Krisalis Software

Krisalis Software Limited
Formerly	Teque Software Development Limited (1987)
Company type	Private
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	23 July 1987; 36 years ago
Defunct	30 November 2001
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	Rotherham, England
Key people	Tony Kavanagh; Peter Harrap; Shaun Hollingworth; Mark Edwards; Matt Furniss;
Products	Video games

Krisalis Software Limited was a video game developer and publisher founded by Tony Kavanagh, Peter Harrap, and Shaun Hollingworth in 1987 under the name Teque Software Development Limited as a subsidiary label (beginning in 1988) until the official company name was changed to Krisalis Software Ltd. in 1991. Originally, the name was intended to be Chrysalis Software Ltd., but a dispute with record company Chrysalis Records resulted in a minor spelling change. The company was restructured in April 2001 with a new management team of Tony Kavanagh, Tim James and Simeon Pashley and reused the original name of Teque Software development.

Krisalis Software worked on over 60 different computer and console games before permanently closing on 30 November 2001. Along with developing games and conversions themselves, they also provided sound development support for consoles like the Sega Master System, the Sega Game Gear and the Sega Mega Drive through a proprietary Krisalis sound engine created by Shaun Hollingworth and handled by composer Matt Furnis which was used in many externally developed games for the aforementioned systems. Their final game development was a port of The F.A. Premier League Stars 2001 for the Game Boy Color (released on 8 June 2001).

Games developed

1988

Chubby Gristle (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)
Laser Squad (MSX, conversion from ZX Spectrum)

1989

Blasteroids (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum)
Continental Circus (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum)
Thunderbirds (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum)
Passing Shot (MSX conversion from ZX Spectrum)

1990

Badlands (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)
Manchester United (Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum)
Jahangir Khan's World Championship Squash (Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum)
Mad Professor Mariarti (Acorn Archimedes, Amiga)

1991

Manchester United Europe (Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum)
Face-Off (Amiga, Atari ST)
Rogue Trooper (Amiga, Atari ST)
Hill Street Blues (Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS)

1992

Laser Squad (MS-DOS)
European Club Soccer (Mega Drive)
European Football Champ (Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64)
Sabre Team (Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, MS-DOS)
John Barnes European Football (Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST)

1993

Soccer Kid (3DO, Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, SNES)
Arabian Nights (Amiga, Amiga CD32)

1994

Alone in the Dark (3DO)
Manchester United Premier League Champions (Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS)
Big Four (Amiga, MS-DOS)

1995

Alone in the Dark 2 (3DO)
Manchester United: The Double (Amiga, MS-DOS)
Manchester United Championship Soccer

1996

Legends (Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS)
Player of the Year (MS-DOS)
Starfighter 3000 (MS-DOS)

1997

Ultra CD-i Soccer (Philips CD-i)
Z (video game) (PlayStation, Saturn)

1998

Lego Chess (Windows)
Theme Hospital (PlayStation)

1999

F.A. Manager (PlayStation)

2000

Legoland (Windows)
Airport Tycoon (Windows)
Cricket 2000 (PlayStation)
The F.A. Premier League Football Manager 2000 (PlayStation)

2001

The F.A. Premier League Stars 2001 (Game Boy Color)

Games published