Computing Games published by Melbourne House

The following is a list of Computing Games published by Melbourne House in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other games may have been published. If you have any games or software that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 59 Computing Games published by Melbourne House in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron Date: 1986 Asterix and the Magic Cauldron

Asterix and the Magic Cauldron is a graphic adventure computer game developed by Beam Software and published by Melbourne House in 1986 for ZX Spectrum

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Castle of Terror Date: 1984 Castle of Terror

"Castle of Terror is a superb graphic adventure game set in the 1800s when and where 'Dracula' stories abound

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software
Platform : Commodore 64

Classic Adventure Date: 1982 Classic Adventure

This is the Spectrum version of Colossal Caves one of the most important pieces of software released in the early years of computing

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: John Jones-Steele
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Classic Adventure Date: 1983 Classic Adventure

Classic Adventure was the first major computer game and now it's become a classic in its own time

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: John Jones-Steele
Platform : Commodore 64

Commodore 64 Forth+ Date: Unknown Commodore 64 Forth+

Software House: Melbourne House
Author:
Platform : Commodore 64

Dodgy Geezers Date: 1986 Dodgy Geezers

It's criminal what they get up to

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Ashminster
Platform : Amstrad CPC

Double Dragon (Cassette) Date: 1988 Double Dragon (Cassette)

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Binary Design
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Double Dragon (Disk) Date: 1989 Double Dragon (Disk)

Conversion of the famed arcade brawler, that sees one or two players fighting their way up to a confrontation with Mr Big

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: David Leitch, Ben Jackson, Jeremy Nelson, Danny Whelan
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Fighting Warrior Date: 1985 Fighting Warrior

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Melbourne House
Platform : Commodore 64

Fighting Warrior Date: 1985 Fighting Warrior

As Fighting Warrior, champion of all Egypt, you must use all your powers of combat and fighting expertise in this arcade quest to rescue the beautiful princess

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Stephen Cargill , Russell Comte
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Fighting Warrior (Mastertronic) Date: 1985 Fighting Warrior (Mastertronic)

Former melbourne house game, rereleased, tried to be a Way Of The Exploding Fist, with mythical creatures, but a limited set of moves, meant it was a nice looking, but poorer imitation

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Melbourne House
Platform : Commodore 64

Fist II: The Legend Continues Date: 1986 Fist II: The Legend Continues

  The world of Fist II is a sprawling, hostile land of dark swamps and dark forests, of mountains and underground caves

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software
Platform : Commodore 64/128

Gyroscope Date: 1985 Gyroscope

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Catalyst Coders
Platform : Commodore 64

Gyroscope Date: 1985 Gyroscope

Clone of 'Marble Madness', but the player controls a spinning gyroscope instead of a marble

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Steve Lamb, Tony Mack
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Gyroscope Date: 1985 Gyroscope

Take control of a spinning gyroscope and guide it across various uneven surfaces while avoiding the bottomless pits

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Catalyst Coders
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Hampstead Date: Hampstead

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Lever-Jones
Platform : Commodore 64

Hampstead Date: 1984 Hampstead

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Trevor Lever, Peter Jones
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Hellfire Date: 1984 Hellfire

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Hellfire Date: 1984 Hellfire

Re-enact the trials of Ulysses in this fast-moving arcade game with a difference

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software
Platform : ZX Spectrum

J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth Date: 1989 J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Mike Lyons, Andrew Elkerton, Mike Singleton
Platform : Commodore 64

KKND Extreme Date: 1997 KKND Extreme

The Special edition of the best selling strategy war game

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software
Platform : PC Windows 95

Knuckle Busters Date: 1987 Knuckle Busters

Beat-'em-up with a science fiction theme

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Kwah! Date: 1986 Kwah!

Kwah! say it out loud, and you are no longer an ordinary person, but a superhero, do you rise to the challenge of being the latest super powered crime fighter

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Simon Price, Mike Lewis, Carl Cropley, Kevin Wallace
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Lord of the Rings (Game One) Date: 1986 Lord of the Rings (Game One)

 

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Philip Mitchell
Platform : Commodore 64

Lord of the Rings - Game One Date: 1985 Lord of the Rings - Game One

Software House: Melbourne House
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Lord of the Rings - Game One Date: 1986 Lord of the Rings - Game One

Includes a paperback version of the book The Fellowship of the Rin

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Danny Davis, LynC, Stephen Taylor, Doug Palmer, Louis Madon
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Marble Madness Date: 1987 Marble Madness

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: John F Cain
Platform : Amstrad CPC 464

Marble Madness Date: 1988 Marble Madness

Software House: Melbourne House
Author:
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Marble Madness - The Game Date: 1986 Marble Madness - The Game

Arcade conversion, where the player must guide a marble carefully down ramps and obstacles, making sure it does not fall off an edge or get crushed

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: John F Cain
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Melbourne Draw Date: 1986 Melbourne Draw

Now any Amstrad CPC computer owner from beginner to advanced can create detailed, colourful and realistic pictures for use in their own programs, with this versatile new Amstrad utility from Melbourne ...

