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Novagen Software

Novagen Software Ltd was a British software company that developed and published a number of computer games for a variety of platforms during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Novagen Software Ltd
IndustryVideo games
Headquarters
Birmingham1
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United Kingdom
ProductsComputer games

Novagen Software Ltd (commonly referred to as Novagen) was a British software company that developed and published a number of computer games for a variety of platforms during the 1980s and early 1990s.

The company was set up by Paul Woakes and Bruce Jordan2 and employed approximately 18 people.3 In addition to running Novagen, Paul Woakes also developed and programmed the vast majority of the company's products and the first version of a custom loading scheme that worked ten times faster than Commodore's own, which became Novaload.456

Games

  • Encounter! (1983) Atari 8-bit, (1984) C647
  • Mercenary (1985) Atari 8-bit, C64,8 C16, Plus/4, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST
    • Mercenary: The Second City (1986) expansion pack for Mercenary
  • Mercenary Compendium Edition (1987) Mercenary + The Second City
  • Backlash (1988) Amiga, Atari ST9
  • Battle Island (1988) C6410
  • Hell Bent (1989) Amiga, Atari ST11
  • Damocles: Mercenary II (1990) Amiga, Atari ST
    • Damocles: Mission Disk 1 (1991) Amiga, Atari ST
    • Damocles: Mission Disk 2 (1991) Amiga, Atari ST
  • Damocles Compendium Edition (1991) Damocles + Mission Disk 1 + Mission Disk 2
  • Encounter (1991) Amiga, Atari ST
  • Mercenary III (1992)12 Amiga, Atari ST
References

References

  1. "The Novagen office".
  2. "The Making of Mercenary".
  3. "The Novagen team".
  4. "The Making of Mercenary". www.sockmonsters.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. retroreactiv8 (8 February 2018). "Paul Woakes: a tribute". RetroReactiv8. Retrieved 22 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Commodore Computing International - Vol 07 No 03 (1988-11)(Croftward)(GB) - page 9 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming". Internet Archive. November 1988. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. "Redirecting".
  8. "Impossible to Display Scan".
  9. "Backlash review from AUI Vol 2 No 2 (Feb 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
  10. "Impossible to Display Scan".
  11. "Hellbent review from The One for 16-bit Games 5 (Feb 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
  12. Contributor, Joe Donnelly; Donnelly, Joe (11 December 2015). "Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis is the Game Most Worth Saving from 1992". Rock Paper Shotgun. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
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