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Beam Software

1981 / 1980 tot 1 1982 / 1980 tot 5 1983 / 1980 tot 18 1984 / 1980 tot 28 1985 / 1980 tot 41 1986 / 1980 tot 61 1987 / 1980 tot 73 1988 / 1980 tot 81 1989 / 1980 tot 92 1990 / 1980 tot 106 1991 / 1980 tot 124 1992 / 1980 tot 133 1993 / 1980 tot 150 1994 / 1980 tot 164 1995 / 1980 tot 173 1996 / 1980 tot 178 1997 / 1980 tot 185 1998 / 1980 tot 189 1999 / 1980 tot 190
Founded in 1980 closed in 2000
Status: dead
Country: Australia

191
games
19
active years
10.0
per year
aka(s): Beam International, Beam

Founded as subsidiary of Melbourne House in 1980, by Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen.

In 1987 Beam became independent of Melbourne House.

In 2000 they changed the name to Blaze International and left the game industry.

It is known for Choplifter, Gex series, Krush, Kill 'n' Destroy, Last Ninja, MechWarrior, NBA Jam, NFL Quarterback Club, Pac-Man, The Lost Vikings

Releases per year

19811
19824
198313
198410
198513
198620
198712
19888
198911
199014
199118
19929
199317
199414
19959
19965
19977
19984
19991

190 video games with valid date were considered (99.4%)

Overall rankings

5
54
47
11
1

Common gametypes

adventure16%action/reflex12%sport12%fighting10%platformer10%other37%

Top platforms

NES 30
ZX Spectrum 25
C64 24
GB 24
SNES 13
MS-DOS 12
Windows 8
Game Gear 7
Amstrad CPC 7
Mega Drive 6
Mac OS Classic 5
PS 4
Apple II E 4
C16/Plus4 3
BBC 3
Shadowrun (Super Nintendo)
Shadowrun
SNES 1993-11-01
Lord of the Rings - Game One (BBC Micro)
Lord of the Rings - Game One
BBC 1986
Blades of Vengeance (Mega Drive)
Blades of Vengeance
GEN 1993-01-01
Alien Earth (Windows)
Alien Earth
WIN 1998
The Hobbit (Commodore 64)
The Hobbit
C64 1983
The Hobbit (ZX Spectrum)
The Hobbit
SPC 1982
Mickey's Safari in Letterland (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Mickey's Safari in Letterland
NES 1993-03
The Muncher (Commodore 64)
The Muncher
C64 1988
Battle Chess (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Battle Chess
NES 1990-07
Battletech (Super Nintendo)
Battletech
SNES 1993-05
Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo (Commodore 64)
Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo
C64 1988
The Hobbit (BBC Micro)
The Hobbit
BBC 1983

Beam Software best rated games

The Hobbit1982spc
The Way of the Exploding Fist1985cpc
The Way of the Exploding Fist1985c64
Star Wars1991nes
The Hobbit1983dos
Shadowrun1993snes
The Hobbit1983c64
Lord of the Rings - Game One1986spc
The Muncher1988spc
Boulder Dash1990gb

Beam Software worst games

Back to the Future Part II & III1990nes
Star Trooper1984c64
Back to the Future1989nes
George Foreman's KO Boxing1992gb
Airwolf1989nes

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