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Talent Computer Systems
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Melbourne Draw (Disk) Date: 1986 Melbourne Draw (Disk)

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Talent Computer Systems
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Mordon's Quest Date: 1985 Mordon's Quest

Mordon's Quest is a pure-test Interactive Fiction game containing 150 locations and understanding over 400 words

Software House: Melbourne House
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Mugsy Date: 1984 Mugsy

Mugsy is the first interactive computer comic strip! You are the Godfather of a gang of hoodlums

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Clive Barrett, Philip Mitchell, Russell Comte
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Mugsy's Revenge! Date: Unknown Mugsy's Revenge!

Software House: Melbourne House
Author:
Platform :

Over The Spectrum 3 Date: 1983 Over The Spectrum 3

All of these programs are from the "Over The Spectrum" book

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software, Clifford Ramshaw and Neil Streeter
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Penetrator Date: 1982 Penetrator

Software House: Melbourne house
Author: Beam Software
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Rock 'n Wrestle Date: 1985 Rock 'n Wrestle

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software (Steven Taylor, Frank Oldham, Damian Watharow)
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Sherlock Date: 1984 Sherlock

Software House: Melbourne House
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Sir Lancelot Date: 1984 Sir Lancelot

Help Sir Lancelot claim all the treasure he can find across a number of levels in his search for the Holy Grail

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Stephen Cargill
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Star Trooper Date: 1984 Star Trooper

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Clifford Ramshaw
Platform : Commodore 64

Starion Date: 1985 Starion

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: David Webb
Platform : Amstrad CPC 464

Starion Date: 1985 Starion

Space shooter, in which the player collects letters from the ships they destro

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: David Webb
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Terror-Daktil 4D Date: 1983 Terror-Daktil 4D

You have crashed in the jungles of South America and must now stave off the assault of the deadly Terror-Daktils for six days and six nights until rescue arrives

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Alan Blake
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Terrorpods Date: Terrorpods

Do battle with the Empire's ultimate fighting machines: Terrorpods

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Psygnosis
Platform : Amstrad CPC

The Hobbit Date: 1985 The Hobbit

Congratulations! You are about to play the most sophisticated game program yet devised for any microcomputer

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Veronika Megler, Philip Mitchell, David Johnston
Platform : BBC Micro

The Hobbit (Cassette) Date: 1983 The Hobbit (Cassette)

Hugely popular Graphic and text adventure

Software House: Melbourne house
Author: Philip Mitchell, Gregg Barnett
Platform : Commodore 64

The Hobbit (Disk) Date: 1985 The Hobbit (Disk)

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Philip Mitchell & Gregg Barnett
Platform : Commodore 64

The Hobbit (Original Black Cardboard Box) Date: 1982 The Hobbit (Original Black Cardboard Box)

In this game, you take on the role of Bilbo, the hobbit

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Philip Mitchell, Veronika Megler
Platform : ZX Spectrum

The Hobbit (Transparent Plastic Case) Date: 1985 The Hobbit (Transparent Plastic Case)

In this game, you take on the role of Bilbo, the hobbit

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Philip Mitchell, Veronika Megler
Platform : ZX Spectrum

The Hobbit - Disk Version Date: 1985 The Hobbit - Disk Version

Graphic Adventure  Congratulations! You are about to play the most sophisticated game program yet devised for any microcomputer

Software House: Melbourne House
Author:
Platform : BBC Micro

The Music Box Date: 1986 The Music Box

Music creation and editing utility for the Amstrad CPC

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Electric Studio
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

The Mystery of Arkham Manor Date: 1987 The Mystery of Arkham Manor

Software House: Melbourne house
Author: Mike Lewis, Carl Cropley
Platform : ZX Spectrum

The Way of the Exploding Fist Date: 1985 The Way of the Exploding Fist

This is th acclaimed fighter from Beam software, that was one of the first games on home systems that allowed multiple kicks and punches

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software: Gregg Barnett, David Johnston, Greg Holland, Neil Brennan
Platform : Commodore 64

The Way Of The Exploding Fist Date: 1986 The Way Of The Exploding Fist

The Electron version of the game plays more slowly than the BBC one, but the gameplay is otherwise intact

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software
Platform : Acorn Electron

The Way of the Exploding Fist Date: 1985 The Way of the Exploding Fist

Become a master in this mysterious eastern art as you progress from novice to tenth dan

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Beam Software
Platform : ZX Spectrum

The Wizard & The Princess Date: 1st January 1982 The Wizard & The Princess

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Clifford Ramshaw
Platform : Commodore VIC 20

Throne of Fire Date: 1985 Throne of Fire

Within the burning citadel, high above the kingdom of Carkesh, three princes battle for control of the throne

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Mike Singleton, James Bagley, D. Sharpe
Platform : ZX Spectrum

War In Middle Earth Date: 1988 War In Middle Earth

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Synergistic software
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Xenon Date: 1989 Xenon

 

Software House: Melbourne House
Author: Jason Cowling (UK) Lee Cawley, Tiny Williams [Tony Williams], David Whittaker
Platform : ZX Spectrum

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