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In March 1986, the company split, with founders Cain, Davies, Everett and Gibson leaving. Of the original founders, only Ally Noble remained.
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Graham's surname is spelled differently in various magazine interviews, including "Everritt", "Everrett" "Everitt" and "Everett". The
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Denton Designs was founded in September 1984 by six former Imagine staff - Steve Cain, Ian Weatherburn, Ally Noble,
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home computer. Amongst the founders were developers who had worked on the unfinished "Mega game"
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and initially specialised in developing software for the
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Private
Video games
Imagine Software
Takeover
Rage Software
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Great Escape
Eco
Where Time Stood Still
video game developer
Liverpool
1984
ZX Spectrum
Bandersnatch
Imagine Software
Shadowfire
Ocean
Rage Software
Gift from the Gods
ZX Spectrum
Ocean
Cosmic Wartoad
ZX Spectrum
Ocean
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64

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