British video game developer (1988–2012)
This article is about the defunct UK video game development company. For other companies of this name, see
Eurocom (disambiguation) .
Eurocom Final Eurocom logo (2006–2012)
Formerly Eurocom Entertainment Software (1988–2006) Company type Private Industry Video games Founded October 1988 Founders Mat Sneap Chris Shrigley Hugh Binns Tim Rogers Neil Baldwin Defunct 6 December 2012; 13 years ago (2012-12-06 ) [ 1] Fate Closed Headquarters Derby , EnglandNumber of employees
Approx. 250
Former Eurocom logo (1996–2005) Eurocom Entertainment Software was a Britishvideo game developer founded in October 1988 by Mat Sneap, Chris Shrigley, Hugh Binns, Tim Rogers and Neil Baldwin, to develop games for theNintendo Entertainment System . Eurocom expanded tohandheld game systems and majorvideo game consoles . The company licensedarcade games to port to consoles, and developed a few original properties, such asMagician Machine Hunter [ 2] 40 Winks Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy [ 3]
Eurocom was founded in October 1988 by Mat Sneap, Chris Shrigley, Hugh Binns, Tim Rogers, and Neil Baldwin.
Eurocom was assigned to develop a party game for theCrash Bandicoot series by Universal Interactive.Crash Bash was released on November 7, 2000. It was the last Crash Bandicoot game to be released on thePlayStation .
The studio releasedHarry Potter for Kinect in 2012.[ 4]
On 23 November 2012, Eurocom laid off around 75% of its 200 employees. The remaining 50 employees would focus on titles for mobile platforms according to studio director Hugh Binns.[ 1] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
The final title released by Eurocom was007 Legends [ 8]
Year Title Platform(s) Publisher Notes 1990 Magician NES Taxan First game 1991 James Bond Jr. THQ 1992 Lethal Weapon NES,Game Boy Ocean Software Dropzone NES U.S. Gold Co-developed with Arena Graphics Rod Land Game Boy Jaleco 1993 Tesserae DOS , Game Boy,Game Gear GameTek Sensible Soccer: European Champions Game Gear, Master System Sony Imagesoft 1994 Stone Protectors SNES Kemco Dino Dini's Soccer Virgin Interactive Brutal: Paws of Fury GameTek Co-developed with GameTek The Jungle Book NES, SNES,Genesis , Game Boy Virgin Interactive Family Feud DOS,3DO , Genesis GameTek Super Dropzone SNES Psygnosis 1995 Earthworm Jim Game Boy, Game Gear, SEGA Master System Playmates Interactive Co-developed withShiny Entertainment Super Street Fighter II Turbo DOS Capcom Co-developed with Capcom Spot Goes To Hollywood Genesis Virgin Interactive Published byAcclaim Entertainment in North America 1996 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Saturn Midway Games /Williams Entertainment Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow SNES Nintendo /Capcom 1997 Cruis'n World N64 Nintendo Hercules Windows ,PS1 Disney Interactive /Virgin InteractivePublished bySony Computer Entertainment in Europe War Gods N64, PS1 Midway Games Duke Nukem 64 N64 GT Interactive Co-developed with3D Realms Machine Hunter Windows, PS1 MGM Interactive 1998 Mortal Kombat 4 Windows, N64, PS1 Midway Games 1999 Tarzan Disney Interactive Duke Nukem: Zero Hour N64 GT Interactive NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC N64, PS1 Midway Games Hydro Thunder Windows, N64,Dreamcast Mortal Kombat Gold Dreamcast Updated version ofMortal Kombat 4 40 Winks PS1 GT Interactive
Year Title Platform(s) Publisher Notes 2000 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2nd Edition GBC THQ 007: The World Is Not Enough N64 Electronic Arts Crash Bash PS1 Sony Interactive Entertainment Co-developed withCerny Games 2001 NBA Hoopz PS1,PS2 , Dreamcast Midway Games Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire PS1, GBC Sony Interactive Entertainment 2002 Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex GameCube Universal Interactive GameCube port; Co-developed withTraveller's Tales Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party GBA THQ James Bond 007: Nightfire Xbox , PS2, GameCubeElectronic Arts Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Xbox, GameCube, GBA 2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds Xbox, GameCube, PS2 Vivendi Universal Games Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy THQ 2004 Athens 2004 PS2 Sony Interactive Entertainment Spyro: A Hero's Tail Xbox, GameCube, PS2 Vivendi Universal Games 2005 Robots PC, Xbox, GameCube, PS2 Predator: Concrete Jungle Xbox, PS2 Batman Begins Xbox, GameCube, PS2 Electronic Arts 2006 Ice Age 2: The Meltdown PC, PS2, Xbox, GameCube,Wii Vivendi Universal Games 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End PC, PS2,PS3 ,Xbox 360 ,PSP , Wii Disney Interactive Studios 2008 Beijing 2008 PC, PS3, Xbox 360 SEGA The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor PS2, Wii Universal Vivendi Games 007: Quantum of Solace PS2 Activision 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs PC, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 Co-developed withSuperVillain Studios and BudCat Creations. G-Force Disney Interactive Studios Dead Space: Extraction Wii Electronic Arts Co-developed withEA Redwood Shores
James Bond video gamesOlympics video gamesOther games Unreleased games
