Fantasy Software Explained

Fantasy Software
Type:	Video game developer and publisher
Predecessor:	Quest Microsoftware
Successor:	n/a
Foundation:	1983
Defunct:	1985
Location:	Fauconberg Lodge, 27A St. Georges Road, Cheltenham, Glos, GL50 3DT, England
Key People:	Paul Dyer, Bob Hamilton, Darren Hamilton, Ian Hamilton

Fantasy Software, which started out as Quest Microsoftware, was one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum during the early 1980s. The company was founded in early 1983 by Bob Hamilton and Paul Dyer.^[1] It had a number of reasonable successes in the early days of the computer boom but never became one of the major software production houses. Most of its releases were written by Bob Hamilton.

List of games

• The Black Hole (1983) (as Quest)^[2]
• Violent Universe (1983) (as Quest)^[3]
• Doomsday Castle (1983) — reviewed in Crash issue 2: 87%^[4]
• The Pyramid (1983) — reviewed in Crash issue 2: 83%^[5]
• Beaky and the Egg Snatchers (1984) — reviewed in Crash issue 7: 75%
• Backpackers Guide to the Universe (1984) — reviewed in Crash issue 12: 83%^[6]
• The Drive-In (1984) — reviewed in Crash issue 13: 70%

History

• In issue 19 of Crash magazine, they stated that a number of companies owed advertising fees including Fantasy Software, with a debt of £4,190.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crash Magazine Issue 02. March 1984.
2. Web site: World of Spectrum - the Black Hole.
3. Web site: World of Spectrum - Violent Universe.
4. Web site: Crash Magazine Issue 02. March 1984.
5. Web site: Crash Magazine Issue 02. March 1984.
6. Web site: Backpackers Guide to the Universe at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware.
7. http://www.crashonline.org.uk/19/news.htm