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===Work with LEGO and creation of Artworld=== | ===Work with LEGO and creation of Artworld=== | ||
[[Image:Artworld logo.gif|thumb|Artworld logo c. 2001]][[File:Hover Scout and Rock Monster.jpg|250px|thumb|Artworld created proprietary plug-ins for LightWave that helped match the color scheme of real LEGO bricks]] | [[Image:Artworld logo.gif|thumb|Artworld logo c. 2001]][[File:Hover Scout and Rock Monster.jpg|250px|thumb|Artworld created proprietary plug-ins for LightWave that helped match the color scheme of real LEGO bricks]] | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1985 | | rowspan="2" | 1985 | ||
| ''Luna Rover''{{#tag:ref|Also known as ''Luna-Rover'' and ''Luna Buggy''.|group = n}} | | ''Luna Rover''{{#tag:ref|Also known as ''Luna-Rover'' and ''Luna Buggy''.|group = n}} | ||
| ZX Spectrum 48K | | rowspan="11" | ZX Spectrum 48K | ||
| rowspan="2" | Data Design Systems | | rowspan="2" | Data Design Systems | ||
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| ''Mega-Mazing'' (compilation) | | ''Mega-Mazing'' (compilation) | ||
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| rowspan="7" | 1986 | | rowspan="7" | 1986 | ||
| ''Alien''{{#tag:ref|Title screen gives the name ''Aliens''.|group = n}} | | ''Alien''{{#tag:ref|Title screen gives the name ''Aliens''.|group = n}} | ||
| ''[[Wikipedia:Your Sinclair|Your Sinclair]]'' | | ''[[Wikipedia:Your Sinclair|Your Sinclair]]'' | ||
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| ''Annals of Rome'' | | ''Annals of Rome'' | ||
| rowspan="2" | Personal Software Services Ltd | | rowspan="2" | Personal Software Services Ltd | ||
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# ''Bomber'' | # ''Bomber'' | ||
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| ''Death Duel'' | | ''Death Duel'' | ||
| [[Wikipedia:Sinclair User|''Sinclair User'']] | | [[Wikipedia:Sinclair User|''Sinclair User'']] | ||
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| ''Invadas'' | | ''Invadas'' | ||
| ''Your Sinclair'' | | ''Your Sinclair'' | ||
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| ''Invadas + Bomber'' | | ''Invadas + Bomber'' | ||
| rowspan="2" | Data Design Systems | | rowspan="2" | Data Design Systems | ||
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| ''Space Fright'' | | ''Space Fright'' | ||
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| 1987 | | 1987 | ||
| ''Tobruk''{{#tag:ref|Also known as ''Tobruk: The Clash of Armour'' and ''Tobruk 1942''.|group = n}} | | ''Tobruk''{{#tag:ref|Also known as ''Tobruk: The Clash of Armour'' and ''Tobruk 1942''.|group = n}} | ||
| rowspan="2" | Personal Software Services Ltd | | rowspan="2" | Personal Software Services Ltd | ||
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| 1988 | | 1988 | ||
| ''Pegasus Bridge'' | | ''Pegasus Bridge'' | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1989 | | rowspan="2" | 1989 | ||
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| ''Pogotron'' | | ''Pogotron'' | ||
| ZX Spectrum 48K | | rowspan="3" | ZX Spectrum 48K | ||
| Gamebusters | | Gamebusters | ||
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| 1990 | | 1990 | ||
| ''Invasion Force'' | | ''Invasion Force'' | ||
| Cases Computer Simulations Ltd | | Cases Computer Simulations Ltd | ||
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| rowspan="2" | 1991 | | rowspan="2" | 1991 | ||
| ''Loopz'' | | ''Loopz'' | ||
| rowspan="2" | Audiogenic Software Ltd | | rowspan="2" | Audiogenic Software Ltd | ||
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[http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc "LEGO Chess (PC)"]. Retrieved 21 October 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170823202724/http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc Archive] from 23 August 2017.</ref> | [http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc "LEGO Chess (PC)"]. Retrieved 21 October 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170823202724/http://dupchurch.com/?portfolio=lego-chess-pc Archive] from 23 August 2017.</ref> | ||
<ref name="Ultimate">"The Design Concept". ''The Ultimate LEGO Book''. [[Wikipedia:Dorling Kindersley|Dorling Kindersley]], 1999, p. 30-33.</ref> | <ref name="Ultimate">"The Design Concept". ''The Ultimate LEGO Book''. [[Wikipedia:Dorling Kindersley|Dorling Kindersley]], 1999, p. 30-33.</ref> | ||
<ref name="Crash">Kidd, Graeme. [http://www.crashonline.org.uk/28/dds.htm "This Little Proggy Went To Market..."]. | <ref name="Crash 28">Kidd, Graeme. [http://www.crashonline.org.uk/28/dds.htm "This Little Proggy Went To Market..."]. | ||
[[Wikipedia:Crash (magazine)|''Crash'']] Issue No. 28, May 1986. p.76. [[Wikipedia:Newsfield Publications Ltd|Newsfield Publications Ltd]]. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref><!-- | [[Wikipedia:Crash (magazine)|''Crash'']] Issue No. 28, May 1986. p.76. [[Wikipedia:Newsfield Publications Ltd|Newsfield Publications Ltd]]. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref><!-- | ||
Company records below | Company records below | ||
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<ref name="Insolvency"> | <ref name="Insolvency">[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03817591/insolvency Insolvency for DATA DESIGN INTERACTIVE LIMITED (03817591)]. [[Wikipedia:Companies House|Companies House]]. Retrieved 21 October 2017.</ref> | ||
