Alten8

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Alten8 Limited is a British video game developer and publisher, with offices in Luton. It produces both licensed retro games and current format video games.

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The company was formed by the current CEO Paul Andrews after his involvement with the website Retro-Trader, which lead him to be commissioned to gather retro game licenses for a plug-into-TV video game console using games such as Ant Attack (originally on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum). For financial and business reasons out of the control of Andrews, this was never realised. He then formed Alten8 to make use of the gathered licenses. Since then, it has expanded its remit, gaining Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Wii , also xbox360 developer status, as well as other formats and publishing following. An initial GBA release, GT Racer, through another publisher convinced Alten8 to self-publish all titles where possible from that point onwards, or to develop console titles under contract only from major publishers.

Alten8 now publishes over 500 licensed retro games across formats such as the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga and other computers. With many mobile phone games, both developed and owned by Alten8, and with other licensed PC and Nintendo DS games also published across the globe, it is rumored that Alten8 is the company behind various retro Wii Virtual Console Titles .Alten8 has also worked with new pioneering mobile phone companies, such as Greystripe and Vollee, as well as DVD and film work. Alten8 bills itself as the "Alten8 way of publishing games".

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