upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . march 2016 superior software ltd genre video game publisher founded 1982 founder richard hanson john dyson headquarters leeds england key people steve botterill chris payne steve hanson products repton citadel thrust ravenskull zarch bonecruncher pipeline exile website superiorinteractive.com superior software ltd a.k.a. superior interactive is a video game publisher . it was one of the main publishers for the bbc micro and acorn electron computers in the 1980s and early 1990s . it currently releases games for microsoft windows ; mostly updates of its original games . contents 1 history 2 releases 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit superior software was established in 1982 by richard hanson and john dyson two graduates of the university of leeds england . they had previously programmed software published by micro power and they wrote superior s first four game releases for the bbc micro three were written by hanson and one by dyson . describing the early days hanson commented we set up superior software with just 100 john and i each put 50 into a company bank account ; and we placed a small black and white advertisement in one of the early home computer magazines ... 100 was the most money that we would lose from the superior software venture if it had not worked out . anyway we received a very good response to our first advertisement and the software sales which it generated covered the cost of the advertisement several times over . we started to place larger advertisements in a few magazines and invited other programmers to send their software to us for evaluation and possible marketing by us . 1 superior mostly focused on the machines of acorn computers ltd but also made attempts to enter the market of other platforms including the oric 1 and commodore 64 . key management personnel have included steve botterill chris payne and steve hanson . major software developers peter johnson tim tyler martin edmondson nicholas chamberlain kevin edwards david hoskins matthew atkinson chris roberts tony oakden peter scott gary partis peter irvin jeremy smith david braben ian bell geoff crammond jonathan griffiths and nick pelling have all produced software published by superior sometimes released under the joint superior software acornsoft brandname . releases edit their most well known games are the repton series of games which sold over 125 000 units for the acorn computers . other notable superior software games for the bbc and electron include overdrive citadel thrust galaforce stryker s run ravenskull codename droid sequel to stryker s run palace of magic bonecruncher quest pipeline exile and ricochet . they also published the seminal zarch for the acorn archimedes as well as follow up games using the same engine conqueror and air supremacy . as well as their high quality original games superior released a number of official acorn conversions of big games from other systems including barbarian the last ninja predator hostages and sim city . superior also published a number of educational and utility software titles including the speech synthesis program speech . play it again sam 2 compilation acorn electron cassette the play it again sam series of compilations were used to re release their old titles with four games for the usual price of one . the original play it again sam featured four superior games which had each made no. 1 individually citadel thrust ravenskull and stryker s run but subsequent compilations increasingly featured one or more makeweight games of lesser quality mainly licensed from other software houses such as micro power or alligata . they were also used to release new games that were thought not quite up to the standard of their full price games . the series eventually ran to 18 on the bbc micro though the latest ones were released on disc only well into the demise of the 8 bit scene and very few copies were sold . citation needed superior under the brandname superior interactive now mainly develops and publishes software for computers running microsoft windows ; and they have released several updated versions of their popular 1980s hits for that operating system . this includes the original three repton games as well as repton spectacular featuring new levels and irepton for the iphone . as well as new versions of the repton games superior interactive has published re releases called galaforce worlds ravenskull pipeline plus ricochet and a new game solid spheres deluxe . see also edit category superior software games acornsoft references edit boylan crispin 1998 interview the superior software years and the future beebgames.com external links edit superior interactive website superior interactive profile from mobygames v t e superior software notable early games 1982 84 invaders centibug alien dropout hunchback overdrive stranded mr wiz percy penguin smash and grab space pilot zany kong junior games 1985 93 1985 tempest repton deathstar repton 2 citadel 1986 karate combat thrust galaforce stryker s run the legend of sinbad ravenskull repton 3 elite enhanced revs enhanced 1987 syncron kix grand prix construction set around the world in 40 screens codename droid crazee rider palace of magic zarch elixir bonecruncher spellbinder the life of repton 1988 quest spycat conqueror barbarian repton thru time pipeline cosmic camouflage by fair means or foul exile imogen repton infinity the last ninja galaforce 2 1989 a question of sport firetrack repton mania barbarian ii camelot qwak predator ballistix superior soccer ricochet baron last ninja 2 1990 perplexity hyperball pandemonium hostages superior golf star port simcity master break 1991 air supremacy cyborg warriors the network vertigo 1992 ego repton 4 1993 technodream tactic citadel 2 educational utility software toolkit 1983 assembler 1983 world geography 1983 disassembler 1984 constellation 1984 planetarium 1984 uk geography 1984 speech 1985 compilations the acornsoft hits 1987 the superior collection 1987 play it again sam electron 1987 1991 bbc micro 1987 1993 archimedes 1992 1994 platforms bbc micro oric 1 acorn electron commodore 64 amstrad cpc acorn archimedes amiga zx spectrum v t e bbc computer literacy project bbc microcomputers model a b and b master range archimedes range and a3000 tv programmes services now the chips are down the computer programme making the most of the micro micro live telesoftware via ceefax people david allen john coll christopher curry steve furber hermann hauser fred harris lesley judd ian mcnaught davis richard russell chris serle sophie wilson software acorn acorn mos advanced disc filing system disc filing system bbc basic bbcsoft doctor who and the warlord doctor who the first adventure white knight companies acorn computers bbc cst cambridge systems technology castle technology cumana micro power pace micro technology superior software torch computers watford electronics bbc branded peripherals 6502 second processor ieee488 adapter prestel adapter teletext adapter z80 second processor other projects bbc domesday project retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title superior software & oldid 735662645 categories acorn computerscompanies established in 1982software companies of the united kingdomsuperior software gamesvideo game companies of the united kingdomvideo game publishers1982 establishments in englandhidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2016all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2008 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 changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 22 august 2016 at 07 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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