Virgin Games

U.K. publisherfounded in 1983 closed in 2003-07 status: bought

657
games
19.2
per year
34
years active

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.

Notable collaborators: Richard Joseph, Simon Phipps, Graeme Devine, Dimitri Joannides and Linda Currie

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

1983 35
1984 20
1985 9
1986 12
1987 17
1988 13
1989 48
1990 58
1991 43
1992 61
1993 60
1994 61
1995 50
1996 54
1997 41
1998 10
1999 16
2000 13
2001 20
2002 3
2003 3
2015 3
2016 2

652 video games with valid date were considered (99.2%)

Overall rankings

31
272
126
25
2
3.7
average

Common gametypes

shooter15%platformer12%adventure10%action/reflex10%sport9%other41%

Top platforms

  MS-DOS 99
  Amiga 58
  Windows 56
  ZX Spectrum 48
  C64 43
  PS 42
  Atari ST 37
  Mega Drive 32
  Amstrad CPC 31
  SNES 27
  Saturn 19
  Master System 18
  Mac OS Classic 18
  BBC 17
  GB 12
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos image #0 Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
MS-DOS 1993
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny image #1 Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny
MS-DOS 1997-09
Super Off Road image #2 Super Off Road
Super Off Road
Amiga 1990
Dune II: Battle For Arrakis image #3 Dune II: Battle For Arrakis
Dune II: Battle For Arrakis
Amiga 1993
Aladdin image #4 Aladdin
Aladdin
Amiga AGA 1994
Aladdin image #5 Aladdin
Aladdin
Mega Drive 1993-01-01
Cannon Fodder image #6 Cannon Fodder
Cannon Fodder
Amiga 1993
Disney's Aladdin image #7 Disney's Aladdin
Disney's Aladdin
NES 1994
The Lion King image #8 The Lion King
The Lion King
Amiga AGA 1994
Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis image #9 Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis
Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis
MS-DOS 1992
BlackThorne image #10 BlackThorne
BlackThorne
SNES 1994-04
World Trophy Soccer image #11 World Trophy Soccer
World Trophy Soccer
MS-DOS 1989

Virgin Games best rated games

Sorcery 1985 msx
Command & Conquer 1996 sat
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 1996 win
Prince of Persia 1990 gb
Wonderland 1991 st
Goal! 1993 dos
Lure of the Temptress 1992 st
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future 1986 spc
Ignition 1997 win
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars 1996 win

Virgin Games worst games

Sea Adventure 1984 bbc
The Lion King 1994 gb
Trans-Atlantic Balloon Challenge: The Game 1987 c64
Trans-Atlantic Balloon Challenge: The Game 1987 spc
Superman 1992 gg

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