Eurocom

Eurocom
	Final Eurocom logo (2006–2012)
Formerly	Eurocom Entertainment Software (1988–2006)
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	October 1988
Founders	Mat Sneap; Chris Shrigley; Hugh Binns; Tim Rogers; Neil Baldwin;
Defunct	6 December 2012
Fate	Closed
Headquarters	Derby, England
Number of employees	Approx. 250

Eurocom Entertainment Software was a British video game developer founded in October 1988 by Mat Sneap, Chris Shrigley, Hugh Binns, Tim Rogers and Neil Baldwin, to develop games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Eurocom expanded to handheld game systems and major video game consoles. The company licensed arcade games to port to consoles, and developed a few original properties, such as Magician, Machine Hunter, 40 Winks, and Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy.

On 23 November 2012, Eurocom laid off around 75% of their 200 employees.^[1] On 6 December 2012, the company laid off its remaining staff and closed.^[2]

Games developed

1990s

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher	Notes
1990	Magician	NES	Taxan
1991	James Bond Jr.	NES	THQ
1992	Lethal Weapon	NES, Game Boy	Ocean Software
	Dropzone	NES	U.S. Gold	Co-developed with Arena Graphics
	Rod Land	Game Boy	Jaleco
1993	Tesserae	DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear	GameTek
1993	Sensible Soccer: European Champions	Game Gear, Master System	Sony Imagesoft
1994	Stone Protectors	SNES	Kemco
	Dino Dini's Soccer		Virgin Interactive
	Brutal: Paws of Fury		GameTek	Co-developed with GameTek
	The Jungle Book	NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy	Virgin Interactive
	Family Feud	DOS, 3DO, Genesis	GameTek
	Super Dropzone	SNES	Psygnosis
1995	Earthworm Jim	Game Boy, Game Gear, SEGA Master System	Playmates Interactive	Co-developed with Shiny Entertainment
	Super Street Fighter II Turbo	DOS	Capcom	Co-developed with Capcom
	Spot Goes To Hollywood	Genesis	Virgin Interactive	Published by Acclaim Entertainment in North America
1996	Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3	Saturn	Midway Games/Williams Entertainment
1996	Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow	SNES	Nintendo/Capcom
1997	Cruis'n World	N64	Nintendo
	Hercules	Windows, PS1	Disney Interactive/Virgin Interactive
	War Gods	N64, PS1	Midway Games
	Duke Nukem 64	N64	GT Interactive	Co-developed with 3D Realms
	Machine Hunter	Windows, PS1	MGM Interactive
1998	Mortal Kombat 4	Windows, N64, PS1	Midway Games
1999	Tarzan	Windows, N64, PS1	Disney Interactive
	Duke Nukem: Zero Hour	N64	GT Interactive
	NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC	N64, PS1	Midway Games
	Hydro Thunder	Windows, N64, Dreamcast
	Mortal Kombat Gold	Dreamcast		Updated version of Mortal Kombat 4
	40 Winks	PS1	GT Interactive

2000s

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher	Notes
2000	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2nd Edition	GBC	THQ
	007: The World Is Not Enough	N64	Electronic Arts
	Crash Bash	PS1	Sony Interactive Entertainment	Co-developed with Cerny Games
2001	NBA Hoopz	PS1, PS2, Dreamcast	Midway Games
2001	Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire	PS1	Sony Interactive Entertainment
2002	Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	GameCube	Universal Interactive	GameCube port; Co-developed with Traveller's Tales
	Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party	GBA	THQ
	James Bond 007: Nightfire	Xbox, PS2, Gamecube	Electronic Arts
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Xbox, GameCube, GBA	Electronic Arts
2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds	Xbox, GameCube, PS2	Vivendi Universal Games
2003	Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy	Xbox, GameCube, PS2	THQ
2004	Athens 2004	PS2	Sony Interactive Entertainment
2004	Spyro: A Hero's Tail	Xbox, GameCube, PS2	Vivendi Universal Games
2005	Robots	PC, Xbox, GameCube, PS2
	Predator: Concrete Jungle	Xbox, PS2
	Batman Begins	Xbox, GameCube, PS2	Electronic Arts
2006	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	PC, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Wii	Vivendi Universal Games
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PSP	Disney Interactive Studios
2008	Beijing 2008	PC, PS3, Xbox 360	SEGA
	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	PS2, Wii	Universal Vivendi Games
	007: Quantum of Solace	PS2	Activision
2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	PC, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3	Activision	Co-developed with SuperVillain Studios and BudCat Creations.
	G-Force	PC, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3	Disney Interactive Studios
	Dead Space: Extraction	Wii	Electronic Arts	Co-developed with EA Redwood Shores

2010s

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher	Notes
2010	Vancouver 2010	PC, PS3, Xbox 360	SEGA
2010	GoldenEye 007	Wii	Activision
2011	Rio	Wii	THQ
	Disney Universe	PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii	Disney Interactive Studios
	GoldenEye 007 Reloaded	PS3, Xbox 360	Activision
2012	Harry Potter for Kinect	Xbox 360	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2012	007 Legends	PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U	Activision	Final Game

Unreleased

Title	Platform
Erik the Viking^[3]	NES
Stone Protectors	Genesis
Maui Mallard And The Lost City Of Dread^[4]	PlayStation
Spider-Man 4^[5]	Wii

References

^ ^a ^b Karmali, Luke (23 November 2012). "007 Legends Dev Hit by Redundancies". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (7 December 2012). "James Bond developer Eurocom makes remaining staff redundant, ceases trading". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ Caoili, Eric (15 July 2009). "Eurocom's Mystery Terry Jones NES Game: Erik the Viking". GameSetWatch. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
^ Nasikan, Maxim (28 December 2020). "Maui Mallard Story: A Giant Interview with the Creators (part 2)". VK. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ Caoili, Eric (30 November 2019). "UNRELEASED Spider-Man 4 Game Found! (Cancelled SM4 Movie Tie-In)". Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019 – via YouTube.

External links

Eurocom at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Eurocom at MobyGames

[EuroGClosure-1] Karmali, Luke (23 November 2012). "007 Legends Dev Hit by Redundancies". Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[2] Yin-Poole, Wesley (7 December 2012). "James Bond developer Eurocom makes remaining staff redundant, ceases trading". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[3] Caoili, Eric (15 July 2009). "Eurocom's Mystery Terry Jones NES Game: Erik the Viking". GameSetWatch. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

[part2-4] Nasikan, Maxim (28 December 2020). "Maui Mallard Story: A Giant Interview with the Creators (part 2)". VK. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[5] Caoili, Eric (30 November 2019). "UNRELEASED Spider-Man 4 Game Found! (Cancelled SM4 Movie Tie-In)". Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019 – via YouTube.

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