Private company
Crystal Computing
Logo: Design Design homepage - https://www.desdes.com/, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3
Former British video game developer
Crystal Computing, later renamed Design Design, was a British video game developer founded in 1982 by Chris Clarke and Ian Stamp while students at the University of Manchester. Graham Stafford, Neil Mottershead, Simon Brattel and Martin Horsley, joined the company as it expanded. The company's first software release was a compilation of games for the Sinclair ZX81, though it was with the ZX Spectrum that Crystal found its greatest success.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Crystal Computing, later renamed Design Design, was a British video game developer founded in 1982 by Chris Clarke and Ian Stamp while students at the University of Manchester. Graham Stafford, Neil Mottershead, Simon Brattel and Martin Horsley, joined the company as it expanded. The company's first software release was a compilation of games for the Sinclair ZX81, though it was with the ZX Spectrum that Crystal found its greatest success. A deal with the machine's manufacturer Sinclair to distribute Crystal's Zeus Assembler gave the company sufficient funds for a major marketing campaign for their next product, Halls of the Things, an arcade adventure game that became their most successful title.2
Products and brands
- Halls of the Things
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1982Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaCrystal Computing
- WikidataQ5191169
Sources
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- 1WikidataCrystal Computing on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCrystal Computing on Wikipedia
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