| 1997 |
Beam
Releases Krush Kill 'N" Destroy (KKND) and Cricket 97 with wordwide
distribution through Electronic Arts
 Beam announces Smarty Pants, a division of Beam
International devoted to Educational Multimedia, beginning with its
award-winning Language for Kids series
Beam launches Famous Faces, a facial motion capture
hardware and software solution perfectly suited to the film and
computer game industry.
Beam releases Cricket 97 Ashes Tour Edition, officially
licenced by the ACB and ECB.
Beam releases KKND Xtreme, encompassing new missions,
multiplayer maps, skirmish mode and a range of new features.
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| 1996 |
Beam is
publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
Five Time Winner at the 1996 "ATOM" Australian
International Multimedia Awards:- Best Game, Best Graphics in a
Multimedia Product, The Premier's Gold Award, Best Primary School
Resource, Best Dramatic Production
Melbourne House to publish Beam Software titles
Relocated to the new Beam International Building
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| 1995 |
SNES
Cricket achieves #1 status in Australia and UK
EA Sports Cricket '96 best selling CD-ROM sports title in
Australia
The Dame Was Loaded released in Australia to rave reviews
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| 1994 |
Company
begins using VideoBeam technology in its game development
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| 1993 |
Beam
reaches 65 employees in games development
Beam completes two games based on FASA licenses
'ShadowRun' and 'MechWarrior'
'ShadowRun' acclaimed as a new direction in adventure
gaming on consoles and 'MechWarrior' as best 3-D fighting game
First LaserBeam titles released in Europe
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| 1992 |
Two NES
titles released by LaserBeam in Australia, 'Aussie Rules Footy' and
'International Cricket' - both titles reach #1 position in Australia
LaserBeam extends its Nintendo license to cover all of
Europe, East Asia and Australasia
Beam titles receives 4 nominations for 1991 Nintendo Power
Nestor Awards
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| 1991 |
Beam
reaches 40 employees in game development
Beam completes 'Super Smash TV' for Nintendo and SNES.
This title recognized as first game featuring fast arcade action on
SNES
Beam Group starts LaserBeam Entertainment, as subsidiary
to publish Nintendo games, and obtain Nintendo License for
Australian market
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| 1990 |
Beam
starts development of CD-ROM games for NEC PC-Engine for Japanese
Market
Beam reaches 30 employees in game development
Beam completes GameBoy 'Hunt for Red October',
first GameBoy game to feature head-to-head arcade action
Beam completes NES Star Wars for LucasFilm
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| 1989 |
Beam
starts development of games on NEC PC-9801 and NEC PC-Engine for the
Japanese Market
Adam Lancman becomes shareholder and Joint Managing
Director of Beam Group
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| 1988 |
Melbourne
House included into Virgin Group, following takeover of Mastertronic
Beam develops titles for Nintendo publishers in US and
Japan
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| 1987 |
Melbourne
House (Publishers) sold to Mastertronic Group
Beam starts development for Nintendo NES
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| 1986 |
Melbourne
House sales account for 10% of UK market across all formats
'Way of the Exploding Fist' acclaimed as #1
best-selling title throughout Europe, with over 500,000 units in
Europe
Release 'Rock 'n Wrestle', first wrestling game for
computer formats
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| 1985 |
Appoint
Geoff Heath as MD for Melbourne House (Publishers) Ltd.
'Way of the Exploding Fist', first martial arts
combat game for computers, released on Commodore 64 and immediately
reaches #1 chart position
Melbourne House reaches 12 employees in Europe
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| 1984 |
Release
'Lord of the Rings' for most formats throughout Europe
Licensing agreement reached with Addison Wesley
for US release
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| 1983 |
'The
Hobbit' reaches #1 best-selling position throughout Europe, and
converted to most computer formats - sales exceed 500,000 units
Melbourne House releases 'Penetrator', for TRS-80 for US
market
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| 1982 |
Adam
Lancman joins Beam Group as Financial Director
Beam develops the 'Horace' series for Sinclair Spectrum
distributed by Sinclair
'Horace' acclaimed as first arcade game for Sinclair
Spectrum
'The Hobbit' released for Sinclair Spectrum by Melbourne
House
'The Hobbit' acclaimed as first serious adventure game in
Europe
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| 1981 |
Development starts for Sinclair ZX-81
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| 1980
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Development starts for Sinclair ZX-80
Beam acquires license for computer rights to 'The Hobbit'
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