Hewson Consultants Ltd.
| Hewson Consultants Ltd. | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Founded | 1980 Reestablished: 2013 | |
| Closed | 1991 | |
| Headquarters | Abingdon, Great Britain | |
| Manager | Andrew Hewson | |
| Employees | ||
| Key People (choice) | Dominic Robinson, John Phillips John Cumming, Stephen Crow, Gordon Hewson, Raffaele Cecco | |
| Turnover | ||
| Sector | Computer and video games | |
| Website | www.hewsonconsultants.com | |
| Information | * 1991 renamed 21st Century Entertainment Ltd. * Label: Rack It | |
Hewson Consultants Ltd began early 1980, when Andrew Hewson started to distributed his own books such as "Hints and Tips for the ZX 81" and "40 best machine code routines for the ZX Spectrum". At the same time, hobby programmers were offered to have their programs released. This lead to the "garage company" becoming a genuine enterprise with its own offices in 1982.
From 1984 on Hewson possessed their on copying units and were releasing games by Graftgold, as well.
In 1985, there was a big success with Paradroid, and several similarly successful releases followed.
At the end of the 1980s, financial troubles occurred and Graftgold left and looked for a new publisher. The salaried programmers Dominic Robinson and John Cumming joined Graftgold in reaction.
Hewson was renamed 21st Century Entertainment Ltd. in 1991.
In 2013, Hewson Consultants Ltd was reestablished by Andrew Hewson in order to promote his book Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers. In the summer of 2015, a CD with title tracks of 10 games published by Hewson Consultants war released.
The game Hyper Sentinel was released in 2016. It was deliberately kept in the style of the 1980s.
Rack It[edit]
Rack It was apperently a low budget label under which games of Hewson were released. The label was set up by Hewson and Mastertronic.
C64 Game (Sample)[edit]
- 1984
- Heathrow Air Traffic Control
- Schiphol
- 1985
- Gribbly's Day Out (Rack It)
- Lunattack
- Paradroid
- 1986
- Alleykat
- Firelord
- Gribbly's Special Day Out (Rack It)
- Iridis Alpha
- Paradroid - Competition Edition
- Paradroid - Metal Edition
- Powerama
- Southern Belle
- Uridium
- 1987
- Anarchy (Rack It)
- Eagles
- Evening Star
- Exolon
- Herobotix (Rack It)
- Lightforce
- Mad Mission
- Nebulus
- Ocean Conqueror (Rack It)
- Rana Rama
- Thunder Force (Rack It)
- Tunnel Vision (Rack It)
- Zynaps
- 1988
- 5th Gear (Rack It)
- Alliance
- Battle Valley (Rack It)
- Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
- Cybernoid II: The Revenge
- Eliminator
- Golfmaster (Rack It)
- Marauder
- Mr. Wino
- Netherworld
- Orion (Rack It)
- Scorpion (Rack It)
- Slayer (Rack It)
- Subterranea (RackIt)
- Sunburst (Rack It)
- Super Cup Football (Rack It)
- Tower Toppler (Nebulus Release in den USA)
- Zamzara (Rack It)
- 1989
- Cyberdyne Warrior
- Head the Ball
- Insects in Space
- Maze Mania
- Mission Impossibubble
- Steel (Rack It)
- Stormlord
- 1990
- Deliverance: Stormlord II
Game compilations
- Cecco Collection (Compilation)
- Christmas Collection (Compilation)
- Heatwave (Compilation)
- Quelle Action Hits (Compilation)
Weblinks[edit]
| Consultants Wikipedia: Hewson Consultants |
