Beyond Software

This article is about the 1980s UK video game publisher. For the 1990s U.S. video game developer, see Beyond Games. For the 1988-1993 U.S. video game developer, see Stormfront Studios.

Beyond Software

Industry	Video games
Founded	1983;42 years ago (1983)
Founder	Emap International Limited
Headquarters	UK
Area served	UK
Products	Video games

Beyond Software was a video game publisher in the UK in the 1980s. It was set up by the EMAP publishing group in 1983 and published numerous games on the Commodore 64, Dragon 32, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but met with very little success until the release of Mike Singleton's The Lords of Midnight in 1984. The Tolkien-esque strategy game became an instant success and allowed Beyond to establish a distribution deal with American developers First Star, as well as a publishing deal with developer Denton Designs. ^[1]

After being acquired by Telecomsoft in late 1985 ^[2] for a six-figure sum, Beyond continued to operate as a unique label, mostly releasing games that had already been in development for some time, as well as a number of conversions of existing titles. Telecomsoft did very little with the Beyond label beyond these releases. A number of high-profile titles, such as Star Trek: The Rebel Universe ended up on the Firebird label, while a highly anticipated Mike Singleton project, Eye of the Moon, failed to materialise.

Games

Titles by Beyond Software

Title	Developer	Genre	C64	ZX Spectrum	Others	Year	Format
Goodness Gracious	Paul Jay	Action	C64	—	—	1983	Tape
Kriegspiel	Ron Potkin	Strategy	—	—	Dragon 32	1983	Tape
SS Achilles	David Muncer, Simon Goodwin	Action	—	—	Atari 8-bit	1983	Disk
Space Station Zebra	Pat W. Norris	Arcade	—	ZX Spectrum	—	1983	Tape
Up Periscope	Ron Potkin	Strategy	—	—	Dragon 32	1983	Tape
Ankh	Datamost	Puzzle	C64	—	—	1984	Tape
Aztec	Datamost	Actiom	C64	—	—	1984	Tape
The Lords of Midnight	Mike Singleton	Graphic Adventure	C64	ZX Spectrum	Amstrad CPC	1984	Tape, Disk
Mr. Robot	Datamost	Arcade	C64	—	—	1984	Tape
My Chess II	Datamost	Board	C64	—	—	1984	Tape, Disk
Psytron	Psy-Sci	Tactical combat	C64	ZX Spectrum	—	1984	Tape
Spellbound	Pat W. Norris	Action	—	ZX Spectrum	—	1984	Tape
Spy vs. Spy	First Star Software	Action	C64	ZX Spectrum	Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit	1984	Tape
Doomdark's Revenge	Mike Singleton	Graphic Adventure	C64	ZX Spectrum	Amstrad CPC	1985	Tape
Psi Warrior	Psy-Sci	Action	C64	—	—	1985	Tape
Shadowfire	Denton Designs	Tactical Combat	C64	ZX Spectrum	Amstrad CPC	1985	Tape
Shadowfire Tuner	Denton Designs	Game Editor	C64	ZX Spectrum	—	1985	Tape
Sorderon's Shadow	Nick Eatock, Simon Welland	Graphic Adventure	—	ZX Spectrum	—	1985	Tape
Enigma Force	Denton Designs	Tactical Combat	C64	ZX Spectrum	—	1985	Tape
Quake Minus One	Mike Singleton, Warren Foulkes	RTS	C64	—	—	1985	Tape
Superman: The Game	First Star Software	Action/strategy	C64	—	—	1985	Tape
Dante's Inferno	Denton Designs	Action-adventure	C64	—	—	1986	Tape
Bounces	Denton Designs	Action	C64	ZX Spectrum	—	1986	Tape
Infodroid	Denton Designs	Action	C64	—	Amstrad CPC	1986	Tape, Disk
Romper Room		Educational	C64	ZX Spectrum	—	1986	Tape

References

1. Villordsutch (13 August 2016). "The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #15 – The Lords of Midnight". Flickering Myth. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
2. Richard Hewison: Beyond. Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine from: The Bird Sanctuary. Accessed on 2009-12-10

External links

• Beyond Software at MobyGames