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Adventure Soft

British video game developer

Adventure Soft is a British video game developer and publisher established by Mike Woodroffe, initially as an importer and reseller of Adventure International games as Adventure International (UK), and later using the names Horror Soft, Adventuresoft UK and Headfirst Productions. The firm operates out of Sutton Coldfield, and is best known for the Simon the Sorcerer series of games.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Adventure Soft is a British video game developer and publisher established by Mike Woodroffe, initially as an importer and reseller of Adventure International games as Adventure International (UK), and later using the names Horror Soft, Adventuresoft UK and Headfirst Productions.2

Products and brands

  • Simon the Sorcerer

Listed on Wikidata.1

In 1998 Mike and Simon Woodroffe set up Headfirst Productions to allow them to develop non-adventure style games. The company released Simon the Sorcerer 3D in 2002 and Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth in 2005. The intellectual property rights to Simon the Sorcerer remained with Adventure Soft, so were unaffected when Headfirst first went into administration the following year.

From Wikipedia’s article on Adventure Soft, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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