Alten8

Infobox Company
company_name=Alten8 Ltd.
company_logo=
company_type=Limited
foundation=2005
location=flagicon|England Luton, England
key_people=Paul Andrews, CEO
Kay Parbat, MD
Matt Bateman, Head of Visual Arts
Chris Bailey, Head of Technical Operations
industry=Interactive entertainment
products="Eternity's Child"
"GT Racer (GBA)"
"Etrom"
"Power of Destruction"
"Concrete Surfer (DVD)"
"Johnny Morris: The Magic Memoirs (DVD)"
homepage= [http://www.alten8.com/ www.alten8.com]

Alten8 Limited is a British video game developer and publisher, with offices in Luton. It produces both licensed retro games and current format video games. As of 2008, Alten8 has been under contract to develop the emulation code for C64 titles on Nintendo's Virtual Console service.

History

The company was formed by the current CEO Paul Andrews after his involvement with the website Retro-Trader, which lead him to be commissioned to gather retro game licenses for a plug-into-TV video game console using games such as "Ant Attack" (originally on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum). For financial and business reasons out of the control of Andrews, this was never realised. He then formed Alten8 to make use of the gathered licenses. Since then, it has expanded its remit, gaining Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii and xbox360 developer status, as well as other formats and publishing following [cite web| title = Alten8 on the expansion path | work = edge-online.com | date = 2008-03-12 | url = http://www.edge-online.com/news/alten8-expansion-path| accessdate = 2008-09-01] . An initial GBA release, "GT Racer", through another publisher convinced Alten8 to self-publish all titles where possible from that point onwards, or to develop console titles under contract only from major publishers. Alten8 now bills itself as the "Alten8 way of publishing games".

Alten8 now publishes over 500 licensed retro games across formats such as the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga and other computers. With many mobile phone games [cite web| title = Greystripe Partners With Alten8, Bringing 38 Classic Mobile Games to Entertainment Portal GameJump.com in Biggest Mobile In-Game Advertising Deal to Date. | work = accessmylibrary.com | date = 2006-09-07 | url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17559848_ITM| accessdate = 2008-09-01] , both developed and owned by Alten8, and with other licensed PC and Nintendo DS games also published across the globe, including the DS remake of the popular homebrew Dreamcast game, Cool Herders [cite web| title = Cool Herders coming to DS| work = gameplanet.co.nz | date = 2007-03-26 | url = http://old.gameplanet.co.nz/mag.dyn/News/11648.html| accessdate = 2008-09-01] . As well as developing the code for several retro titles on the VC, Alten8 has also worked with new pioneering mobile phone companies such as Greystripe and Vollee. As well as video games, Alten8 also licenses content for release on DVD, as well as publishing its own DVD content. DVDs like the upcoming Johnny Morris DVD; "The Magic Memoirs". Magic Memoirs in particular is a poignant release, as it was the last recorded Johnny Morris episode, and was co-hosted by TV's Terry Nutkins.Alten8 is also involved with the production, licensing and eventual distribution of an upcoming, major movie production, Multiple Destiny.

Products

Released Products

2005

* "Etrom" (PC)

2007

* "Power of Destruction" (PC)

2008

* "Hotwired and Gone" (PC)
* "Civil Disturbance" (PC)
* "Teenage Withcraft: A Beginners Guide" (DVD)
* "International Karate" (Virtual Console)
* "Uridium" (Virtual Console)
* "California Games" (Virtual Console)
* "Impossible Mission" (Virtual Console)
* "The Last Ninja" (Virtual Console)
* "World Games" (Virtual Console)
* "Paradroid" (Virtual Console)
* "" (Virtual Console)
* "Nebulus" (Virtual Console)
* "" (Virtual Console)
* "Summer Games II" (Virtual Console)
* "International Karate +" (Virtual Console)

Upcoming Products

* "Eternity's Child" (WiiWare)
* "Multiple Destiny" (feature film, PlayStation, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Wii)
* "Imagination Is The Only Escape" (Nintendo DS)
* "Cosmos X2" (Nintendo DS)
* "HazardBall DS" (Nintendo DS)
* "Retro Allstars DS" (Nintendo DS)
* "Cool Herders" (Nintendo DS)
* "Killing Time 24/7" (DVD)
* "Johnny Morris: The Magic Memoirs" (DVD)

References

External links

* [http://www.alten8.com/ Official Alten8 website]
* [http://www.retro-trader.com/ Retro-Trader Retro Games] , online retro hub site
* [http://www.gamespot.com/pages/company/index.php?company=77089 Alten8 company page] at GameSpot
* [http://www.multipledestiny.com Multiple Destiny - Feature Film and Game]
* [http://n-europe.com/news.php?nid=11469 Eternity's Child] at N-Europe