Difference between revisions of "U.S. Gold"
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==Softography== | ==Softography== | ||
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* ''[[Gauntlet]]'' (1990) | * ''[[Gauntlet]]'' (1990) | ||
* ''[[Impossible Mission]]'' (1990) | * ''[[Impossible Mission]]'' (1990) | ||
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* ''[[Championship Hockey]]'' (1995) | * ''[[Championship Hockey]]'' (1995) | ||
* ''[[Sonic's Edusoft]]'' (unreleased) | * ''[[Sonic's Edusoft]]'' (unreleased) | ||
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===[[Mega Drive]]=== | ===[[Mega Drive]]=== | ||
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* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1992) | * ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1992) | ||
* ''[[Olympic Gold]]'' (1992) | * ''[[Olympic Gold]]'' (1992) | ||
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* ''[[Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings]]'' (1995) | * ''[[Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings]]'' (1995) | ||
* ''[[Olympic Summer Games]]'' (1996) | * ''[[Olympic Summer Games]]'' (1996) | ||
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===[[Mega CD]]=== | ===[[Mega CD]]=== | ||
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===[[Game Gear]]=== | ===[[Game Gear]]=== | ||
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* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1991) | * ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1991) | ||
* ''[[OutRun Europa]]'' (1991) | * ''[[OutRun Europa]]'' (1991) | ||
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* ''[[Power Drive]]'' (1995) | * ''[[Power Drive]]'' (1995) | ||
* ''[[Mega Man]]'' (1995) | * ''[[Mega Man]]'' (1995) | ||
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===[[Saturn]]=== | ===[[Saturn]]=== | ||
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* ''[[Johnny Bazookatone]]'' (1996) | * ''[[Johnny Bazookatone]]'' (1996) | ||
* ''[[Olympic Soccer]]'' (1996) | * ''[[Olympic Soccer]]'' (1996) | ||
| + | *''[[Dream Team '96]]'' (unreleased) | ||
===Amiga=== | ===Amiga=== | ||
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*''[[OutRun]]'' (1987) | *''[[OutRun]]'' (1987) | ||
*''[[Thunder Blade]]'' (1988) | *''[[Thunder Blade]]'' (1988) | ||
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*''[[Super Monaco GP]]'' (1991) | *''[[Super Monaco GP]]'' (1991) | ||
*''[[Super Sega]]'' (1991) | *''[[Super Sega]]'' (1991) | ||
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===Atari 8-bit Family=== | ===Atari 8-bit Family=== | ||
*''[[Zaxxon]]'' (1984) | *''[[Zaxxon]]'' (1984) | ||
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===Atari ST=== | ===Atari ST=== | ||
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*''[[OutRun]]'' (1987) | *''[[OutRun]]'' (1987) | ||
*''[[Thunder Blade]]'' (1988) | *''[[Thunder Blade]]'' (1988) | ||
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*''[[Super Monaco GP]]'' (1991) | *''[[Super Monaco GP]]'' (1991) | ||
*''[[Super Sega]]'' (1991) | *''[[Super Sega]]'' (1991) | ||
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===Amstrad CPC=== | ===Amstrad CPC=== | ||
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*''[[OutRun]]'' (1987) | *''[[OutRun]]'' (1987) | ||
*''[[Thunder Blade]]'' (1988) | *''[[Thunder Blade]]'' (1988) | ||
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*''[[Super Monaco GP]]'' (1991) | *''[[Super Monaco GP]]'' (1991) | ||
*''[[Super Sega]]'' (1991) | *''[[Super Sega]]'' (1991) | ||
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===Commodore 64=== | ===Commodore 64=== | ||
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*''[[Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom]]'' (1983) | *''[[Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom]]'' (1983) | ||
*''[[Spy Hunter]]'' (1983) | *''[[Spy Hunter]]'' (1983) | ||
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*''[[Super Monaco GP]]'' (1991) | *''[[Super Monaco GP]]'' (1991) | ||
*''[[Super Sega]]'' (1991) | *''[[Super Sega]]'' (1991) | ||
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===ZX Spectrum=== | ===ZX Spectrum=== | ||
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*''[[Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom]]'' (1983) | *''[[Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom]]'' (1983) | ||
*''[[Spy Hunter]]'' (1983) | *''[[Spy Hunter]]'' (1983) | ||
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Revision as of 14:20, 16 June 2017
U.S. Gold is a British video game developer and distributor from the mid 1980s through the mid-1990s. It was founded in Birmingham in 1984 by Geoff Brown as the publishing division of Centresoft. At the time it was established it was porting several US Atari and Commodore 64 games to the 8-bit home computer format in Europe. Over time it gained the rights to port well known games such as Street Fighter, Final Fight, Ghouls n Ghosts, Forgotten Worlds among others. However, a number of their more lucrative licensing deals, particularly one with LucasArts, fell through, threatening to affect their income. In order to help consolidate their finances, they joined forces with UK software distributor CentreSoft to form the CentreGold Plc Group. Internal game development studios owned by U.S. Gold were the internally formed Silicon Dreams and acquired Core Design.
The three-way partnership at the heart of CentreGold didn't last long, however, as the group was acquired by Eidos Interactive in April 1996. Eidos sold off CentreSoft and maintained Core Design as a developer but decided to discontinue the U.S. Gold brand. Silicon Dreams Studios was sold back to U.S. Gold founder Geoff Brown.
