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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1984 |
Defunct | 1991 |
Fate | Acquired by Titus France |
Headquarters | London , England |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Cauldron series Barbarian series |
Services | Video game publishing |
Parent | Palace Group |
Palace Software was a British video game publisher and developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was part of the Palace Group- a company associated with film and video distribution- and was itself notable for the Barbarian and Cauldron series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particular the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. Palace caused some controversy with its advertisements in computer magazines, particularly for Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax which featured Page Three girl Maria Whittaker as a scantily clad female warrior.
Palace's developers included artist Steve Brown [1] and musician Richard Joseph. [2]
In 1991, the Palace Group sold Palace Software to Titus France. [3]