verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message elite systems type private industry computer software software publishing founded 1984 headquarters lichfield united kingdom website www.elite systems.co.uk elite systems is a uk video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as richard wilcox software . 1 they are best known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games . 2 elite also published compilations of games on the hit pak label and budget price re releases on the encore label . contents 1 history 2 list of mobile games 3 list of older games 4 references 5 external links history edit under the name richard wilcox software only one title was published blue thunder for the zx spectrum atari 8 bit and commodore 64 . in august 1984 the group was relaunched under the name elite systems 3 expanding the team to include graphic designers rory green and jon harrison ; programmers neil a. bate chris harvey andy williams and stephen lockley ; administrators paul smith and pat maisey ; and wilcox s brother steve handled sales and marketing . 1 their first release under the new elite systems label was kokotoni wilf 1 which also carried the first of their anti counterfeiting holograms on the cassette inlay card . 3 by 1986 the team were hiring freelancers and developing many home computer licenses of arcade machines . ghosts n goblins for example was converted to the spectrum by freelance programmer nigel alderton and graphics designer karen trueman plus elite s regular team . the aldridge based headquarters housed a row of arcade cabinets for games that were being converted . their hardware had been hacked so the team could analyse the games to ensure an accurate licensed conversion . 2 at the 1986 golden joystick awards elite was awarded software house of the year by computer & video games magazine . in 1989 it got a game of the year award for paperboy by the british software industry . 4 converted by neil bate chris harvey and jon harrison with the bbc micro and atari st versions produced by a second andy williams who joined the company in 1986 . around 2003 with the rise in the popularity of mobile games elite began to publish mobile games with a focus on mobile conversions of classic games . elite has also developed and published some new games such as avp . in 2005 the publication retro gamer credited the elite team in volume 2 issue 1 as richard benton matthew hyden and steve wilcox . elite is currently working on an update to paperboy and also port popular games to danger s sidekick devices . in 2010 the company began selling versions of classic zx spectrum games licensed from the original developers for ios and android systems . however in 2014 numerous complaints were made by those developers that they had not received any royalties due to them by elite systems . 5 steve wilcox responded in a statement on their website 6 where he claimed he was working towards making all outstanding payments with 28 days and that the games were being withdrawn from sale in the meantime . in april 2014 it was reported that elite systems had fully repaid the overdue royalties and cancelled the contracts it had with the unpaid developers . 7 list of mobile games edit all new paperboy in development double dragon ii the revenge r type atlantis quest double dragon ex paperboy star warriors alien vs. predator bombjack chuckie egg puzzle with choice list of older games edit 1942 3dc 911ts a question of sport ace ace2 airwolf airwolf 2 aquablast battleships batty beyond the ice palace blue thunder bomb jack bomb jack ii buggy boy chain reaction combat lynx commando complete onside soccer deep strike dirt racer dogs of war dr. franken titled the adventures of dr. franken for the snes in the united states dr. franken ii dukes of hazzard european championship 1992 the fall guy first strike ford racing frank bruno s boxing ghosts n goblins grand national grand touring gremlins 2 the new batch harrier attack hoppin mad ikari warriors kokotoni wilf last battle live and let die mighty bombjack mike read s computer pop quiz nintendo soccer on the tiles onside complete soccer overlander paperboy passing shot roller coaster scooby doo space academy space harrier spitfire storm warrior strikepoint striker with rage software supertrux test drive off road the fidgetts thundercats tournament golf virtuoso wanderer 3d world championship soccer world cup striker references edit a b c news input elite under way . crash 9 43 . october 1984 . a b smith rachael may 1986 . your sinclair 5 56 57 . a b frontlines holo victory . your spectrum 9 3 . october 1984 . retro gamer magazine issue 65 . pages 53 54 f casey . elite systems blaster . leviathyn.com . retrieved 14 may 2016 . wilcox steve . temporary withdrawal from app stores . elite systems . elite systems . archived from the original on march 6 2014 . retrieved 14 may 2016 . cs1 maint unfit url link corriea alexa ray . zx spectrum keyboad maker pays overdue royalties . polygon.com . vox media . retrieved 14 may 2016 . external links edit elite systems homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title elite systems & oldid 739545556 categories video game companies of the united kingdomvideo game development companiesvideo game publishersvideo game companies established in 1984hidden categories cs1 maint unfit urlarticles needing additional references from may 2012all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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