zeppelin games 1994 as merit studios europe 1996 as eutechnyx 1 headquarters gateshead uk key people brian jobling founder executive chairman 2 darren jobling ceo 3 number of employees approx . 200 2009 4 website www.eutechnyx.com eutechnyx is a british computer and video games developer founded in november 1987 as zeppelin games and was also briefly known as merit studios europe in 1994 . they are based in dunston gateshead in the united kingdom . since 1997 the company is focused on racing games . they are known for their largely panned video game ride to hell retribution work with the nascar franchise and as a developer on various other racing titles and games . 5 6 contents 1 history 1.1 zeppelin games 1987 1994 1.2 merit studios europe 1994 1996 1.3 eutechnyx 1996 present 2 games developed 2.1 as zeppelin games 2.2 as merit studios europe 2.3 as eutechnyx 3 references 4 external links history edit zeppelin games 1987 1994 edit the company founder brian jobling started creating games for the atari 800 zx spectrum and commodore 64 personal computers at home in the early 1980s as a 14 year old . 4 with the money that he made he started the company zeppelin games in november 1987 when he was 17 . 1 4 zeppelin games produced a large number of games for various home computer systems including atari 8 bit family commodore 64 zx spectrum atari st and amiga and by the early 90s were also making games for pc and consoles such as the mega drive genesis and snes . popular games included jocky wilson s darts challenge international tennis universal warrior and sink or swim . they also worked with publisher codemasters to produce the first two micro machines games and pete sampras tennis . the company being primarily a budget publisher operated several labels for different price ranges ; among them were cognito 7 8 and impulze 9 for full price releases zeppelin premier and zeppelin platinum . merit studios europe 1994 1996 edit the company was acquired by american company merit studios inc. in 1994 and became known as merit studios europe . 10 as well as developing their own games the company was also responsible for the marketing and distribution of merit s us games in europe . eutechnyx 1996 present edit the company became eutechnyx in 1996 . after gaining registered developer and publisher status for the sony playstation the directors bought back the company from merit with help from french publishers infogrames . this started a 3 year agreement with eutechnyx developing exclusively for infogrames on the playstation and pc platforms . the end of this agreement meant that as of 2000 the company became a fully independent developer and currently releases games across many formats for publishing companies such as electronic arts and namco . 11 12 since 1996 the company has specialised in driving and racing games of many types including licensed titles such as james bond 007 max power cartoon network and the fast and the furious . as of 2009 eutechnyx has studios in gateshead england hong kong chengdu and the united states . 4 it employed almost 200 people . 4 after the failure ride to hell retribution the london studio was closed in june 2013 . in june 2013 several employees were loaned to ubisoft reflections and in february 2014 a restructuring was announced with the loss of 12 jobs taking the headcount to 130 . 13 in 2012 sister company zerolight was formed at the gateshead offices to apply the realtime rendering technology developed for racing games to showroom and online configurators for car manufacturers . in october 2013 darren jobling replaced his brother brian as ceo to take on a more active role in development with brian becoming executive chairman . 14 in july 2014 again after the failure of warhammer 40k storm of vengeance following another re structuring an additional 19 members of staff were lost . 