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Ocean Software Ltd (also known in the United States as Ocean of America, Inc.), commonly referred to as Ocean, was a British software development company, that became one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s and 1990s. It was acquired by a French holding company, Infogrames in 1996 and renamed to ''Infogrames UK'' in 1998, and again in 2004 to Atari UK, and once again in 2009 now known as Atari, Inc. The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods and was based in Manchester. Ocean developed dozens of games for a variety of systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Atari ST, Amiga, PC, and video game consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System and Sega Mega Drive. == History == The company's early releases in 1984 (''Moon Alert'', ''Hunchback'', ''High Noon'', ''Gilligan's Gold'', ''Daley Thompson's Decathlon'' etc.) were developed in-house, but later in that year Ocean Software acquired its former Liverpool rival, the defunct software developer Imagine, and focus shifted from development to publication of games. Also in 1984, Ocean struck a deal with Konami to publish their arcade games for home computers. * In 1985, Ocean Software managed to secure the first movie licences, such as ''Rambo'', ''Short Circuit'' and ''Cobra'', as well as the TV show ''Miami Vice'' and ''RoboCop'' which spent about a year on the top of the charts. * In 1986, a deal was signed with Taito and Data East for home versions of their arcade games such as ''Arkanoid'', ''Renegade'', ''Operation Wolf'' and ''The NewZealand Story''. *In 1986, Ocean Software created with Marc DJAN Ocean Software France. This 16-bit studio will create most of the 16-bit arcade conversions between 1986 and 1991 then became the French marketing and sales subsidiary of Ocean software Ltd. * In 1987, Ocean Software published original games again, after a marginal season filled with licences, resulting in ''Head over Heels'', ''Match Day II'' and ''Wizball''. * Ocean was voted Best 8-bit Software House of the Year 1988 at the Golden Joystick Awards.〔http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=C+VG/Issue092/Pages/CVG09200062.jpg〕 * In 1996, Ocean Software published ''Cheesy'' for the PlayStation. * Ocean was acquired by Infogrames in 1996 for £100,000,000 and renamed to ''Infogrames UK'' in 1998. * Ocean acquired Digital Image Design in * The last game released by Ocean was ''Mission: Impossible'' in 1998, for Nintendo 64. 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「Ocean Software」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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