[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03817591/insolvency Insolvency for DATA DESIGN INTERACTIVE LIMITED (03817591)]. [[Wikipedia:Companies House|Companies House]]. Retrieved 21 October 2017.</ref> | |||
<ref name="Artworld Dormant 2001">The Artworld Design Group UK Limited: [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MDA2MTE4NzgzNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2001]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref> | <ref name="Artworld Dormant 2001">The Artworld Design Group UK Limited: [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MDA2MTE4NzgzNmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2001]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref> | ||
<ref name="Artworld Trainer">My Personal Trainer Limited: [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MzAzNDIwOTYzN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Company name changed the artworld design group uk LIMITED]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref> | <ref name="Artworld Trainer">My Personal Trainer Limited: [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03942954/filing-history/MzAzNDIwOTYzN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Company name changed the artworld design group uk LIMITED]. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.</ref> | ||
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[[Image:DDI logo.png|250px|thumb|Logo 1998-2006]] | [[Image:DDI logo.png|250px|thumb|Logo 1998-2006]] | ||
* [http://www.ddi-games.com/ Official website], currently under construction | * [http://www.ddi-games.com/ Official website], currently under construction | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902015957/http://ddi-games.com:80/ Homepage] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902015957/http://ddi-games.com:80/ Homepage archive] from 2 September 2014 | ||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
Revision as of 04:09, 23 October 2017
We are looking forward to the future, it looks very bright!—Stewart Green, CEO, c. 2014[1]
Data Design Interactive Ltd was a British video game developer and publisher. The company was founded by in 1983 as Data Design Systems in Halesowen England, acquired by Stewart Green's Green Solutions in May 1990, and incorporated as limited company on 2 August 1999. The opening of a United States office in Sarasota, Florida, Data Design Interactive LLC, was announced on May 23, 2008.[2][3] Due to insolvency, the original United Kingdom office ceased trading in 2009 and was eventually dissolved on August 24, 2012.[4]
History
This article is an unfinished work in progress or contains transferred information that needs to be rewritten or reformatted to fit our standards. Please excuse the mess and do not mark for deletion.
Formation and early years
Ref[5]
Work with LEGO and creation of Artworld
After the release of Conquest Earth in 1997, the newly-formed LEGO Media International approached Data Design Interactive to work on LEGO Chess and LEGO Rock Raiders. For LEGO Chess, the company's art team animated FMV sequences for the game's opening, and for the opening and closing of each story match, based on scripts by producer Dave Upchurch; Krisalis Software worked on the actual game.[6] For LEGO Rock Raiders, art director Robert Dorney set up sister company Artworld UK to work on both pre-rendered FMV sequences and in-game models and animations. Twelve artists worked on LEGO Rock Raiders, using NewTek's LightWave 3D to create models and animations, and Adobe Photoshop and Kai's Power Tools to create textures that kept true to the look and feel of real LEGO bricks.[7]
Artworld was incorporated as a limited company on March 8, 2000, as The Artworld Design Group UK Ltd, and later became known as Artworld Studios. Artworld went on to create FMV animations for LEGO Racers, LEGOLAND, LEGO Alpha Team, LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom, LEGO Creator: Harry Potter, LEGO Racers 2, and Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.[8][n 1] Artworld also continued to work with LEGO to create animations for commercials, renders for the LEGO Adventures! magazine, videos for LEGOLAND Resort attractions such as Rocket Racers, a "LEGO Jack Stone" video, and designs for some LEGO sets.
Data Design Interactive worked closely with the LEGO Futura office in Billund, Denmark to design LEGO Rock Raiders sets alongside development of the video game,[9] making this the first LEGO video game not based on already-existing themes or completely original concepts. Design of the sets took eight months to complete.[10]
Later years
On April 9, 2001, the original Artworld company was filed as having been dormant through the financial year ending March 31, 2001.[11] It remained dormant until its name was changed to My Personal Trainer Ltd on March 22, 2011.[12] A new Artworld company, Artworld Studios Ltd, was incorperated on March 27, 2002,[13] but was filed as having been dormant through and since the financial year ending March 31, 2003.[14] Both companies were dissolved on April 3, 2012.[15][16]
At some point prior to 2014, the United States office moved to Osprey, Florida.
