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English Software was a software developer and publisher in the 1980s based in Manchester, UK. == History == The company was set up in 1982 by Philip Morris, owner of Gemini Electronics computer store in Manchester, to release video games for the Atari 8-bit home computers. By the end of 1983, English Software was the largest producer of Atari 8-bit software in the UK and Morris closed Gemini Electronics to concentrate on English.〔("News and Views" ), Page 6, Page 6 Publications, Issue 6, Nov/Dec 1983〕 The company continued to concentrate on the Atari 8-bit market〔(English Software (8-bit) ) at Atari Mania〕 but also released games for other home computers including Commodore 64,〔(English Software ) at Lemon64〕 BBC Micro,〔(Games by Publisher: E ) at Stairway to Hell〕 Acorn Electron,〔(English Software ) at Acorn Electron World〕 Amstrad CPC,〔(Amstrad CPC ''Leviathan'' ) at Genesis 8-bit〕 ZX Spectrum,〔(English Software ) at World of Spectrum〕 Atari ST〔(English Software (ST) ) at Atari Mania〕 and Amiga.〔(English Software ) at Hall of Light〕 Notable popular games include platformers ''Jet-Boot Jack'' (1983) and ''Henry's House'' (1984), racer ''Elektra Glide'' (1985), the multi-event ''Knight Games'' (1986) and shoot 'em up ''Leviathan'' (1987). English had licensing deals that saw some of their games released internationally e.g. through Dynamics Marketing in Germany and Datamost in the US.〔(The English Software Company ) at Moby Games〕 A number of English's games were sold at budget price by Mastertronic in the US, which included exclusive ports such as the Atari version of ''Henry's House'' and the PC version of ''Knight Games''. Philip Morris said in 2013 he did not license the Atari version to Mastertronic UK, even though English Software had the option to do this. How they managed to publish it is a mystery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English Software」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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