Ocean Software

Ocean Software Limited
Company typeVideo game developer
Video game publisher
PredecessorSpectrum Games
Founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
FounderDavid Ward
Jon Woods
Defunct1998; 26 years ago (1998)
FateAcquired by and later folded into Infogrames
SuccessorInfogrames United Kingdom, now Bandai Namco Entertainment UK
Headquarters6 Central Street, Manchester, England
Key people
Paul Patterson (Sales Manager)
Gary Bracey (Software Development Manager)
Steve Blower (Art Director)
Colin Stokes (Operations Manager)
Marc Djan (Ocean France)
ParentOcean International Ltd.

Ocean Software Ltd was a British software development company that became one of the biggest European video game developers and publishers of the 1980s and 1990s.

The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods and was based in Manchester. Ocean developed dozens of games for a variety of systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Oric 1, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16, Atari ST, Amiga, IBM PC, BBC Micro and video game consoles, such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Master System, and Mega Drive.