magnetic fields software design ltd. type video game developer industry computer and video games interactive entertainment founded 1988 headquarters chester cheshire united kingdom key people shaun southern programming director andrew morris products lotus esprit turbo challenge super cars trailblazer rally championship website www.magneticfields.co.uk magnetic fields computer game developer was a british game development company founded by shaun southern and andrew morris in february 1982 . 1 the company was originally named mr chip software but renamed magnetic fields software design ltd. usually simply referred to as magnetic fields in 1988 . contents 1 history 2 games developed 3 games published 4 references 5 external links history edit between 1982 and 1984 they released the developed games themselves with limited success . in 1984 they ceased publishing games themselves and instead developed for publishers mastertronic and then later for alternative software gremlin graphics and other publishers . probably the best known game released under the mr. chip software company name was trailblazer which led to several sequels and ports to other systems . most of the other games released under the mr. chip software label were already focused on racing like kikstart 2 but also some non racing games found a fanbase like p.o.d. . although early development was focused on the commodore 64 and commodore vic 20 platforms the company widened the number of target platforms for their games in the mid 1980s . one of the other platforms included the commodore 16 which featured a few conversions including an impressive conversion of trailblazer but also a number of unique titles including arthur noid and bandits and zero . shaun also wrote a completely different version of kikstart for the machine to what was produced for the c64 . with the switch to the magnetic fields name the company also switched from 8 bit systems to the rather new 16 bit systems with their last 8 bit release being super scramble simulator a sort of silent 3rd game in the kikstart series . while developing games belonging to many different genres magnetic fields soon focussed on racing games . the 1985 release of formula 1 simulator was already technically on par with the competing racing games of that time . the company became well known in 1990 for their releases of super cars and lotus esprit turbo challenge on most common home computer systems of the time . especially the strong sales on the amiga 500 and atari st platforms led to sequels in 1991 . all three lotus titles had the nice additional touch of including hidden games in them with the sequel containing shaun s classic duck shoot game from the vic 20 . lotus iii the ultimate challenge featured on the tv series gamesmaster s2 e11 where it was played by formula one driver johnny herbert . 2 in 1996 the company released network q rac rally championship for the ms dos platform which received many favourable reviews 3 4 and led to several expansions and sequels including the x miles and international rally championship . the last release of the company was mobil 1 rally championship for windows and playstation platforms in 1999 . in 2000 shaun southern and andrew morris founded a new company called eugenicy to develop more racing games but the company was closed down before anything was ever released . 5 andrew morris released the original promotional trailer for eugenicy on his youtube channel in 2009 . 6 the company has agreed to let fans distribute their 8 bit system software as long as no profit is made from these . 7 8 this has led to additional interest citation needed in the company among users of emulators for such older hardware . kikstart i and ii were released in 2010 for the commodore 64 emulator on the iphone . games developed edit pacmania 1983 ad infinitum 1984 duck shoot 1984 kwazy kwaks 1984 olympic skier 1984 caves of doom 1985 hero of the golden talisman 1985 kikstart off road simulator 1985 trailblazer 1986 cosmic causeway trailblazer ii 1987 lotus esprit turbo challenge 1990 super cars 1990 super cars ii 1991 lotus ii 1991 lotus iii 1992 kid chaos 1994 supercars international 1996 network q rac rally championship 1996 rally championship the x miles add on expansion pack 1997 international rally championship 1997 mobil 1 rally championship 1999 games published edit all of these games were published under the older company name mr chip software . pacmania 1983 ad infinitum 1984 kwazy kwaks 1984 olympic skier 1984 references edit mobygames company description magnetic fields mobygames youtube gamesmaster s02 e11 johnny herbert youtube expert reviews network q rac rally championship expert reviews gamespot review network q rac rally championship gamespot internet archive snapshot of eugenicy website internet archive youtube eugenicy promotional trailer youtube mr chip mf dl c64 game guide available mcs mf 8 bit releases c64 game guide archived permissions on lemon64.com 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