Thalamus Ltd
Moby ID: 4520
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Thalamus was the software publishing label of Newsfield, which published gaming magazines such as Zzap!64, CRASH and Amtix!.
Initial releases were all for the Commodore 64, with the first 3 titles all being the work of Finnish programmer Stavros Fasoulas. When Fasoulas had to return to his home country for national service new talent was needed so Martin Walker, who had already produced successful games for other publishers, was recruited.
Later releases were by Dutch group The Boys Without Brains and the Rowlands brothers (Apex Computer Productions) amongst others.
A small number of titles was released for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. Some 16-bit titles were also published, mostly for the Amiga.
By 1991 the parent company Newsfield was in serious financial trouble and their magazine division was closed over the next few years. By 1993 Thalamus was no longer viable and it folded.
The company was eventually revived as Thalamus Digital.
Credited on 19 Games from 1986 to 1992
| Borobodur: The Planet of Doom (1992 on Amiga, Antstream) |
| Creatures 2: Torture Trouble (1992 on Commodore 64, iPad, iPhone) |
| Nobby the Aardvark (1992 on Commodore 64) |
| Winter Camp (1992 on Amiga, Commodore 64) |
| Armalyte: The Final Run (1991 on Amiga, Atari ST) |
| Thalamus: The Hits 2 (1991 on Commodore 64) |
| Creatures (1990 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Heatseeker (1990 on Commodore 64) |
| Summer Camp (1990 on Amiga, Commodore 64) |
| Venom Wing (1990 on Amiga) |
| Retrograde (1989 on Commodore 64) |
| Snare (1989 on Commodore 64) |
| Thalamus: The Hits (1989 on Commodore 64) |
| Armalyte (1988 on Windows, Commodore 64, Antstream) |
| Hawkeye (1988 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64) |
| Delta Patrol (1987 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Antstream) |
| Hunter's Moon (1987 on Commodore 64, Antstream) |
| Mind-Roll (1987 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
| Sanxion (1986 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum) |
History +
- 1986
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Thalamus is formed
Trivia +
Company location (1989)
THALAMUS LTD
1, Saturn House
Calleva Park
Aldermaston
Berkshire
RG7 4QW
United Kingdom
Company location (1993)
Unit 29 Riverside Business Centre,
Victoria Street,
High Wycombe,
Bucks HP11 2LT
United Kingdom
Tel 0494 474713
Fax: 0494 440220
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 3 games with Infinite Lives Ltd.
- 2 games with Softeyes
- 1 game with WJS Design
- 1 game with Genesis Software
- 1 game with Esprit Software Programs Ltd.
- 1 game with Maniacs of Noise
- 1 game with Twilight
- 1 game with Softstorm Developments
- 1 game with Boys without Brains
- 1 game with Transmission Software
- 11 games with Oliver Frey
- 11 games with David Birch
- 10 games with Franco Frey
- 7 games with Paul Cooper
- 5 games with Stavros Fasoulas
- 3 games with Martin Walker
- 3 games with John Rowlands
- 3 games with Steve Rowlands
- 3 games with Robin Levy
- 3 games with Andy Roberts
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