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With the right game, producers knew that they could get a few extra punters through the door to see their films and conversely, game developers knew that the right licence could reap huge dividends and pull in extra sales than an unbranded game of similar or better quality could ever hope to do.
 
With the right game, producers knew that they could get a few extra punters through the door to see their films and conversely, game developers knew that the right licence could reap huge dividends and pull in extra sales than an unbranded game of similar or better quality could ever hope to do.
  
It didn't just stop at the local multiplex either!  Books and even radio programmes were reimagined on the CPC!
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It didn't just stop at the local multiplex either!  Books and even radio programmes were reimagined on the CPC, with a number of sporting personalities and events also finding themselves on CPC monitors throughout the continent!
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Board games, toys, cans of cola, you name it - if it had a value, chances are someone would be looking to make a CPC version before too long...
  
  
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*[[Back to the Future III]] (1990)
 
*[[Back to the Future III]] (1990)
 
*[[Basil The Great Mouse Detective]] (1987)
 
*[[Basil The Great Mouse Detective]] (1987)
*[[Batman - The Movie]] (1989)
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*[[Batman The Movie| Batman - The Movie]] (1989)
 
*[[Beverly Hills Cop]] (1990)
 
*[[Beverly Hills Cop]] (1990)
 
*[[Big Trouble in Little China]] (1987)
 
*[[Big Trouble in Little China]] (1987)
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*[[Bride of Frankenstein]] (1987)
 
*[[Bride of Frankenstein]] (1987)
 
*[[Cobra]] (1986)
 
*[[Cobra]] (1986)
*[[The Dambusters]] (1986)
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*[[Dambusters|The Dambusters]] (1986)
 
*[[Darkman]] (1991)
 
*[[Darkman]] (1991)
 
*[[Death Wish 3]] (1987)
 
*[[Death Wish 3]] (1987)
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*[[Total Recall]] (1991)
 
*[[Total Recall]] (1991)
 
*[[The Untouchables]] (1989)
 
*[[The Untouchables]] (1989)
*[[A View to a Kill]] (1985)
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*[[View to a Kill|A View to a Kill]] (1985)
 
*[[Werewolves of London]] (1987)
 
*[[Werewolves of London]] (1987)
  
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*[[Potsworth & Co]] (1992)
 
*[[Potsworth & Co]] (1992)
 
*[[A Question of Sport]] (1989)
 
*[[A Question of Sport]] (1989)
*[[Quick Draw McGraw]] (1991)*[[The Real Ghostbusters]] (1989)
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*[[Quick Draw McGraw]] (1991)
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*[[The Real Ghostbusters]] (1989)
 
*[[Road Runner]] (1987)
 
*[[Road Runner]] (1987)
 
*[[Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote]] (1991)
 
*[[Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote]] (1991)
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*[[Yogi Bear and Friends: The Greed Monster]] (1990)
 
*[[Yogi Bear and Friends: The Greed Monster]] (1990)
 
*[[Yogi's Great Escape]] (1990)
 
*[[Yogi's Great Escape]] (1990)
 
  
 
== Comic Book ==
 
== Comic Book ==
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*[[Avenger]] (1987)
 
*[[Avenger]] (1987)
 
*[[The Coulour of Magic]] (1986)
 
*[[The Coulour of Magic]] (1986)
*[[Dracula]] (1986)
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*[[Dracula (CRL)|Dracula]] (1986)
 
*[[Dragon's Flame]] (1990)
 
*[[Dragon's Flame]] (1990)
 
*[[The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island]] (1992)
 
*[[The Famous Five: Five on a Treasure Island]] (1992)
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*[[The Fourth Protocol]] (1986)
 
*[[Frankenstein]] (1987)
 
*[[Frankenstein]] (1987)
 
*[[The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole]] (1987)
 
*[[The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole]] (1987)
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*[[Tai-Pan]] (1987)
 
*[[Tai-Pan]] (1987)
 
*[[Tarzan]] (1986)
 
*[[Tarzan]] (1986)
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*[[Tintin on the Moon]] (1990)
 
*[[Twice Shy]] (1986)
 
*[[Twice Shy]] (1986)
 
*[[War in Middle Earth]] (1989)
 
*[[War in Middle Earth]] (1989)
 
*[[Way of the Tiger]] (1986)
 
*[[Way of the Tiger]] (1986)
  
== Radio ==
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== Radio & Music ==
 
*[[The Archers]] (1986)
 
*[[The Archers]] (1986)
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*[[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] (1986)
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== Sports ==
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*[[Alex Higgins World Pool]] (1985)
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*[[Alex Higgins World Snooker]] (1985)
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*[[Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge]] (1986)
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*[[Daley Thompson's Decathlon]] (1985)
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*[[Daley Thompson's Super-Test]] (1986)
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*[[Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge]] (1988)
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*[[Emlyn Hughes International Soccer]] (1989)
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*[[F.A. Cup Challenge]] (1986)
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*[[Geoff Capes Strongman]] (1985)
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*[[Glen Hoddle Soccer]] (1985)
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*[[Italia '90]] (1990)
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*[[Milk Race]] (1987)
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*[[Steve Davis Snooker]] (1985)
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*[[World Cup Carnival]] (1986)
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== Toys & Games ==
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*[[Cluedo]] (1986)
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*[[Computer Scrabble]] (1985)
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*[[Monopoly]] (1986)
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*[[Scalextric]] (1987)
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*[[Scrabble Deluxe]] (1987)
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*[[Zoids]] (1986)

Latest revision as of 06:52, 5 September 2010

The mid 1980s and early 90's were a time of almost unparalled marketing for films and television shows that saw the newly burdgeoning home computer market as a lucrative source of income just waiting to be tapped.

With the right game, producers knew that they could get a few extra punters through the door to see their films and conversely, game developers knew that the right licence could reap huge dividends and pull in extra sales than an unbranded game of similar or better quality could ever hope to do.

It didn't just stop at the local multiplex either! Books and even radio programmes were reimagined on the CPC, with a number of sporting personalities and events also finding themselves on CPC monitors throughout the continent!

Board games, toys, cans of cola, you name it - if it had a value, chances are someone would be looking to make a CPC version before too long...


Movie

Television

Comic Book

Book

Radio & Music

Sports

Toys & Games