| 词条 | Electric Dreams Software |
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| name = Electric Dreams Software | logo = ElectricDreams Logo.gif | fate = Defunct | successor = | foundation = 1985 | defunct = 1989 | location = | industry = Video games | key_people = Rod Cousens, Paul Cooper | products = Spindizzy (1986) Aliens: The Computer Game (1986) | num_employees = | parent = | subsid = }}Electric Dreams Software was a video game publisher established in 1985 by former managing director of Quicksilva Rod Cousens and former Software Manager of Quicksilva Paul Cooper.[1] The company published video games for the ZX Spectrum,[2] Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC[3] between 1985 and 1989, becoming one of the top eight UK software houses of that decade.[4] Software StudiosThe publisher's in-house video game developer was Software Studios, set up in April 1986 and run by John Dean and Dave Cummings. Software Studios also handled Activision's products marketed in countries outside the United States. The concept behind this team was to pool resources and ideas between all Electric Dreams projects, but they were also directly responsible for two film tie-in licenses, Aliens: The Computer Game (1986) and Big Trouble in Little China.[4] Other software titles were chosen for release by Paul Cooper, also formerly of Quicksilva.[1] The company's initial releases were Riddler's Den and I, Of the Mask.[5] LogoElectric Dreams Software's logo design is nearly identical to the logo for Disney's Captain EO.[6] List of releases
References1. ^1 {{cite journal |last=Goodwin |first=Simon |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=September 1985 |title=Planning our Future |journal=CRASH |volume= |issue=20 |pages= |id= |url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/20/cousens.htm |accessdate= 2007-11-09 |quote= }} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Electric+Dreams+Software$&loadpics=on |title=Electric Dreams |accessdate=2007-11-09 |format= |work=World of Spectrum }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cpczone.net/browse/developer/Electric_Dreams/ |title=Electric Dreams |accessdate=2007-11-09 |format= |work=CPC Zone }} 4. ^1 {{cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=January 1987 |title=Profile - Electric Dreams |journal=Your Computer |volume= |issue=8701 |pages= |id= |quote=Now Cousens is handling the complete U.K. and European network for Activision as well and Electric Dreams has become one of the top eight U.K. software houses. }} 5. ^{{cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=November 1985 |title=Frontlines |journal=Your Spectrum |volume= |issue=20 |pages= |id= |url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr20/yr20_03.htm |accessdate= 2007-11-09 |quote= }} 6. ^CRASH issue 60 (January 1989, page 59) highlights the comparison; a link to the archived page can be found on World of Spectrum's Electric Dreams listing. 7 : Defunct video game companies|Video game companies of the United Kingdom|Video game publishers|Video game companies established in 1985|British companies established in 1985|Software companies established in 1985|Software companies disestablished in 1989 |
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