Virgin Games

1983 / 1983 tot 32 1984 / 1983 tot 50 1985 / 1983 tot 59 1986 / 1983 tot 71 1987 / 1983 tot 88 1988 / 1983 tot 101 1989 / 1983 tot 147 1990 / 1983 tot 203 1991 / 1983 tot 246 1992 / 1983 tot 306 1993 / 1983 tot 367 1994 / 1983 tot 428 1995 / 1983 tot 477 1996 / 1983 tot 531 1997 / 1983 tot 572 1998 / 1983 tot 582 1999 / 1983 tot 598 2000 / 1983 tot 612 2001 / 1983 tot 632 2002 / 1983 tot 635 2003 / 1983 tot 638 2015 / 1983 tot 642 2016 / 1983 tot 644
Founded in 1983 closed in 2003-07
Status: bought
Country: U.K.

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

198332
198418
19859
198612
198717
198813
198946
199056
199143
199260
199361
199461
199549
199654
199741
199810
199916
200014
200120
20023
20033
20154
20162
644 video games with valid date were considered (98.9%)

Overall rankings

Common gametypes

shooter13%platformer13%action/reflex10%adventure10%sport9%other42%

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
Master System 18
Mac OS Classic 18
BBC 13
GB 12