Eutechnyx
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| Industry | Video games |
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| Founded | November 1987 (as Zeppelin Games) 1994 (as Merit Studios Europe) 1996 (as Eutechnyx) |
| Headquarters | Gateshead, UK |
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approx. 200 (2009) |
| Website | www.eutechnyx.com |
Eutechnyx is a British computer and video games developer, founded in November 1987 as Zeppelin Games and also briefly known as Merit Studios Europe in 1994. They are based in Dunston, Gateshead in the United Kingdom. Since 1997, the company has focused on racing games. They are known for their largely-panned video game, Ride to Hell: Retribution, work with the NASCAR franchise and as a developer on various other racing titles and games.
The company founder, Brian Jobling, started creating games for the Atari 800, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 personal computers at home in the early 1980s as a 14-year-old. With the money that he made, he started the company, Zeppelin Games, in November 1987 when he was 17. Zeppelin Games produced a large number of games for various home computer systems including Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST and Amiga and by the early 90s were also making games for PC and consoles such as the Mega Drive/Genesis and SNES. Popular games included Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge, International Tennis, Universal Warrior and Sink or Swim. They also worked with publisher Codemasters to produce the first two Micro Machines games and Pete Sampras Tennis.
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