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Fantasy Software
Company typeVideo game developer and publisher
PredecessorQuest Microsoftware
Founded1983
Defunct1985
Successorn/a
HeadquartersFauconberg Lodge, 27A St. Georges Road, Cheltenham, Glos, GL50 3DT, England
Key peoplePaul Dyer, Bob Hamilton, Darren Hamilton, Ian Hamilton

Fantasy Software, which started out as Quest Microsoftware, was one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum during the early 1980s. The company was founded in early 1983 by Bob Hamilton and Paul Dyer. It had a number of reasonable successes in the early days of the computer boom but never became one of the major software production houses. Most of its releases were written by Bob Hamilton.

List of games

  • The Black Hole (1983) (as Quest)
  • Violent Universe (1983) (as Quest)
  • Doomsday Castle (1983) — reviewed in Crash issue 2: 87%
  • The Pyramid (1983) — reviewed in Crash issue 2: 83%
  • Beaky and the Egg Snatchers (1984) — reviewed in Crash issue 7: 75%
  • Backpackers Guide to the Universe (1984) — reviewed in Crash issue 12: 83%
  • The Drive-In (1984) — reviewed in Crash issue 13: 70%

History

  • In issue 19 of Crash magazine, they stated that a number of companies owed advertising fees including Fantasy Software, with a debt of £4,190.

References

  1. "Crash Magazine Issue 02". March 1984.
  2. "World of Spectrum - the Black Hole".
  3. "World of Spectrum - Violent Universe".
  4. "Crash Magazine Issue 02". March 1984.
  5. "Crash Magazine Issue 02". March 1984.
  6. "Backpackers Guide to the Universe at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware".
  7. Crash issue 19, page 19
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