Image Works

Image Works
Former type	Defunct
Industry	Video game publisher
Founded	1988
Defunct	1992
Headquarters	United Kingdom
Products	Cadaver; Speedball; Bombuzal; Xenon 2: Megablast

Image Works was a British video game publisher that served as a publishing label for Mirrorsoft between 1988 and 1992, when the parent company went bankrupt.

History

The first two games published under the Image Works label were Fernandez Must Die and Foxx Fights Back.[1] Image Works notably became the European publisher for all the titles developed by The Bitmap Brothers, starting with their second game Speedball, until The Bitmap Brothers founded their own publishing brand Renegade Software. Over the course of its existence, Image Works also acquired the publishing rights to film adaptations from the Back to the Future and Predator franchises, as well as home computer ports of arcade and console games such as Passing Shot, Cisco Heat and the first two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games by Konami: these ports and adaptations were consistently released on all the Western 8-bit and 16-bit computer systems supported by the publisher. Until the demise of Mirrorsoft in 1992, games were published on ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, C64, Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS as well as other platforms such as the MSX and Sega Master System.

Image Works briefly traded under the name 'Imagiworks' and used the slogan 'Believe in the power of imagination'; the label reverted to 'Image Works' and dropped the slogan after a poor write-up from most critics.

Games published

Year	Title	Platform(s)
Year	Title	C64	ZX	CPC	ST	Amiga	DOS	SMS	MSX
1988	Bombuzal	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1988	Fernandez Must Die	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
1988	Foxx Fights Back	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
1988	SkyChase	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Other[2]	No	No
1988	Speedball	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
1989	Blasteroids	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
1989	Bloodwych	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1989	Interphase	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1989	Omnicron Conspiracy	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1989	Passing Shot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
1989	Phobia	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
1989	Xenon 2: Megablast	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
1990	Back to the Future Part II	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
1990	Cadaver	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1990	Flip-it & Magnose: Water Carriers from Mars	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
1990	Gravity	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
1990	Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Other[3]	No
1990	Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
1990	Theme Park Mystery	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1991	Back to the Future Part III	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
1991	Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge	No	No	No	No	Yes	Other	No	No
1991	Blade Warrior	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1991	Brat	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
1991	Cisco Heat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1991	Devious Designs	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
1991	First Samurai	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Other	No	No
1991	Killing Cloud	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1991	Mega Lo Mania	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Other	No	No
1991	Predator 2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1991	Robozone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
1991	Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

gollark: Yes, protons are meant to decay or whatever.

gollark: We may require greater funding.

gollark: If I remember correctly the rotating cylinder is also meant to be infinitely long.

gollark: Remember: never invent time machines or all of earth will go insane.

gollark: You should just add time travel to all your stories, really.

References

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[1] CRASH 60 - 1988 Lookback

[2] SkyChase for MS-DOS on MobyGames

[3] Speedball 2 for MS-DOS on MobyGames