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Virgin Games

1983 / 1983 tot 34 1984 / 1983 tot 56 1985 / 1983 tot 65 1986 / 1983 tot 77 1987 / 1983 tot 94 1988 / 1983 tot 107 1989 / 1983 tot 153 1990 / 1983 tot 209 1991 / 1983 tot 252 1992 / 1983 tot 312 1993 / 1983 tot 373 1994 / 1983 tot 434 1995 / 1983 tot 483 1996 / 1983 tot 537 1997 / 1983 tot 578 1998 / 1983 tot 588 1999 / 1983 tot 604 2000 / 1983 tot 618 2001 / 1983 tot 638 2002 / 1983 tot 641 2003 / 1983 tot 644 2015 / 1983 tot 648 2016 / 1983 tot 650
Founded in 1983 closed in 2003-07
Status: bought
Country: U.K.

656
games
34
active years
19.1
per year
aka(s): Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Virgin Interactive, Virgin, Virgin Mastertronic

Renamed to Virgin Interactive in 1994.

Virgin's U.S. operations were bought by Electronic Arts in 1998 as part their acquisition of Westwood Studios.

The company was bought out by Titus Software and renamed to Avalon Interactive in 2003.

It is known for 7th Guest, Another World, Battle Arena Toshinden, Battletoads, Bloody Roar, Bomberman, Broken Sword, Cannon Fodder, Carmageddon, Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Doom, Double Dragon, Earthworm Jim, Golden Axe, Jagged Alliance, Kick Off, Kyrandia, Lands of Lore, Little Big Adventure, Mega Man, Mortal Kombat, Onimusha, Populous, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia: Original, Quake, Rastan, Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Main series, Shinobi, Speedball, Street Fighter, Tex Murphy, The Excalibur, The Lost Vikings, Wizardry, Xenon

Releases per year

198334
198422
19859
198612
198717
198813
198946
199056
199143
199260
199361
199461
199549
199654
199741
199810
199916
200014
200120
20023
20033
20154
20162

650 video games with valid date were considered (99%)

Overall rankings

34
266
113
26
2

Common gametypes

shooter14%platformer12%action/reflex11%adventure10%sport9%other41%

Top platforms

MS-DOS 99
Amiga 58
Windows 56
ZX Spectrum 46
PS 43
C64 43
Atari ST 37
Mega Drive 32
Amstrad CPC 30
SNES 27
Saturn 19
Mac OS Classic 18
Master System 18
BBC 17
GB 12
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (MS-DOS)
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
DOS 1993
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny (MS-DOS)
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny
DOS 1997-09
Super Off Road (Amiga OCS)
Super Off Road
OCS 1990
Dune II: Battle For Arrakis (Amiga OCS)
Dune II: Battle For Arrakis
OCS 1993
Aladdin (Mega Drive)
Aladdin
GEN 1993-01-01
Aladdin (Amiga AGA)
Aladdin
AGA 1994
Cannon Fodder (Amiga OCS)
Cannon Fodder
OCS 1993
The Lion King (Amiga AGA)
The Lion King
AGA 1994
Disney's Aladdin (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Disney's Aladdin
NES 1994
Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis (MS-DOS)
Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis
DOS 1992
Sorcery + (Amstrad CPC)
Sorcery +
CPC 1985
BlackThorne (Super Nintendo)
BlackThorne
SNES 1994-04

Virgin Games best rated games

Robocop vs The Terminator1993gen
Sorcery1985msx
Command & Conquer1996sat
Command & Conquer: Red Alert1996win
Battle Arena Toshinden 41999ps1
Prince of Persia1990gb
Lure of the Temptress1992st
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future1986spc
Goal!1993dos
Ignition1997win

Virgin Games worst games

Sea Adventure1984bbc
The Lion King1994gb
Trans-Atlantic Balloon Challenge: The Game1987c64
Trans-Atlantic Balloon Challenge: The Game1987spc
Superman1992gg

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