CHARLES CECIL

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FORMED IN 1984 BY TWO MARKETING EXECUTIVES WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY, DOMARK WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT UK SOFTWARE HOUSES OF THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES. RETRO GAMER LOOKS BACK AT ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT GAMES WITH COFOUNDER DOMINIC WHEATLEY

GAMES ARE OFTEN CANCELLED, AND THIS WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THOSE TURBULENT EARLY YEARS OF THE UK VIDEOGAMES INDUSTRY. MOST DEVELOPERS WOULD EXPERIENCE A FEW, BUT ENIGMA VARIATIONS AND THE OWNERS’ SUBSEQUENT COMPANIES HAD MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE. IT’S TIME TO DISCOVER WHY

TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO, SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS STUNNED PLAYERS WITH ITS BREATHTAKING SENSE OF SCALE. IMMENSE ENEMIES AND WIDE-OPEN LANDSCAPES MADE IT AN UNFORGETTABLE CLASSIC. WITH FUMITO UEDA AND OTHERS CONNECTED TO THE GAME AS OUR GUIDES, WE EXPLORE ITS CREATION AND ENDURING LEGACY