Zippo Games
Moby ID: 8877
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John Pickford and Ste Pickford left Binary Design Ltd. with two programmers to found Zippo Games in 1987. The company was later asked by Rare to develop NES games for them and eventually folded into the company becoming Rare Manchester. In 1990, John and Ste left the company and moved on to Software Creations Ltd..
Credited on 10 Games from 1988 to 1992
| Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros - Visions of Power (1992 on NES) |
| Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship (1990 on NES, Arcade, Nintendo Switch) |
| Voodoo Nightmare (1990 on Amiga, Atari ST) |
| IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II (1989 on NES) |
| Sesame Street A B C (1989 on NES) |
| Sesame Street 1 2 3 (1989 on NES) |
| Cosmic Pirate (1989 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Cabal (1988 on DOS, Amiga, NES...) |
| Pub Darts (1986 on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64...) |
| Ghosts 'N Goblins (1985 on DOS, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance...) |
History +
- 1990
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After folding into Rare and becoming Rare Manchester, the Pickford brothers leave the company.
- 1987
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Company founded.
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 3 games with Rare Limited
- 2 games with Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
- 2 games with Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc.
- 1 game with Mastertronic Ltd.
- 1 game with Outlaw
- 1 game with Palace Software, Ltd.
- 1 game with M.C. Lothlorien Ltd
- 1 game with Binary Design, Ltd.
- 1 game with Words & Pictures Limited
- 1 game with Elite Systems Ltd.
- 5 games with Ste Pickford
- 4 games with Lyndon Brooke
- 4 games with John Pickford
- 3 games with David Wise
- 2 games with Tim Stamper
- 2 games with David Whittaker
- 2 games with Steve Hughes
- 1 game with Mark Betteridge
- 1 game with Lorne Campbell
- 1 game with Paul Tonge
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