Red Shift Ltd
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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| Defunct | 1985 |
| Fate | Main investor stopped supporting |
| Successor | Games Workshop |
| Headquarters | Stoke Newington, London[1] |
| Products | Strategy video games |
Red Shift was a video game publisher active between 1983 and 1985. They specialized in ZX Spectrum strategy games and had a close working relationship with Julian Gollop and Games Workshop.[2]
History
Red Shift's two initial releases were designed, but not coded, by Gollop whilst he was still at school (Time Lords and Islandia). Subsequently, Gollop learnt to program himself, designing and coding Nebula and Rebelstar Raiders.
Apocalypse and its two expansion packs were produced under license from Games Workshop, being based on of their board game, Apocalypse.
Red Shift closed after their main investor stopped supporting the team. Some staff moved on to Games Workshop.
Ludography
Red Shift produced eight games between 1983 and 1985 for the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro.[3]
- Apocalypse (1983), ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro – based on the Games Workshop board game.
- Time Lords (1983), BBC Micro – based on a paper and dice game.
- Islandia (1984), BBC Micro - a Risk-style game.
- Nebula (1984), ZX Spectrum
- Rebelstar Raiders (1984), ZX Spectrum
- First Empire (1984), ZX Spectrum – a table-top computer-moderated war game.[4]
- City of Death (1985), ZX Spectrum – a graphic adventure game by Peter and George Carmpouloni.[5]
- The Tripods (1985), ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and Amstrad CPC – a graphic adventure designed by Watermill Productions and licenced by BBC Enterprises, based on the BBC TV series of the same name.[6]
In addition, three expansion packs for Apocalypse were released in 1984.
References
- ^ Red Shift advertising from Personal Computer Games issue 3 page 104
- ^ "Julian Gollop Biography". Chaos Squad. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ Red Shift at World of Spectrum
- ^ First Empire at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- ^ City of Death at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- ^ The Tripods at SpectrumComputing.co.uk