Domark
| File:Domarklogo.png | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founder | Dominic Wheatley Mark Strachan |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Eidos Interactive |
| Headquarters | , |
Domark Software was a video games software house based in the United Kingdom. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan. Domark developed and published many games for home computers during the 1980s.
The company's first released was the 1984 title Eureka!, an adventure game created by Ian Livingstone, which was notable for offering a £25,000 prize to the first person to completely solve the game. In 1995, Domark merged with Eidos Technologies, Simis and Big Red Games to form the Eidos Interactive group. Eidos Interactive later acquired U.S. Gold which included Core Design.
In 1998, Simis bought itself out of the group and became Kuju Entertainment.
Product list
- 007: Licence to Kill
- 3D Construction Kit
- 3D Construction Kit II
- A View to a Kill
- Absolute Zero
- A.P.B.
- AV-8B Harrier Assault
- Badlands
- Battle Frenzy
- Big 10 Simulation-Action
- Big Red Racing
- Bob's Full House
- Castle Master
- Castle Master 2: The Crypt
- Championship Manager
- Championship Manager 2
- Championship Manager 93/94
- Confirmed Kill
- Curse of Dragor
- Cyberball
- Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
- Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
- Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
- Eureka!
- European Football Champ
- F1
- Formula One World Championship Edition
- Flight Sim Toolkit
- Flying Nightmares
- Friday the 13th
- Hard Drivin'
- Hard Drivin' II
- Hydra
- International Rugby Challenge
- James Bond: The Duel
- James Bond: The Living Daylights
- James Bond: Live and Let Die
- Kawasaki Superbike Challenge
- Klax
- Lords of Midnight
- Marko
- Marko's Magic Football
- MIG-29 Fulcrum
- The Music System
- The Orion Conspiracy
- Out of the Sun
- Pictionary
- Pit-Fighter
- Prince of Persia
- R.B.I. Baseball 2
- Race Drivin'
- Rampart
- Rugby: The World Cup
- Shadowlands
- Skull & Crossbones
- Spitting Image
- Split Personalities
- The Spy Who Loved Me
- Star Wars
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- Super-VGA Harrier
- Taito's Super Space Invaders
- Toobin'
- Total Eclipse
- Total Mayhem / Total Mania
- Trivial Pursuit
- Trivial Pursuit 2: A New Beginning
- Vindicators
- Warbirds (Closed beta only)
- Wheels of Fire
- Xybots
Where are they now?
Ian Livingstone is still with Eidos/SCi. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Bright Things PLC and was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for "Services to the Computer Games Industry" in the New Years Honours List 2006.[2]
Elizabeth Harvey has moved to the US and following the death of her husband has remarried the past chairman of investment bank Morgan Grenfell, Andrew Alvin. She, through her previous husband who was killed in a helicopter accident in 1999, was awarded a (Dame of the Order of the British Empire) for "Services to the Computer Games Industry" in the New Years Honours List 2001.
Mike McGarvey, former CEO of Eidos Technologies, was the COO of OnLive.[3]
Notable computer game producer, James Poole, once with Domark, runs the UK office of WMS Gaming.
References
- ^ http://www.mobygames.com/company/domark-software-ltd MobyGames - Domark Software Ltd.
- ^ http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7659 Ian Livingstone Awarded OBE For Game Services
- ^ http://blog.onlive.com/tag/mike-mcgarvey/ Archive for Mike McGarvey.