Attention to Detail

Attention to Detail Ltd (ATD) was a British video game developer based in Hatton. Founded by University of Birmingham graduates in September 1988, it was acquired by Kaboom Studios in January 1997. The studio shut down in August 2003 due to financial issues at Kaboom Studios. The studio is known for developing the Rollcage series.

Attention to Detail Ltd

Logo in 2000
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	September 1988; 36 years ago (1988-09)
Founders	Chris Gibbs Fred Gill Martin Green Jon Steele Jim Torjussen
Defunct	28 August 2003 (2003-08-28)
Fate	Liquidation
Headquarters	Hatton , England
Key people	Chris Gibbs (managing director) Fred Gill (technical director)
Number of employees	50 (2003)
Parent	Kaboom Studios (1997–2003)

History

In mid-1987, Chris Gibbs, Martin Green, Nalin Sharma, and Jon Steele created the Atari ST port of Super Sprint for Activision. Sharma had already had experience developing Commodore 64 and contacts in the video game industry, which enabled the group's partnership with Activision. The conversion was finished in twelve weeks. Simultaneously, Fred Gill had developed the game Octan for the ZX Spectrum, which he sold to Firebird. Gibbs, Gill, Green, and Stelle, as well as Jim Torjussen, founded Attention to Detail in September 1988. All founders were University of Birmingham graduates.^[1] The company occupied 12,000 square feet (1,100 m²) of converted barns in Hatton, in rural Warwickshire.^[2][3] In January 1997, the company was acquired by Geoff Brown, who established Geoff Brown Holdings (later Kaboom Studios) to manage the ownership.^[4] Amid financial struggles at Kaboom Studios and with Attention to Detail unable to find a publisher for Ion Runner, the studio was placed into liquidation on 28 August 2003, laying off all 50 staff members and cancelling Ion Runner.^[5][6]

Games developed

Year	Title	Platform(s)
1990	Night Shift	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
1992	Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: The Action Game
1993	Cybermorph	Atari Jaguar
1995	Blue Lightning
	Battlemorph
1996	Blast Chamber	MS-DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
	The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga
1999	Rollcage	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2000	Rollcage Stage II
	Sydney 2000	Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
2001	Ducati World
	Lego Racers 2	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2
2002	Salt Lake 2002
	Firebugs	PlayStation
	Drome Racers	Microsoft Windows, GameCube, PlayStation 2

References

1. "History". Attention to Detail. Archived from the original on 3 March 2001.
2. "About Us". Attention to Detail. Archived from the original on 3 March 2001.
3. "Contact Us". Attention to Detail. Archived from the original on 3 March 2001.
4. "Geoff Brown". Attention to Detail. Archived from the original on 17 January 1998.
5. Jenkins, David (1 September 2003). "ATD Goes Into Liquidation". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
6. Fahey, Rob (1 September 2003). "ATD goes to the wall; Kaboom in crisis?". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.