Melbourne House

Krome Studios Melbourne, formerly Melbourne House, is a video game development studio owned by Krome Studios and based in Melbourne, Australia. They were founded in 1980 under the name Beam Software by Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen. The name, Beam, is a contraction of Alfred and Naomi's initials. They are known for the early games The Way of the Exploding Fist (Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64 and Commodore 16), ... more

Krome Studios Melbourne, formerly Melbourne House, is a video game development studio owned by Krome Studios and based in Melbourne, Australia. They were founded in 1980 under the name Beam Software by Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen. The name, Beam, is a contraction of Alfred and Naomi's initials. They are known for the early games The Way of the Exploding Fist (Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64 and Commodore 16), The Hobbit (1982) (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and BBC Micro) and Sherlock (1984) (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64). They also helped distribute the Arcade Hit Double Dragon on the PC in 1988. Melbourne House is one of the longest surviving game development companies in the world and for most of its existence has been the largest game development studio in Australia. In the early 90s Melbourne House found success in their home country with releases such as Aussie Rules Footy and International Cricket for the NES. In 1993 they released... less