Vektor Grafix

Infobox Company
company_name = Vektor Grafix
company_type = Video game developer
foundation = 1986
location = United Kingdom
key_people = Andy Craven
industry = computer and video game industry
products = Video Games

Vektor Grafix was a United Kingdom-based computer game development company led by Andy Craven, and taken over by MicroProse in 1992. The company was based in the city of Leeds, and after the takeover became MicroProse's Leeds development studio.

Vektor Grafix was founded by Andy Craven and Danny Gallagher in 1986, and their first release was a port of the "Star Wars" arcade game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, The BBC Micro and Commodore 64 home computers, published by Domark. A DOS version followed (published via Broderbund in the USA), and this was quickly followed by a port of "The Empire Strikes Back".

Vektor went on to become a leading developer of 3D simulation games, and was eventually purchased by MicroProse in 1992. [ [http://www.cbronline.com/article_cg_print.asp?guid=81B73D16-E589-4A38-AE97-D142BBCF4793 "MicroProse buys Vektor Grafix" article] from "Computer Business Review Online"]

Games

* "Star Wars" (1987)
* "The Empire Strikes Back"
* "Ringwars"
* "Fighter Bomber (aka: Strike Aces)"
* "Fighting Soccer"
* ""
* "B-17 Flying Fortress"
* "Killing Cloud"

References

External links

* [http://www.crashonline.org.uk/64/bomber.htm Interview with Andy Craven] from "Crash Magazine"
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