Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British video game publisher. It was formed from the remnants of the large-scale '80s label, Mastertronics, which was purchased by Virgin in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group, and it was once considered the "Electronic Arts" of Europe. Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... The Virgin Group is the group of companies using the Virgin brand of British celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Virgin Group is the group of companies using the Virgin brand of British celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. ... Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) is a leading video game developer and publisher. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

It published games for PC as well as other systems, including the Amiga, C64 and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... Amiga is the name of a range of home/personal computers using the Motorola 68000 processor family, whose development started in 1982. ... Commodore 64 (C64, CBM 64) was a popular home computer of the 1980s. ... The North American Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as the Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, and Australia. ...

It helped the career of many developers, including Westwood Studios and Synergistic. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video or computer games. ... Westwood Studios was computer and video games developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...

It was acquired in 1999 by the French publisher Titus and its name was changed to Avalon Interactive on July 1, 2003. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Some popular games published by this company:

• Aladdin (1993)
• Cannon Fodder (1993)
• Cool Spot (1994)
• Goal! (1994)

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External links

• Avalon Interactive Portal (http://www.vie.co.uk)