Denton Designs
# Denton Designs

Denton Designs was a British video game developer based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1984 and initially specialised in developing software for the ZX Spectrum home computer. Amongst the founders were developers who had worked on the unfinished "Mega game" Bandersnatch for Imagine Software.

## History

Denton Designs was founded in September 1984 by six former Imagine staff - Steve Cain, Ian Weatherburn, Ally Noble, John Gibson, Karen Davies and Graham "Kenny" Everett.

When Denton Designs was contracted to develop Shadowfire, Ian Weatherburn became disillusioned with the fact that the company was no longer operating as it had when they had been part of Imagine, and on issuing an ultimatum was sacked by the rest of the directors. He subsequently joined Ocean.

In March 1986, the company split, with founders Cain, Davies, Everett and Gibson leaving. Of the original founders, only Ally Noble remained.

In December 1995, Denton Designs was acquired by Rage Software.

## Games developed

| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1984 | Gift from the Gods | ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1985 | Cosmic Wartoad | ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1985 | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1985 | Roland's Rat Race | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1985 | Shadowfire | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Beyond Software |
| 1985 | Sorderon's Shadow: The Legend of Elindor | ZX Spectrum | Beyond Software |
| 1985 | Enigma Force | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Beyond Software |
| 1986 | Dante's Inferno | Commodore 64 | Beyond Software |
| 1986 | Bounces | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | |
| 1986 | The Great Escape | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1986 | Infodroid | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 | Beyond Software |
| 1986 | The Transformers | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1987 | Double Take | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1987 | Eco | Amiga, Atari ST | Ocean |
| 1987 | Flashpoint | Thomson computers, ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1987 | Madballs | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1987 | Mutants | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1988 | Where Time Stood Still | Atari ST, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum | Ocean |
| 1988 | Foxx Fights Back | Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Image Works |
| 1988 | Troll | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Kixx |
| 1989 | Eye of Horus | Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS | Logotron |
| 1991 | World Class Rugby | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Audiogenic |
| 1991 | Wreckers | Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS | Audiogenic |
| 1992 | World Class Rugby: Five Nations Edition | Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS | Audiogenic |
| 1993 | Batman Returns | Amiga | Konami |
| 1993 | Krusty's Fun House | Game Boy, MS-DOS | Virgin Interactive |
| 1994 | Soccer | Game Boy | Rage Software |
| 1994 | Wembley Rugby League | Amiga, MS-DOS | Audiogenic |