The last retail game to bear the U.S. Gold logo was Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996, released in June 1996 for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PC and 3DO. The remaining U.S. Gold games awaiting publication at the time of their acquisition by Eidos were released in August 1996 with the exception of Dream Team Basketball, a cancelled PlayStation game.
U.S. Gold is credited as the publisher of the canceled Sonic's Edusoft and the developer of the also canceled Sonic the Hedgehog (Amiga).
During the mid-90s U.S. Gold had a short-lifed publishing label called Front Street Publishing. Only the Sega 32X version of BC Racers was ever published under this name, though the unreleased 32X versions of Soulstar X, Virtual Golf, Shellshock and Thunderhawk II were also set to use the label.
Contents
Softography
Master System
- Gauntlet (1990)
- Impossible Mission (1990)
- Paperboy (1990)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1990)
- Heroes of the Lance (1991)
- OutRun Europa (1991)
- Super Kick Off (1991)
- World Class Leader Board (1991)
- Strider II (1992)
- Olympic Gold (1992)
- James Pond II: Codename RoboCod (1993)
- Star Wars (1993)
- The Incredible Hulk (1994)
- Road Rash (1994)
- Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94 (1994)
- World Cup USA 94 (1994)
- Championship Hockey (1995)
- Sonic's Edusoft (unreleased)
Mega Drive
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1992)
- Olympic Gold (1992)
- Super Kick Off (1992)
- World Class Leader Board (1992)
- Flashback: The Quest for Identity (1993)
- Strider II (1993)
- Gunship (1994)
- Hurricanes (1994)
- The Incredible Hulk (1994)
- Power Drive (1994)
- Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94 (1994)
- World Cup USA 94
- Fever Pitch Soccer (1995)
- Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (1995)
- Olympic Summer Games (1996)
Mega CD
- Flashback: The Quest for Identity (1994)
- World Cup USA 94 (1994)
Game Gear
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1991)
- OutRun Europa (1991)
- Super Kick Off (1991)
- World Class Leader Board (1991)
- Olympic Gold (1992)
- Strider II (1992)
- James Pond II: Codename RoboCod (1993)
- Star Wars (1993)
- Hurricanes (1994)
- James Pond 3: Operation Starfish (1994)
- Road Rash (1994)
- Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94 (1994)
- World Cup USA 94 (1994)
- Championship Hockey (1995)
- The Incredible Hulk (1995)
- Power Drive (1995)
- Mega Man (1995)
Saturn
- Thunderstrike 2 (1995)
- Johnny Bazookatone (1996)
- Olympic Soccer (1996)
- Dream Team '96 (unreleased)
Amiga
- OutRun (1987)
- Thunder Blade (1988)
- Turbo OutRun (1989)
- Crack Down (1990)
- ESWAT: Cyber Police (1990)
- Alien Storm (1991)
- Bonanza Bros (1991)
- G-LOC R360 (1991)
- Line of Fire (1991)
- OutRun Europa (1991)
- Shadow Dancer (1991)
- Super Monaco GP (1991)
- Super Sega (1991)
Atari 8-bit Family
- Zaxxon (1984)
- Spy Hunter (1985)
- Tapper (1985)
- Up'n Down (1985)
Atari ST
- OutRun (1987)
- Thunder Blade (1988)
- Turbo OutRun (1989)
- Crack Down (1990)
- ESWAT: Cyber Police (1990)
- Alien Storm (1991)
- Bonanza Bros (1991)
- G-LOC R360 (1991)
- Line of Fire (1991)
- OutRun Europa (1991)
- Shadow Dancer (1991)
- Super Monaco GP (1991)
- Super Sega (1991)
Amstrad CPC
- OutRun (1987)
- Thunder Blade (1988)
- Turbo OutRun (1989)
- Crack Down (1990)
- ESWAT: Cyber Police (1990)
- Alien Storm (1991)
- Bonanza Bros (1991)
- G-LOC R360 (1991)
- Line of Fire (1991)
- OutRun Europa (1991)
- Shadow Dancer (1991)
- Super Monaco GP (1991)
- Super Sega (1991)
BBC Micro
- Spy Hunter (1983)
- Tapper (1984)
Commodore 64
- Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (1983)
- Spy Hunter (1983)
- Up'n Down (1984)
- Tapper (1984)
- Zaxxon (1985)
- OutRun (1987)
- Thunder Blade (1988)
- Turbo OutRun (1989)
- Crack Down (1990)
- ESWAT: Cyber Police (1990)
- Alien Storm (1991)
- Bonanza Bros (1991)
- G-LOC R360 (1991)
- Line of Fire (1991)
- OutRun Europa (1991)
- Shadow Dancer (1991)
- Super Monaco GP (1991)
- Super Sega (1991)
ZX Spectrum
- Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (1983)
- Spy Hunter (1983)
- Tapper (1984)
- Zaxxon (1985)
- OutRun (1987)
- Thunder Blade (1988)
- Turbo OutRun (1989)
- Crack Down (1990)
- ESWAT: Cyber Police (1990)
- Alien Storm (1991)
- Bonanza Bros (1991)
- G-LOC R360 (1991)
- Line of Fire (1991)
- OutRun Europa (1991)
- Shadow Dancer (1991)
- Super Monaco GP (1991)
- Super Sega (1991)