Magnetic Fields (video game developer)
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Magnetic Fields (computer game developer) was a british game development company founded by Shaun Southern and Andrew Morris in 1982.[1] The company was originally named "Mr Chip Software" but renamed to "Magnetic Fields (Software Design) Ltd." in 1988, usually simply refered as "Magnetic Fields". Probably the best known game released under the Mr. Chip Software company name was Trailblazer_(video_game) which caused several sequals and ports to other systems. Although early development was focused on the Commodore 64 and Commodore VIC-20 platforms the company widened the number of target platforms for their games in the mid 1980s. While developing games belonging to many different genres Magnetic Fields quickly focused more on racing games. The 1985 release of "Formula 1 Simulator" was already technically on par with the competing racing games of that time.
The company became well known in 1990 for their releases of "Super Cars" and "Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge" on most common home computer systems of the time. Especially the strong sales on the Commodore Amiga-500 and Atari ST platforms lead to sequels in 1991. In 1996 the company released Network Q RAC Rally Championship (1996) for the MS-DOS platform which got many favorable reviews lead to several expansions and sequels. The last release of the company was Mobil 1 Rally Championship for windows and Playstation platforms.