Automata U.K. Limited
Moby ID: 6850
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Automata UK was a company established by Mel Croucher and Christian Penfold for ZX Spectrum releases. Croucher's games had the British surrealist trademark, with titles such as Pimania, My Name Is Uncle Groucho, You Win A Fat Cigar, and Deus Ex Machina.
In 1985 Croucher sold off the company for 10 pence.
Credited on 12 Games from 1982 to 1985
| New Wheels John? (1985 on ZX Spectrum) |
| Nudgeit (1985 on ZX Spectrum) |
| Deus Ex Machina (1984 on Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX) |
| Pi-balled (1984 on ZX Spectrum) |
| Pi-In'Ere (1984 on ZX Spectrum) |
| My Name is Uncle Groucho You Win a Fat Cigar (1983 on ZX Spectrum, Antstream) |
| Automonopoli (1983 on ZX Spectrum) |
| Bunny Plus E.T.A. (1983 on ZX Spectrum) |
| Morris Meets the Bikers (1983 on ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) |
| Yakzee! (1983 on ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32/64) |
| Can of Worms (NSFW) (1982 on ZX81) |
| Pimania (1982 on Windows, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32/64...) |
History +
- November 19, 1977
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Company founded
Related Web Sites +
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The Piman Files
Information about Automata's cult classic Pimania, MP3s of all the songs that came on the B-sides of Automata's game cassettes, and scans of all the Automata back-page cartoons that appeared in Popular Computing Weekly. -
Wikipedia: Automata UK
article in the open encyclopedia about the company
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 1 game with Valve Corporation
- 1 game with Electric Dreams Software
- 1 game with Nu Wave Software
- 1 game with Mind Games España S.A.
- 1 game with Pixel Games UK
- 1 game with P. B. Software
- 4 games with Robin Grenville Evans
- 3 games with Jason Austin
- 3 games with Mel Croucher
- 2 games with Colin Tuck
- 2 games with Christian Penfold
- 2 games with Carol Ann Wright
- 1 game with Tony Reynolds
- 1 game with Barbara Tipple
- 1 game with Colin Bradshaw-Jones
- 1 game with Donna Bailey
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