List of works
Data Design Systems games
Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher |
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1985 | Luna Rover[n 2] | ZX Spectrum 48K | Data Design Systems |
Mega-Mazing (compilation) | |||
1986 | Alien[n 3] | Your Sinclair | |
Annals of Rome | Personal Software Services Ltd | ||
Astrocade (compilation)
| |||
Death Duel | Sinclair User | ||
Invadas | Your Sinclair | ||
Invadas + Bomber | Data Design Systems | ||
Space Fright | |||
1987 | Tobruk[n 4] | Personal Software Services Ltd | |
1988 | Pegasus Bridge | ||
1989 | D.N.A. Warrior | ZX Spectrum 48K, ZX Spectrum 128 | Cascade Games Ltd |
Pogotron | ZX Spectrum 48K | Gamebusters | |
1990 | Invasion Force | Cases Computer Simulations Ltd | |
1991 | Loopz | Audiogenic Software Ltd | |
Super League Manager | ZX Spectrum 48K (cancelled) |
ZX Spectrum utilities:
Year | Title | Type |
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1986 | BASIC+ | BASIC programmer |
1987 | Elite Editor | Game Editor |
64 Column Display | Fonts & UDGs | |
Printer | Visual/Screen | |
Sprite Designer | Visual/Screen |
Data Design Interactive games
Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher |
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1991 | Jeopardy! | Game Boy | GameTek, Inc. |
Xenon 2: Megablast | SEGA Master System | Virgin Games | |
1994 | Pinkie | Amiga | Millennium Interactive Ltd |
X-It | Amiga, MS-DOS | ||
Rise of the Robots | Game Gear | Time Warner Interactive | |
Super NES | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | ||
1995 | Mega Drive, Mega-CD (cancelled) | ||
Waterworld | Mega Drive (cancelled) | Ocean Software Ltd | |
1997 | Conquest Earth | MS-DOS, Windows | Eidos Interactive, Inc. |
1999 | LEGO Rock Raiders | Windows, PlayStation (EU) | LEGO Media International Ltd |
2000 | PlayStation (NA) | ||
Tonka Space Station | Windows, PlayStation | Hasbro Interactive, Inc. | |
2001 | Tonka Monster Trucks | Windows | Infogrames, Inc. |
2002 | Nickelodeon Party Blast | GameCube, Windows, Xbox | Infogrames Interactive, Inc. |
Artworld animation
Year | Title | Platform(s) | Developer |
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1998 | LEGO Chess | Windows | Krisalis Software Ltd |
1999 | LEGO Racers | Windows, PlayStation | High Voltage Software, Inc. |
1999 | LEGO Rock Raiders | Windows, PlayStation (EU) | Data Design Interactive Ltd |
2000 | PlayStation (NA) | ||
LEGOLAND | Windows | Krisalis Software Ltd | |
LEGO Alpha Team | Windows | Digital Domain | |
LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom | Windows | Superscape | |
Tonka Space Station | Windows, PlayStation | Data Design Interactive Ltd | |
2001 | LEGO Creator: Harry Potter | Windows | Superscape |
LEGO Racers 2 | Windows, PlayStation 2 | Attention to Detail Ltd | |
Tonka Monster Trucks | Windows | Infogrames, Inc. | |
2002 | Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Windows | Qube Software |
Nickelodeon Party Blast | GameCube, Windows, Xbox | Data Design Interactive Ltd |
Notes
References
- ↑ Data Design Interactive homepage. Archive from 2 September 2014.
- ↑ GamesIndustry International (23 May 2008). "Data Design Interactive opens US office". Eurogamer. Retrieved 21 October 2017. Archive from 26 May 2008.
- ↑ Jenkins, David (27 May 2008). "Data Design Interactive Opens U.S. Office". Gamasutra. UBM TechWeb. Retrieved 21 October 2017. Archive from 12 May 2012.
- ↑ Insolvency for DATA DESIGN INTERACTIVE LIMITED (03817591). Companies House. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ Kidd, Graeme. "This Little Proggy Went To Market...". Crash Issue No. 28, May 1986. p.76. Newsfield Publications Ltd. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ Upchurch, David (March 2000). "LEGO Chess (PC)". Retrieved 21 October 2017. Archive from 23 August 2017.
- ↑ Moltenbrey, Karen (March 2000). "Legos Come to Life". Computer Graphics World. Volume 23. Issue 3. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ Younghusband, Paul (1 February 2001). "A One Stop Digital Shop: Data Design Interactive and Artworld UK". Animation World Magazine. Issue 5.11, p. 19-21. Animation World Network. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ "Behind the Scenes: Rock Raiders". LEGO Adventures! Issue 7, October 1999, p. 30-33. Egmont Fleetway Ltd, Egmont House.
- ↑ "The Design Concept". The Ultimate LEGO Book. Dorling Kindersley, 1999, p. 30-33.
- ↑ The Artworld Design Group UK Limited: Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2001. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ My Personal Trainer Limited: Company name changed the artworld design group uk LIMITED. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ Artworld Studios Limited: Incorporation. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ Artworld Studios Limited: Accounts for a dormant company made up to 31 March 2003. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ My Personal Trainer Limited: Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ Artworld Studios Limited: Final Gazette dissolved via voluntary strike-off. Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
External links
- Official website, currently under construction
- Homepage archive from 2 September 2014