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Realtime Games Software Ltd. is a defunct British video game developer. It was founded in[1984 by three Leeds University students, Ian Oliver, Andrew Onions and Graeme Baird.

Their first game, 3D Tank Duel, was a wireframe graphics game in the style of the Battlezone arcade machine, written for the ZX Spectrum. This was followed up with Starstrike 3D, a game based on the Star Wars arcade machine. Throughout its existence, the company continued to innovate in the world of 3D graphics, with their most notable release being Carrier Command. The company was also involved in porting Elite to the PC and Starglider to the ZX Spectrum.

Realtime's early output was self-published, though later they took the more traditional route to market with their games being published by Rainbird.

Graeme Baird subsequently went to work for Psygnosis, while Ian Oliver founded Cross Products to produce game development systems for consoles, in a joint venture with Andy Craven of nearby Vektor Grafix.

Selected ludography

3D tank Duel, 1984
Starstrike 3D, 1985
Starstrike II, 1986
Starglider, (ZX Spectrum), 1987
Starfox (Amstrad/Spectrum), 1987
Elite, (DOS), 1987
Carrier Command, 1988
Battle Command, 1990

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-'''Realtime Games Software Ltd.''' is a defunct [[United Kingdom|British]] [[video game developer]]. It was founded in [[1984]] by three [[Leeds University]] students, [[Ian Oliver]], [[Andrew Onions]] and [[Graeme Baird]].
+'''Realtime Games Software Ltd.''' is a defunct [[United Kingdom|British]] [[video game developer]]. It was founded in[1984 by three [[Leeds University]] students, [[Ian Oliver]], [[Andrew Onions]] and [[Graeme Baird]].
-Their first game, 3D Tank Duel, was a [[wireframe]] graphics game in the style of the [[Battlezone]] arcade machine, written for the [[ZX Spectrum]]. This was followed up with [[Starstrike 3D]], a game based on the [[Star Wars]] arcade machine. Throughout its existence, the company continued to innovate in the world of 3D graphics, with their most notable release being [[Carrier Command]].
+Their first game, ''[[3D Tank Duel]]'', was a [[wireframe]] graphics game in the style of the [[Battlezone]] arcade machine, written for the [[ZX Spectrum]]. This was followed up with ''[[Starstrike 3D]]'', a game based on the ''[[Star Wars]]'' arcade machine. Throughout its existence, the company continued to innovate in the world of 3D graphics, with their most notable release being ''[[Carrier Command]]''.  The company was also involved in [[porting]] ''[[Elite (computer game)|Elite]]'' to the [[Personal Computer|PC]] and ''[[Starglider]]'' to the ZX Spectrum.
 '''Realtime's''' early output was self-published, though later they took the more traditional route to market with their games being published by [[Telecomsoft|Rainbird]].
-The company was also involved in [[porting]] [[Elite (computer game)|Elite]] to the [[Personal Computer|PC]] and [[Starglider]] to the [[Spectrum]].
 Graeme Baird subsequently went to work for [[Psygnosis]], while Ian Oliver founded [[Cross Products (company)|Cross Products]] to produce game development systems for consoles, in a joint venture with Andy Craven of nearby [[Vektor Grafix]].
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 *[[Starstrike 3D]], 1985
 *[[Starstrike II]], 1986
-*[[Starglider]], 1987 (ported to [[Zx Spectrum]])
+*[[Starglider]], (ZX Spectrum), 1987
-*[[Ariolasoft|Starfox (Ariolasoft) (Amstrad/Spectrum)]], 1987
+*[[Starfox (Ariolasoft)|Starfox]] (Amstrad/Spectrum), 1987
-*[[Elite (computer game)|Elite]], 1987 (ported to PC)
+*[[Elite (computer game)|Elite]], (DOS), 1987
 *[[Carrier Command]], 1988
 *[[Battle Command]], 1990