Melbourne House

Founded in 1977 closed in 2006-11
Status: name changed
Country: Australia

9.5

per year

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.

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

Releases per year

1980	1
1981	1
1982	6
1983	19
1984	40
1985	38
1986	36
1987	27
1988	28
1989	24
1990	6
1991	1

1997	3
1998	3

2000	2
2001	1
2002	1

2004	1

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

Overall rankings

	5
	80
	64
	9
	1

Common gametypes

Top platforms

C64		55
ZX Spectrum		50
Amstrad CPC		27
C16/Plus4		23
MS-DOS		16
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

Melbourne House best rated games

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

Melbourne House worst games

Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear	1988	c64
Aaargh!	1989	c64
Star Trooper	1984	c64
Double Dragon	1988	c64
Barbarian	1988	c64