Incentive Software Ltd.
Moby ID: 315
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Incentive Software was a small publisher based initially in Reading, Berkshire, UK. Founded by Ian Andrew, essentially from royalties earned by his Spectrum game Mined-Out which was published by Rod Cousens at Quicksilva.
The maddeningly playable Splat! was the first Incentive release on Spectrum and then C64. The Ket Trilogy adventure games were also released on the Spectrum. Moon Cresta for Spectrum and C64 was the biggest chart hit.
Incentive was also the first industry posting for Darryl Still. He later moved on to Atari, Electronic Arts and Nvidia.
The company developed the Power Load system for the cassette duplication company Dataclone to combat piracy, also using data compression techniques to reduce the cassette’s loading time drastically.
Credited on 28 Games from 1983 to 1992
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Virtual Reality Studio 2.0 (1992 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST) |
Menace of Dr. Spoil Sport (1992 on DOS) |
Virtual Reality Studio (1991 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
Virtual Worlds: The 3D Game Collection (1991 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
Castle Master (1990 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
Castle Master + Castle Master II: The Crypt (1990 on DOS, Amiga, Commodore 64...) |
Total Eclipse: Special Edition (1989 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) |
Dark Side (1988 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
Total Eclipse (1988 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
Double Gold: The Alien from Outer Space plus Dragons Tooth (1987 on BBC Micro) |
Double Gold: The Black Fountain and Sharpe's Deeds (1987 on Amstrad CPC) |
Double Gold: Top Secret and Mountains of Ket (1987 on Amstrad CPC) |
Space Station Oblivion (1987 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
Zodiac / The Search for the Secret of Life (1987 on Commodore 64) |
Mountains of Ket (1986 on Amstrad CPC) |
The Legend of Apache Gold (1986 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) |
Winter Wonderland (1986 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...) |
Confuzion (1985 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC...) |
Eddie Steady Go! (1985 on Dragon 32/64) |
The Graphic Adventure Creator (1985 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) |
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Company location and contact number (May 1984):
Incentive Software Ltd.
54 London Street
Reading
RG1 4SQ
United Kingdom
Telephone: (0734) 591678
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 4 games with Domark Software Ltd.
- 3 games with Alternative Software Ltd.
- 2 games with Bandai Namco Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 2 games with Square Enix Limited
- 2 games with Major Developments
- 2 games with Krisalis Software Ltd.
- 2 games with Hit Squad, The
- 1 game with U.S. Gold Ltd.
- 1 game with Epyx, Inc.
- 1 game with Kixx
- 16 games with Ian Andrew
- 8 games with Paul Gregory
- 8 games with Chris Andrew
- 7 games with Sean Ellis
- 5 games with Helen Andrew
- 4 games with Peter Carter
- 3 games with Andy Tait
- 3 games with Anita Bradley
- 3 games with Richard A. McCormack
- 3 games with Ursula Taylor
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