Hewson Consultants
Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced video games for home computers in the mid-1980s. They had a reputation for high-quality games, and are ranked seventh out of 109 companies reviewed by Your Sinclair with an average rating of 84%. Fourteen of their games were awarded "Megagame" by Your Sinclair, and Paradroid is considered one of the best games ever released for the Commodore 64.
Also recorded as Hewson Consultants Ltd.
Hewson Consultants
- Name
- Hewson Consultants
- Founded
- 1984
- Headquarters
- Wallingford
- Activity
- video game industry
- Dissolved
- 1991
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Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced video games for home computers in the mid-1980s. They had a reputation for high-quality games, and are ranked seventh out of 109 companies reviewed by Your Sinclair with an average rating of 84%. Fourteen of their games were awarded "Megagame" by Your Sinclair, and Paradroid is considered one of the best games ever released for the Commodore 64.
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Overview
Hewson was founded by Andrew Hewson in the early 1980s. He became interested in computers while working at the British Museum when their first machine arrived. After learning to program, Andrew wrote the programming guide book Hints and Tips for the ZX80. Following the publication, bedroom coders began to send Andrew the games they had programmed on cassette tape, giving him the idea to publish the games. Born, and initially released games via mail order advertisements in computing magazines. Andrew was also a columnist in Sinclair User magazine throughout the 1980s.
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• Name — Hewson Consultants • Industry — Video game • Founded — 1982 United Kingdom • Hq Location — United Kingdom
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Explore 1984–1991
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1984
Hewson Consultants established.
1984
Hewson Consultants is recorded from 1984.
1984
Hewson Consultants was established or created in 1984.
1991
Hewson Consultants ceased.
1991
Hewson Consultants was dissolved or ceased in 1991.
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Legacy
Andrew and other members of the Hewson management team went on to form 21st Century Entertainment after Hewson shut down in the early 1990s, releasing several games such as Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Illusions. Andrew was also the founder of ELSPA (European Leisure Software Publishers Association) which continues to be the European regulating body for the video games industry.
Releases
• Space Intruders - 1981 - Space Invaders clone for the ZX81 • Pilot - 1982 • Nightflite - 1982 • Heathrow Air Traffic Control - 1983 • Nightflite II - 1983 • Knight Driver - 1983 • Quest Adventure - 1983 • 3D Space-Wars - 1983 • 3D Seiddab Attack - 1984 • 3D Lunattack - 1984 - Reviewed in Crash issue 4 - 90% • Avalon - 1984 - Reviewed in Crash issue 10 - 91% • Technician Ted - 1984 - Reviewed in Crash issue 13 - 96% • Dragontorc - 1985 • Astro Clone - 1985 • Paradroid - 1985 • Gribbly's Day Out - 1985 • Firelord - 1986 • Pyracurse - 1986 • Quazatron - 1986 • Southern Belle - 1986 • Uridium - 1986 • Technician Ted: The Megamix - 1986 • Cybernoid - 1987 • Exolon - 1987 • Zynaps - 1987 • Impossaball - 1987 • Nebulus - 1987 • Ranarama - 1987 • Evening Star - 1987 • Anarchy - 1987 • Netherworld - 1988 • Cybernoid II: The Revenge - 1988 • Marauder - 1988 • Zamzara - 1988 • Eliminator - 1988 • Battle Valley - 1988 • Steel - 1989 • Stormlord - 1989 • Astaroth - 1989 • Onslaught - 1989 • Deliverance - 1990 • Insects in Space - 1990 • Zarathrusta - 1991
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The circumstances in which Hewson Consultants stands. Consultants has its headquarters at Wallingford. Recorded as video game publisher. Established or created in 1984. Dissolved or ceased in 1991. Consultants operates in video game industry. Situated in United Kingdom.
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- 1.Company Softography. Ysrnry.co.uk.
- 2.DEF Guide to Shoot 'em Ups. Zzap!64. 43. 105–108. November 1988.
- 3.The Best and Worst of Six Years of the C64!. Zzap!64. 44. 124. November 1988.
- 4.Zzap64 Def Guide To. The Best C64 Games Ever!. DEF Tribute to Zzap!64. 107. 10–11. March 2002.
- 5.One Life Left. Resonance FM. 2013-10-16.
- 6.Clive Brooker
- 7.Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers by Andrew Hewson & Rob Hewson « My Commodore 64. Mycommodore64.com. 2013-10-28.
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