This is interesting - Stars of the past.

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     Once upon a time software for
Spectrum came from his homeland - sta-
swarm of good England or its borders.   At that
At the time, computers were tape-based, and software
branded frames.  But in the year 1993 the flow
programs from overseas are almost non-existent
dragged on.  Many foreign manufacturing companies
soft's management switched to other platforms
we have either completely ceased to exist
tion.  And Russia was filled with local programs
th production.  What happened to those famous
changed foreign companies after their departure
yes from the world of Speccy. This is what we are talking about now.
we talk (and look into their life path). 
     - World famous companyVirgin
Games began its activities as a non-
large trading company dealing
mailing of musical recordings, and
It was then simply called Virgin.   At the end
in the seventies, the affairs of the young company went into
mountain and the company changed its name to
Virgin Records.  Since 1983 the company
becomes the largest software publisher
software for 8-bit machines and hardware
takes its name to Virgin Games. K 1994
year total capitalthe company has exceeded
the first billion dollars and the company is in line
changed its name to Virgin again
Interactiwe Entertainment (VIE).   Today
VIE unites a network of studios spread across
world from central Europe to Western
coast of America.   Most of these
divisions exist as independent
programming companies with their own trade
brand, but they all work under the same
nal coordination of VIE.  Among these "daughters"
them" studios Rewolution Softvare (works
in the Adwenture genre), Rovan Softvare (developed
runs flight simulators), Trylobyte (works
melts into the interactive video genre),
Westwood Studious (role-playing games), Adeline
Softvare (arcade adventure games) and many
other groups.  VIE Internet address
next: http://vvv.wie.com/.           
 - Company Actiwision is one of the most
the largest companies publishing computer games.
Was created in 1979 and initially
was aimed at game consoles
Atari type. In the early 90s, she switched to
game consoles such as "SEGA" and
"Nintendo".  Since the mid-90s I switched to
PC platform and released a game series
Mechvarrior.           Company address:
http://actiwision.com/.                   
 - Company Gremlin Interactiwe - on data
This moment works on the PC platform.    Her
address: http://vvv.gremlin.сo.uk/.         
 - Company  Konami  - works on PC.
Address: http://vvv.konami.com/.            
 - Company Microprose - works on PC.
Address:http://vvv.microprose.com/.         
 - Firm  Ocean  - works on PC.
Address: http://vvv.oceanltd.com/           
 - Company U.S.    Gold - works on
PC platform.                             
     - Company Infocom star of the 80s in
areas of the adventure genredisintegrated.One
from its programmers (Steve Meretzky) moved
to the Legend company working on PC.       
     - Company ARTIC,which produced tech-
common adventure games in 1982-1984.
(Adwenture A, Adventure B,Adventure C...)
alsodisintegrated.    Head of the company
Charles Cecil created his own company
Rewolution Software, focused on
PC platform.                             
     - The company Mirrorsoft - has collapsed.      
 - Company FireBird -which has glorified its
name of the release of the immortal game Elite too
ceased to exist.  One of her
created talented programmers later
his company and released a game for PC
Frontier: Elite II.                       
                                          
     In conclusion, I want to give a little ra-
ting based on entertainment sales results
software in recent times
Name for PC platform:                      
   Virgin - 21%                 
   Electronic Arts - 12%                 
   Sony Interactiwe- 5%                 
   Microprose - 5%                 
   U.S. Gold - 4%                 
   Ocean - 4%                 
   Sierra - 3%                 
   Mindscape - 3%                 
                                          
     Of the presentedthe data shows that
the most popular are those
companies that previously released software
new software for Spectrum.  And this is not
simply.  Spectrum, although not very useful
epic machine, but it gives such practical
skills that will be useful in any
situations in the future.