Melbourne House

Australia publisher and developerfounded in 1977 closed in 2006-11 status: name changed

255
games
10.2
per year
25
years active

aka(s): Melbourne House Software, Melbourne Software

This covers two companies by the same name. One from 1977 to 1996 and another from 1996 to 2006.

Founded in 1977 by Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen.

Sold to Mastertronic (Virgin Games) in 1987.

Re-registered by Beam Software in 1996 when Virgin let their hold on the name lapse.

Bought by Krome Studios in November 2006 and renamed to Krome Studios Melbourne.

Notable collaborators: William Tang, Neil Brennan, Clifford Ramshaw, Gregg Barnett and Philip Mitchell

It is known for Double Dragon, Krush, Kill 'n' Destroy, Xenon

Releases per year

1980 1
1981 1
1982 24
1983 19
1984 41
1985 38
1986 37
1987 25
1988 26
1989 25
1990 6
1991 1
1997 3
1998 3
2000 2
2001 1
2002 1
2004 1

255 video games with valid date were considered (100%)

Overall rankings

4
82
68
8
1
3.5
average

Common gametypes

adventure23%action/reflex16%shooter12%beat 'em up7%platformer7%other32%

Top platforms

  ZX Spectrum 68
  C64 56
  Amstrad CPC 26
  C16/Plus4 23
  MS-DOS 15
  Amiga 11
  BBC 8
  Atari ST 8
  MSX 8
  Electron 6
  Windows 6
  Apple II E 4
  TRS-80 3
  VIC-20 2
  PS2 2
Rockford: The Arcade Game image #0 Rockford: The Arcade Game
Rockford: The Arcade Game
MS-DOS 1988
Lord of the Rings - Game One image #1 Lord of the Rings - Game One
Lord of the Rings - Game One
BBC 1986
Aaargh! image #2 Aaargh!
Aaargh!
Amiga 1988-05
Alien Earth image #3 Alien Earth
Alien Earth
Windows 1998
Xenon image #4 Xenon
Xenon
Amiga 1988
The Hobbit image #5 The Hobbit
The Hobbit
C64 1983
War in Middle Earth image #6 War in Middle Earth
War in Middle Earth
Amiga 1989
The Hobbit image #7 The Hobbit
The Hobbit
ZX Spectrum 1982
Double Dragon image #8 Double Dragon
Double Dragon
Amiga 1988
The Hobbit image #9 The Hobbit
The Hobbit
BBC 1983
RoadWars image #10 RoadWars
RoadWars
Amiga 1988
Transformers image #11 Transformers
Transformers
PS2 2004-05-12

Melbourne House best rated games

The Way of the Exploding Fist 1985 c64
The Hobbit 1982 spc
The Hobbit 1983 dos
The Hobbit 1983 c64
Lord of the Rings - Game One 1986 spc
Mordon's Quest 1985 spc
Gyroscope 1985 spc
Starion 1985 spc
The Way of the Exploding Fist 1985 cpc
Terrormolinos 1985 spc

Melbourne House worst games

Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear 1988 c64
Aaargh! 1989 c64
Double Dragon 1988 c64
Barbarian 1988 c64
RoadWars 1988 c64

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