Gremlin Interactive was a British software house based in Sheffield and working mostly in the home computer market. The company was established in 1984 as Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd. and renamed in 1994. Gremlin's early success was based on games like Wanted: Monty Mole and Thing on a Spring. Their primary market then was 8-bit computers like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64.
Gremlin scored big with the Premier Manager series...
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Gremlin Interactive was a British software house based in Sheffield and working mostly in the home computer market. The company was established in 1984 as Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd. and renamed in 1994. Gremlin's early success was based on games like Wanted: Monty Mole and Thing on a Spring. Their primary market then was 8-bit computers like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64.
Gremlin scored big with the Premier Manager series in the early 1990s, and then with Actua Soccer, the first football game in full 3D, while having success with other games such as the Lotus series, Zool, Motorhead or Hardwar. Following EA's success with the EA Sports brand, Gremlin also released their own sports videogame series, adding Golf, Tennis and ice hockey to their Actua Sports series. In 1995, Gremlin also released a stunt car racing game called Fatal Racing.
In 1996 Gremlin acquired DMA Design (creators of Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings).
In 1999, they themselves were bought by...
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