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''Note: this is supposed Their remit was to be a joke on collect as many of these licences and re-distribute them in the discussion over form of compilations, mirroring the record industry which had at [http://www.cpczone.net/boards/viewtopicthat time begun to expand their back catalogue promotions.php?t=841&highlight= CPC Zone]''

This is a company, not a person - they created games several decades ago and would never have imagined that someone would come along in The first major acquistion came following the 21st Century collapse of the original [[Imagine Software]] when Beau Jolly stepped in and claim they were infringing picked up the rights to a number of their trade marksgames. From this, or copyrights or whatever the heck that guy was talking abouttheir business model snowballed by picking up games from smaller publishers such as [[Realtime Games]], [[PSS]] & [[Anirog]].

After a few smaller releases of their ex-[[Imagine]] stock on the C64 and ZX Spectrum, Beau Jolly launched their first major release, in a blizzard of an advertising campaign, [[10 Computer Hits]] on a number of formats, including the CPC. The series eventually ran to five releases over the following three years. Interestingly, the titles on their compilations often varied from format to format depending on what was and was not available. Their control of the compilaton market began to dry up as more and more software houses realised the value of their back catalogues and released their own compilations. As Beau Jolly never invested in any new software or conversions of software - they were solely involved in the distribution of third party software - and as the smaller companies began to be swallowed by the 'bigger fishes in the Ocean' they did not have enough clout to survive for long into the 90s, their last release for the CPC being made in the Winter of 1991. == Trivia == The long dead software house were the subject of some controversy in the CPC scene back in 2006. Someone claiming to own the copyright to the title "Computer Classics " posted a message on the [[CPC Zone]] boards requesting that the title be taken down as it infringed his copyright. After a few attempts at reasonable explanation, the forum regulars were astounded when the proprieter of the copyright continued to bombard the board demanding that references to this title were taken down as it infringed his copyright. Sadly since the demise of the old CPC Zone boards it is not possible to link directly to the storm but for the people who were there it remains a surreal experience that won't be forgotten anytime soon! == Releases ==Please note: due to the nature of their output, this list cannot be considered to be exhaustive at this time and should be regarded as a work in progress: *1. [[10 Computer Hits]] (R1985)*2. [[6 Computer Classics Hits]] (R1985)*3. [[10 Computer Classics Hits 2]] (R1986)Computer Classics *4. [[Five Star Games]] (R1987)*5. [[Computer Classics ]] (R1987)Computer Classics *6. [[Five Star Games II]] (R1987)*7. [[10 Computer Classics Hits 3]] (R1987)*8. [[5 Computer Classics Hits]] (R1987)Computer Classics *9. [[Five Star Games III]] (R1987)Computer Classics *10. [[20 Chart Busters]] (R1988)*11. [[10 Computer Classics Hits 4)]] (R1988)Computer Classics *12. [[Supreme Challenge]] (R1988)Computer Classics *13. [[30 Red Hot Hits]] (R1989)*14. [[Soccer Spectacular]] (1989)*15. [[10 Computer Classics Hits 5]] (1989)*16. [[The Tolkien Trilogy]] (1989)*17. [[Big Box]] (R1991)