World Series Baseball
Computer Game
1985 (manufactured)
1985 (manufactured)
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| Place of origin |
This game was owned and played with by Samantha Lawson, b. 08/01/1978, and her brother Thomas b. 30/11/1974. This game is a 1985 example from the software company Ocean under the label Imagine Studios. Ocean was one of the biggest European game developers and was based in Manchester. The company published games for various systems such as Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. Imagine Software was a video games developer based in Liverpool which briefly existed in the early 1980s. The company produced many successful games before running into financial trouble in 1983. Rights to the Imagine label were bought by Ocean Software who then used it to publish home computer games of popular arcade games.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Title | World Series Baseball (manufacturer's title) |
| Brief description | Computer game, World Series Baseball, made in England by Ocean Software in 1985. |
| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Samantha Lawson and Simon Linzell |
| Object history | Played with by brother and sister, Thomas (b. 30/11/1974) and Samantha (b. 08/01/1978) Lawson who lived in Walderslade near Chatham, Kent. |
| Summary | This game was owned and played with by Samantha Lawson, b. 08/01/1978, and her brother Thomas b. 30/11/1974. This game is a 1985 example from the software company Ocean under the label Imagine Studios. Ocean was one of the biggest European game developers and was based in Manchester. The company published games for various systems such as Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. Imagine Software was a video games developer based in Liverpool which briefly existed in the early 1980s. The company produced many successful games before running into financial trouble in 1983. Rights to the Imagine label were bought by Ocean Software who then used it to publish home computer games of popular arcade games. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.186:1 to 4-2010 |
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| Record created | September 28, 2010 |
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