Domark was a computer and video gamessoftware house based in Britain. The name was derived from the given names of its founders, Dominic Wheatley and Mark Strachan. Domark developed and published many games for home computers during the 1980s. // History Main article: History of computer and video games The first primitive computer and video games were developed in the 1950s and 1960s and ran on platforms such as oscilloscopes, university mainframes and EDSAC computers. ... A software house is a commercial entity whose primary products are composed of software, i. ... The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ... The 1980s, in its most obvious sense, was the decade between 1980 and 1989. ...
In 1984, the company released Eureka, an adventure game created by Ian Livingstone, which was notable for offering a £25,000 prize to the first person to completely solve the game. In 1995 Domark merged with Eidos Technologies, Simis and Big Red Games to form the Eidos Interactive group. Eidos Interactive later aquired U.S. Gold which included Core Design. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ian Livingstone (born December 1949 in Prestbury, England) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. ... The pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom (UK). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eidos Interactive is a publisher of video and computer games based in the United Kingdom. ... U.S. Gold was a British computer and video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms. ... Core Design is a video game developer best known for creating the popular Tomb Raider series. ...
Where are they now?
Dominic Wheatley and John Kavanagh have founded Bright Things to create a DVD gaming platform
Ian Livingstone is still with the SCi owned Eidos as well as Bright Things and was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) for "Services to the Computer Games Industry" in the New Years Honours List 2006
Simis bought itself out of the group and became Kuju Entertaiment
Mike McGarvey "resigned" after the SCi takeover
Nick Earl heads up a lot of the development at Electronic Arts
Toby Gard now works at Crystal Dymanics (an Eidos company) on the Tomb Raider product
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