15 in july 2015 following commercially disappointing results from ambitious multiplayer online racing game acr a further 8 redundancies were made with some of the 22 people announced as being added to sister firm zerolight being relocated from eutechnyx 16 in september 2016 zerolight moved across the river from eutechnyx gateshead office to liveworks on the quayside at newcastle upon tyne . 17 games developed edit as zeppelin games edit 1988 draconus c64 zx atari 8 bit 1988 las vegas casino c64 zx cpc atari 8 bit 1988 speed ace atari 8 bit 1988 zybex c64 zx atari 8 bit 1989 jocky wilson s darts challenge c64 zx cpc atari 8 bit amiga 1989 kenny dalglish soccer manager c64 zx cpc atari 8 bit amiga atari st 1989 living daylights the atari 8 bit re release from domark 1989 mirax force atari 8 bit re release from tynesoft 1989 mountain bike racer c64 zx atari 8 bit msx 1989 ninja commando c64 zx cpc atari 8 bit 1989 phantom atari 8 bit re release from tynesoft micro value 1989 sidewinder atari 8 bit re release from futureware 1990 fantastic soccer c64 atari 8 bit 1990 fantastic american football zx 1990 edd the duck c64 zx cpc amiga atari st 1990 world soccer c64 zx cpc atari 8 bit 1990 arcade fruit machine c64 zx cpc atari 8 bit amiga atari st pc 1990 blinky s scary school c64 zx atari 8 bit amiga atari st 1990 cavernia atari 8 bit 1990 santa s xmas caper c64 zx cpc amiga 1991 jocky wilson s compendium of darts c64 zx atari 8 bit amiga atari st 1991 stack up zx atari 8 bit amiga atari st pc 1991 tai chi tortoise c64 zx 1991 titanic blinky c64 zx cpc amiga atari st 1991 sharkey s moll zx cpc amiga atari st 1991 mission shark atari 8 bit import from polish developer lk avalon misja 1991 fred atari 8 bit import from lk avalon 1991 f1 tornado c64 zx cpc amiga atari st 1992 arnie c64 amiga 1992 edd the duck 2 back with a quack amiga 1992 american tag team wrestling zx cpc amiga 1992 international 5 a side c64 zx 1992 international truck racing c64 amiga atari st 1992 international tennis c64 zx amiga pc 1992 international athletics pc 1992 match of the day c64 zx amiga atari st 1992 graeme souness soccer manager c64 zx amiga atari st pc 1992 carnage c64 amiga atari st dos 1993 arnie 2 c64 amiga pc 1993 world rugby c64 zx 1993 universal warrior amiga 1993 sink or swim aka s.s. lucifer man overboard amiga pc snes md 1994 international soccer amiga pc as merit studios europe edit 1994 the machines pc a revised port of universal warrior 1994 bud tucker in double trouble pc 1995 frankenstein life or death pc developed by junkyard 1996 cyberjudas dos published by merit studios developed by d.c. true . successor to shadow president . as eutechnyx edit 1997 total drivin aka grand tour racing 98 ps1 1997 motor mash ps1 pc 1999 max power racing aka c3 racing car constructors championship ps1 1999 le mans 24 hours aka test drive le mans ps1 pc 1999 f1 world grand prix 1999 season ps1 pc 2000 007 racing ps1 2000 tnn hardcore tr ps1 us only release . 2001 f1 world grand prix 2000 ps1 pc 2002 big mutha truckers ps2 xbox gc pc 2004 street racing syndicate ps2 xbox gc pc 2005 ford mustang the legend lives ps2 xbox 2005 ford vs. chevy ps2 xbox 2005 big mutha truckers 2 ps2 xbox pc released in the uk as big mutha truckers 2 truck me harder . 2006 cartoon network racing ps2 also ported to nintendo ds by dc studios . 2006 hummer badlands ps2 xbox 2006 the fast and the furious ps2 psp 2006 pimp my ride ps2 xbox 360 2007 hot wheels beat that ps2 pc xbox360 wii 2008 ferrari challenge trofeo pirelli ps2 ps3 wii ds psp 2009 supercar challenge absolute supercars in north america ps3 psn 2010 ferrari the race experience psn wii 2011 nascar the game 2011 ps3 xbox 360 wii 2012 auto club revolution pc 2012 nascar the game inside line ps3 xbox 360 wii 2013 ride to hell retribution ps3 xbox 360 pc 2013 nascar the game 2013 pc 2014 nascar 14 ps3 xbox 360 pc 2014 warhammer 40 000 storm of vengeance pc ios android references edit a b company history . eutechnyx . archived from the original on 30 october 2007 . retrieved 6 march 2009 . our people . eutechnyx . archived from the 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