Sensible Software was a highly regarded software house in the 1990s from the United Kingdom.
The company were well-known for the very small sprites used for the player characters in many of their games, including Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder and Sensible Golf.
Sensible Software was formed in Chelmsford, Essex in 1986 by two former school friends, Jon Hare (A.K.A. Jovial Jops) and Chris Yates (A.K.A. Cuddly Krix). After cutting their teeth for 9...
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Sensible Software was a highly regarded software house in the 1990s from the United Kingdom.
The company were well-known for the very small sprites used for the player characters in many of their games, including Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder and Sensible Golf.
Sensible Software was formed in Chelmsford, Essex in 1986 by two former school friends, Jon Hare (A.K.A. Jovial Jops) and Chris Yates (A.K.A. Cuddly Krix). After cutting their teeth for 9 months at LT Software in Basildon, Hare and Yates set up Sensible Software in March of 1986.
Sensible initially released games for the ZX Spectrum and later the Commodore 64, clinching market praise with Parallax, Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit and Wizball (later to be voted 'Game of the Decade' by Zzap64 magazine). At the time, the pair's output was well known among gamers for its high quality and offbeat sense of humour.
In 1988 Martin Galway joined the team and Sensible Software became a 3-man partnership. That summer they released...
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