Zippo Games

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Fed up with the atmosphere at development studio Binary Design, the Pickford Brothers, John and Ste, and two other programmers decided to leave and start their own company - Zippo Games - to develop original games for 16-bit computers. After doing some Amiga and Atari ST games, they responded to a request from Rare to work on the NES. Due to Rare not paying them much, the brothers were unable to keep the studio going.

Around 1990, Zippo was folded into Rare and became Rare Manchester. Morale dropped and issues over the unreleased Game Boy game WWF Wrestling led to John Pickford's resignation, with Ste leaving soon after.

Research Methods: Online resources (see Links)

Amiga

• Cluster (unreleased) (Psygnosis)
• Cosmic Pirate (EU Publisher: Palace Software)
• Roadhugg (unreleased) (Melbourne House)
• Voodoo Nightmare (EU Publisher: Palace Software)

Arcade

• Fleapit (unreleased) (Rare)

Atari ST

• Cosmic Pirate (EU Publisher: Palace Software)
• Voodoo Nightmare (EU Publisher: Palace Software)

Famicom/NES

• Cabal (under Rare) (US Publisher: Milton Bradley)
• Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (under Rare) (US/EU/AU Publisher: Acclaim)
• Roller Thrasher (unreleased) (Rare)
• Sesame Street 123 (under Rare) (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
• Sesame Street ABC (under Rare) (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
• Sesame Street ABC & 123 (under Rare) (US Publisher: Hi Tech Expressions)
• Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warship (under Rare) (US Publisher: Tradewest; EU Publisher: Nintendo)
• Wizards & Warriors III (under Rare) (US/EU/AU Publisher: Acclaim)
• Wolverine (unreleased)

Game Boy

• WWF Wrestling (unreleased) (Rare)

Links

• The Pickford Brothers' website