Wise Owl Software
Moby ID: 7047
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Wise Owl Software was a small development team based at the Brampton Enterprise Centre, near Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England.
Management consisted of Arthur Mudd, who ran the office, Bob Lees (RIP) who was the Art Director, Dave Ward, who was the Programming Director, and a few of the staff were shareholders.
It was a company originally intended for Educational Games, but it soon began working on games (mostly conversions) for Ocean, Gremlin, and CRL.
Key Staff were Mark Incley, Wayne Maw, David Crummack (all programmers), Shaun McClure (artist).
The staff never grew beyond a small handful, and were mainly trainees or people with limited experience.
Credited on 19 Games from 1986 to 1989
| John Lowe's Ultimate Darts (1989 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64) |
| Emilio Butragueño 2 (1989 on ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC) |
| War Machine (1989 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Gary Linekers Superskills (1988 on Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum...) |
| Death or Glory (1987 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...) |
| Flashpoint (1987 on ZX Spectrum, Thomson TO, Thomson MO) |
| Herobotix (1987 on Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Antstream) |
| Krakout (1987 on Windows, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum...) |
| Ninja Hamster (1987 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) |
| Oink! (1987 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...) |
| Splitz (1987 on Commodore 16, Plus/4) |
| Wizball (1987 on DOS, PC Booter, Amiga...) |
| Hercules (1986 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Joey (1986 on Commodore 16, Plus/4) |
| Renegade (1986 on DOS, Amiga, NES...) |
| Solar Star (1986 on Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, ZX Spectrum...) |
| Top Gun (1986 on DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Diamond Mine II (1985 on MSX, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro...) |
| Astro Plumber (1985 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Plus/4, BBC Micro...) |
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 5 games with France Image Logiciel
- 4 games with Infogrames Studios Limited
- 4 games with CRL Group PLC
- 3 games with Blue Ribbon Software Ltd.
- 3 games with Bandai Namco Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 2 games with U.S. Gold Ltd.
- 2 games with Power House, The
- 2 games with Kixx
- 1 game with Quantum Productions
- 1 game with Smash 16
- 5 games with David C. Bowler
- 5 games with Robert Lees
- 5 games with Wayne Maw
- 4 games with David Ward
- 3 games with Ben Daglish
- 3 games with Mark Incley
- 2 games with Tim White
- 2 games with Ian Stewart
- 2 games with Arthur Mudd
- 2 games with Owen C. Heinz
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