Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.
Odin consisted of managing director Paul McKenna; programmers Steve Wetherill, Robbie Tinman, Mark Dawson, Keith Robinson, George Barnes, Tommy Laningan, Derrick Rowson, Steve P; artists Paul Salmon, Stuart James Fotheringham, Colin Grunes and Andy...
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Odin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.
Odin consisted of managing director Paul McKenna; programmers Steve Wetherill, Robbie Tinman, Mark Dawson, Keith Robinson, George Barnes, Tommy Laningan, Derrick Rowson, Steve P; artists Paul Salmon, Stuart James Fotheringham, Colin Grunes and Andy R; and musician Keith Tinman. Bernie Duggs and musician Fred Gray are also credited.
Prior to the release of their debut title, Nodes of Yesod, in 1985, Odin had previously released a number of games under the name Thor. Although they developed a couple of in-house titles as Thor, they mainly acquired the publishing rights to homegrown titles from anonymous bedroom programmers. These early titles were mostly regarded as critical disappointments but not commercial failures. When Thor decided to switch to in-house development, Paul McKenna ...
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