Electric Dreams Software was a UK-based video game publisher established in 1985 by Activision and run by Rod Cousens and Paul Cooper formerly of Quicksilva . The company published video games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the Atari 8-bit family of computers between 1985 and 1989, becoming one of the top eight UK software houses of that decade. Software Studios The publisher's in-house video game developer was Software Studios, set up in April 1986 and run by John Dean and Dave Cummings. Software Studios also handled Activision's products marketed in countries outside the United States. The concept behind this team was to pool resources and ideas between all Electric Dreams projects, but they were also directly responsible for two film tie-in licenses, Aliens: The Computer Game (1986) and Big Trouble in Little China. The company's initial releases were Riddler's Den and I, Of the Mask. List of releases Riddler's Den (1985), David Harper I, of the Mask (1985), Spaceman Ltd Back to the Future (1985), Software Images Winter Sports (video game) (1985), Software Images Zaxxon (1985); under license from Sega Aliens: The Computer Game (1986), Software Studios Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Software Studios Dandy (1986), The RamJam Corporation Explorer (1986), The RamJam Corporation Hijack (1986), Paradise Software Mermaid Madness (1986), Soft Design Prodigy (1986), MD Software Spindizzy (1986), Paul Shirley and Phil Churchyard Xarq (1986), The RamJam Corporation Aliens: US Version (1987), Mr. Micro Firetrack (1987), Aardvark Software FireTrap (1987), Source Software; under license from Data East USA Nihilist (1987), Shahid Ahmad RMS Titanic Starblade (1986), Bob Duncan and Gary Stark Star Raiders II (1987), Simon Freeman, Gary Stark and Bruce Poelman; under license from Atari Super Sprint (1987), Software Studios; under license from Atari Tempest (1987), David Pridmore; under license from Atari Super Hang-On (1986), Software Studios; under license from Sega Championship Sprint (1988), Catalyst Coders; under license from Atari Karnov (1988), Mr. Micro; under license from Data East USA R-Type (1988), Manfred Trenz and Andreas Escher; under license from Irem Incredible Shrinking Sphere (1989), Foursfield Wicked (1989) Millennium 2.2 (1989), Ian Bird References Video game publishers British companies established in 1985 Video game companies established in 1985 Video game companies disestablished in 1989 Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom