Rowan Software Ltd.
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Rowan Software was a software company located in the United Kingdom and founded in 1987. The studio specialized in flight simulators.
Rowan Software's last game was Battle of Britain (2000). The company was acquired by Empire Interactive Europe in December 2000.
Credited on 14 Games from 1988 to 2000
| Rowan's Battle of Britain (2000 on Windows) |
| Mig Alley (1999 on Windows) |
| Flying Corps (1997 on DOS, Windows, Windows 3.x) |
| Flying Corps: Gold (1997 on Linux, DOS, Windows...) |
| Air Power: Battle in the Skies (1995 on DOS) |
| Dawn Patrol: Head to Head (1995 on DOS) |
| Navy Strike (1995 on DOS, Windows, Linux...) |
| Dawn Patrol (1994 on DOS, Amiga, PC-98) |
| Overlord (1994 on DOS, Amiga) |
| Reach for the Skies (1993 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST) |
| Flight of the Intruder (1990 on DOS, Windows, Amiga...) |
| Tetris (1988 on Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum...) |
| Falcon (1987 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...) |
| Harrier Combat Simulator (1987 on DOS, Amiga, Commodore 64...) |
History +
- December 2000
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Rowan Software acquired by Empire Interactive Europe.
- 1987
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Rowan Software was formed from H&H Software by Rod Hyde in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.
Trivia +
The company's website was first located at www.cix.co.uk/~rowan/ and later at www.rowansoftware.com
Rowan: Although almost exclusively known for flight simulations, the company did take over development of a strategy/role-playing title called Duster from Realtime when the Carrier Command creators collapsed. However, they never completed the game after Mirrorsoft (who were due to publish it) went bankrupt.
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 6 games with Empire Interactive Entertainment
- 5 games with Avalon Interactive
- 5 games with Empire Interactive Europe Ltd.
- 4 games with MicroProse (Alameda)
- 4 games with The White Label
- 3 games with Strategy First, Inc.
- 3 games with Sounds Appealing
- 3 games with Mirrorsoft Ltd.
- 2 games with Mindscape SA
- 2 games with Digital Integration Ltd.
- 13 games with Rod Hyde
- 12 games with David Whiteside
- 11 games with Mark Shaw
- 10 games with Paul Dunscombe
- 9 games with Gem Taylor
- 9 games with Andrew McCann
- 7 games with Chris Orton
- 6 games with Stephen Tickle
- 6 games with Paul Robotham
- 5 games with Anthony J. Bond Jr.
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