Ocean Software Ltd (also known in the United States as Ocean of America, Inc.), commonly referred to as Ocean, is a British software development company, that became one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s, 1990s, and the 2000s. It is still one of Europe's largest video game developers and producers today. It was acquired by Infogrames in 1996. Infogrames then sold Ocean Software to Atari in 2004. The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods and was based in Manchester. Ocean has developed dozens of games for a variety of systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Atari ST, Amiga, PC, and video game consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System and Sega
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| - Ocean Software Ltd (also known in the United States as Ocean of America, Inc.), commonly referred to as Ocean, is a British software development company, that became one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s, 1990s, and the 2000s. It is still one of Europe's largest video game developers and producers today. It was acquired by Infogrames in 1996. Infogrames then sold Ocean Software to Atari in 2004. The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods and was based in Manchester. Ocean has developed dozens of games for a variety of systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Atari ST, Amiga, PC, and video game consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System and Sega
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| - Ocean Software Ltd (also known in the United States as Ocean of America, Inc.), commonly referred to as Ocean, is a British software development company, that became one of the biggest European video game developers/publishers of the 1980s, 1990s, and the 2000s. It is still one of Europe's largest video game developers and producers today. It was acquired by Infogrames in 1996. Infogrames then sold Ocean Software to Atari in 2004. The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods and was based in Manchester. Ocean has developed dozens of games for a variety of systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Atari ST, Amiga, PC, and video game consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System and Sega Mega Drive. Nowadays, Ocean develops and produces games for home and handheld consoles, such as the Stream, the Eclipse, and the Game Boy 3DS.
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