburner]]
 *[[Altered Beast]]
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 *[[Time Scanner]]
 *[[Wonder Boy]]
+=== Electric Dreams ===
-== Releases for CPC (Electric Dreams) ==
-−
 *[[Aliens]]
 *[[Aliens: US Edition]]
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 *[[Winter Sports]]
 *[[Xarq]]
+=== Gamestar ===
-== Releases for CPC (Gamestar) ==
-−
 *[[Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing]]
 *[[Championship Baseball]]

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 After some major successes for the [[Atari 2600]], including Pifall and River Raid, the company began to diversify their output in-line with the changing American home software market and survived the great computer crash thanks primarily to their work on the [[Commodore 64]].  The group continued to grow, acquiring one of the biggest names in text adventures, [[Infocom]] in the process.  In the mid 1980s, the still growing Activision created a UK office to handle their work in Europe with a prime objective to get a foothold in any available markets and behind only the [[ZX Spectrum]] and the already coded Commodore 64 software, the CPC became a core market for the company in Europe and they continued to support the CPC for the duration of the machine's high street shelf life.
-As well as under their own banner, Activision released a number of games under the ''Electric Dreams'' label a British subsidiary of the company who were tasked with the production of software suitable for the European market, with one eye firmly on what could also be sold in the United States.
+As well as under their own banner, Activision released a number of games under the '''Electric Dreams''' label a British subsidiary of the company who were tasked with the production of software suitable for the European market, with one eye firmly on what could also be sold in the United States.
 Activision appointed former [[Quicksilva]] boss Rod Cousens to the post of managing director of '''Electric Dreams''' with complete control over their output and he was soon promoted to the head of all of Activision's UK based activities which consisted of arcade conversions, film tie-ins and orginal software.

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 == Releases for CPC (Activision) ==
-*[[Afterburner]] (1988)
+*[[Afterburner]]
 *[[Altered Beast]]
 *[[Ballblazer]]
 *[[Dragon Breed]]
 *[[Dynamite Dux]]
 *[[The Eidolon]]
 *[[Enduro Racer]]
 *[[Fighter Bomber]]
 *[[Fighting Soccer]]
 *[[Galactic Games]]
 *[[Galaxy Force]]
-*[[Ghostbusters]] (1985)
+*[[Gee Bee Air Rally]]
-*[[Ghostbusters II]]
+*[[Ghostbusters]]
-*[[Guadalcanal]]
+*[[Ghostbusters II]]
-*[[Hacker]]
+*[[Guadalcanal]]
-*[[Hacker II]]
+*[[Hacker]]
-*[[Hammerfist]]
+*[[Hacker II]]
-*[[High Frontier]]
+*[[Hammerfist]]
-*[[Hot-Rod]]
+*[[High Frontier]]
 *[[Howard the Duck]]
-*[[Little Computer People]] (1987)
+*[[Knightmare]]
 *[[Mindshadow]]
 *[[Ninja Spirit]]
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 *[[Sailing]]
 *[[SDI]]
 *[[Space Shuttle]]
 *[[Super Wonder Boy]]
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 *[[Time Scanner]]
 *[[Wonder Boy]]
 == Releases for CPC (Electric Dreams) ==
 *[[Aliens]]
-*[[Aliens]] (1987)
+*[[Aliens: US Edition]]
-*[[Aliens: US Edition]]
+*[[Back to the Future]]
-*[[Back to the Future]] (1986)
+*[[Big Trouble in Little China]]
-*[[Big Trouble in Little China]] (1987)
+*[[Championship Sprint]]
-*[[Championship Sprint]]
+*[[Dandy]]
-*[[Dandy]] (1987)
+*[[Explorer]]
-*[[Explorer]]
+*[[Firetrap]]
-*[[Firetrap]]
+*[[Hijack]]
-*[[Hijack]]
+*[[Incredible Shrinking Sphere]]
-*[[Incredible Shrinking Sphere]]
+*[[Karnov]]
-*[[Karnov]]
+*[[Mermaid Madness]]
-*[[Mermaid Madness]]
+*[[Prodigy]]
-*[[Prodigy]]
+*[[R-Type]]
-*[[R-Type]] (1987)
+*[[Spindizzy]]
-*[[Spindizzy]] (1986)
 *[[Star Raiders II]]
 *[[Super Hang-On]]
 *[[Super Sprint]]
 *[[Tempest]]
-*[[Winter Sports]] (1986)
+*[[Winter Sports]]
 *[[Xarq]]
 == Releases for CPC (Gamestar) ==
 *[[Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing]]
-*[[Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing]] (1986)
+*[[Championship Baseball]]
-*[[Championship Baseball]] (1986)
+*[[GBA Championship Basketball]]
-*[[GBA Championship Basketball]] (1986)
+*[[GFL Championship Football]]
-*[[GFL Championship Football]] (1986)
+*[[The Sports Pack]]
-*[[The Sports Pack]] (1987)
 [[Category:CPC_related_companies]] [[Category:Computer_and_video_game_companies]]