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The Codemasters Software Company Limited
Formerly called
Electric Games Company Limited (1986)
Subsidiary
Industry Video game industry
Founded 6 August 1986; 30 years ago (1986-08-06)
Headquarters Southam, England
Number of locations
5 studios (2017)
Key people
Richard Darling, David Darling, Jim Darling, Anil Ambani
Products Brian Lara Cricket series
Colin McRae Rally series
Dizzy series
EGO game engine
Formula One series
LMA Manager series
Micro Machines series
Operation Flashpoint series
Overlord
Revenue £104.9 million (2008)
Number of employees
~ 500
Parent Reliance Entertainment
Website codemasters.com

The Codemasters Software Company Limited (formerly Electric Games Company Limited), doing business as Codemasters, is a British video game developer and publisher founded by David Darling and his brother Richard in 1986. Headquartered in Southam, Warwickshire, Codemasters is one of the oldest British game studios, and in 2005 was named the top independent games developer by Develop magazine.

Established on 6 August 1986 by Richard Darling and David Darling (who worked previously for Mastertronic), Codemasters established themselves in the growing ZX Spectrum market, mostly with action games that required the player to solve simple puzzles by combining different objects, such as the Dizzy series. While rooted in the ZX Spectrum, Codemasters did not write exclusively for this computer. They also released software (including the Dizzy series) for the Commodore 64, Commodore 16, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST.

The company originally incorporated as Electric Games Company Limited on 6 August 1986, but reincorporated as The Codemasters Software Company Limited on 18 September 2016.

They were famous for releasing a long series of "Simulator" games, mostly sports simulations (such as BMX Simulator, Grand Prix Simulator and Pro Boxing Simulator). This led to the parody "Advanced Lawnmower Simulator" being developed, praised to the skies and then published by Your Sinclair magazine as an April Fool's Day stunt.


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