U.S. Gold's primary business was importing games by U.S. developers for European distribution, but had also published some developed locally or internally. For my intents and purposes I'm interested only in the latter category.
Unknown lead platform:
Heroes of the Lance
Released for Amiga, Atari ST, & PC in November 1988
Ported to Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum in 1988
Released for Commodore 64 in July 1989
Ported to PC-88 & PC-98 in October 1989
Ported to Sharp X1 in December 1989
Human Killing Machine
First released for PC & ZX Spectrum in 1988
Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, & Commodore 64 in 1989
Wikipedia states that 1989 is the general release year while Mobygames states 1988 for PC & ZX Spectrum.
Dragons of Flame
First released for PC in November 1989
Released for Amiga & Atari ST in December 1989
Released for Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum in 1990
Ported to Commodore 64 in 1990
Italy 1990
Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PC, & ZX Spectrum in 1990
OutRun Europa
Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Gear, Sega Master System, & ZX Spectrum in 1991
Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94
First released for PC in 1993
Released for Game Gear & Genesis in February 1994
Released for Sega Master System in July 1994
Released for Amiga & SNES in 1994
Wikipedia states that the Amiga version is 1993 while Mobygames states 1994.
Tiertex developed the Sega & SNES versions, while PC and Amiga were done internally.
Select chronology:
| Title | Lead platform | Date | Contemporary ports |
| Dropzone | Atari 8-bit | 1984 | 1985 port to C64 |
| Heroes of the Lance | ??? | 1988-11 | Same-quarter releases on Amiga, Atari ST, & PC Same-year ports to Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum 1989 release on C64 1989 ports to PC-88, PC-98, & Sharp X1 |
| Human Killing Machine | ??? | 1988 | Same-year releases on PC & ZX Spectrum 1989 releases on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, & C64 |
| Dragons of Flame | ??? | 1989-12 | Same-quarter releases on PC, Amiga, & Atari ST 1990 releases on Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum 1990 port to C64 |
| Italy 1990 | ??? | 1990 | Same-year releases on various computers |
| OutRun Europa | ??? | 1991 | Same-year releases on Game Gear, Master System, & various computers |
| Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94 |
??? | 1993 | Amiga, PC, & various consoles |
Outrun europe was developed by probe software. The amstrad version is a port from the master system
ReplyDelete>>U.S. Gold's primary business was importing games by U.S. developers for European distribution, but had also published some developed locally or internally. For my intents and purposes I'm interested only in the latter category.
ReplyDeleteThen why are you included "Human Killing Machine" in that list? Unless I'm completely mistaken, that one was developed externally by Tiertext, with US Gold only handling publishing and the downgraded 8-bit ports.
Tiertex would count as developed locally.
DeleteOh. Well, prepare for a lot of pain, then. The "quality" of Tiertex is pretty infamous around these parts.
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