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* [[David Wise]] - Composer for [[World Games (NES)]]. | * [[David Wise]] - Composer for [[World Games (NES)]]. | ||
* [[Geoff Follin]] - Lead composer. | * [[Geoff Follin]] - Lead composer. | ||
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* [[Matthew Cannon]] - Composer. | * [[Matthew Cannon]] - Composer. | ||
* [[Mike Webb]] - SNES sound driver programmer. | * [[Mike Webb]] - SNES sound driver programmer. | ||
Revision as of 20:31, 21 November 2020
| Software Creations, Ltd. | |
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| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Manchester, Greater Manchester, England |
- Not to be confused with Software Creations (USA).
Software Creations, Ltd. was a British game developer founded by Mike Webb and Richard Kay. The company was known for developing arcade, movie, TV and comic tie-ins and for producing some of their own titles such as Solstice. They also employed Tim and Geoff Follin.
When they made NES games, the company usually didn't put staff credits in their games, however, most of the time, the credits can be found in the game's ROM.
In the early 2000s, Creations was bought by Acclaim and renamed Acclaim Studios Manchester.
Contents
Games
Music Development
Commodore 64
Every arranger had his own choice, but Tim Follin designed a sound driver, Stephen Ruddy programmed it, and both Follins used it.
Nintendo 64
Sound Images' Tony Williams and Paul Tonge programmed a piece of software. Music was input through a piano roll editor.
NES
Stephen Ruddy programmed Software Creations' music drivers for the NES and Tim and Geoff wrote in hexadecimal.
SNES
The SNES sound driver was programmed by Software Creations co-founder Mike Webb. Unlike most other SNES composers who used MIDI interfaces for their SNES music, Software Creations' SNES sound driver required composers to write their music in 65C816 assembly language. According to Tim, the instrument samples came from several sources, including a Ensoniq ASR-10 and real guitars and bass guitars.
Genesis/Mega Drive
Most of Software Creations' Genesis games' sound was done by Sound Images, mostly by Tony Williams. He would run MIDI files through a program that converted them to his sound driver.
Audio Personnel
These composers worked for Software Creations:
- Chris Jojo - Composer.
- David Whittaker - Composer.
- David Wise - Composer for World Games (NES).
- Geoff Follin - Lead composer.
- Martin Goodall - Composer.
- Matthew Cannon - Composer.
- Mike Webb - SNES sound driver programmer.
- Peter Clarke - Commodore 64 composer (freelance 1987).
- Sound Images - Composition and arrangement.
- Stephen Ruddy - Sound driver programmer for various consoles.
- Suddi Raval - Composer.
- Tim Follin - Lead composer.
Links
- mobygames.com/company/software-creations-ltd - MobyGames.
