The Code Monkeys
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Fate | Ceased trading[1][2][3] |
| Founded | 1 November 1988 |
| Founders | Colin Hogg, Mark Kirkby |
| Defunct | 1 February 2011 |
| Headquarters | Dewsbury, England, United Kingdom |
| Website | Wayback Archive |
The Code Monkeys was a British software house based in Yorkshire and working mostly in the home computer market. It was one of the oldest independent developers in the UK.
History
The company was founded by Colin Hogg and Mark Kirkby who had previously developed several games. The Code Monkeys went on to develop games for home computers as far back as the ZX81 and video game consoles such as the Mega Drive and the original PlayStation. In January 2010 the company scaled back its development team because of "production needs and predictions" for the year ahead.[4] The company announced on 1 February 2011 that "the Directors/Shareholders of The Code Monkeys voted to cease trading".[5] Before the company closed, they developed games for the mobile market on iPhone and iPod Touch devices.
Notable games
- 8 Ball All Stars (DS)
- Asteroids (Game Boy)
- Centipede (Game Boy)
- Crazy Frog Racer (DS)
- CT Special Forces (Game Boy Advance)
- Force 21 (Game Boy Color)
- Garfield (PC, PlayStation 2)
- Goofy's Fun House (PlayStation)
- Missile Command (Game Boy)
- Road Rash (Game Boy)
- Shrek: Treasure Hunt (PlayStation)
- Surgical Strike (Sega CD, Sega 32X)
- The Game of Harmony (Game Boy, Commodore 64)
- The Simpsons Skateboarding (PlayStation 2)
- Tomcat Alley (Sega CD)
- Toys (PlayStation)
- Turrican (Game Boy, Genesis, Turbo Grafx 16, PC Engine)
- Universal Soldier (Game Boy, Genesis)
- Wirehead (Sega CD)
- Worms World Party (PlayStation)
References
- ↑ Kris Graft. "Gamasutra - Longtime UK Developer The Code Monkeys Shutting Down". Gamasutra.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ "The Code Monkeys closes doors". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ "ZX81 games developer finally closes down". ZDNet. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ "Redundancies at UK vet The Code Monkeys". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ "The Code Monkeys - News". Codemonkeys.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2015.