• Source: Hewson Consultants

Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced video games for home computers in the mid-1980s. They had a reputation for high-quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other ground-breaking software houses like Ultimate Play the Game and Beyond. Fourteen of their games were awarded "Megagame" by Your Sinclair.
Hewson was founded by Andrew Hewson in the early 1980s. He became interested in computers while working at the British Museum when their first machine arrived. After learning to program, Andrew wrote the programming guide book Hints and Tips for the ZX80. Following the publication, bedroom coders began to send Andrew the games they had programmed on cassette tape, giving Andrew the idea to publish the games. Hewson Consultants was born, and initially released games via mail order advertisements in computing magazines. Andrew was also a columnist in Sinclair User magazine throughout the 1980s.




Releases


Space Intruders - 1981 - Space Invaders clone for the ZX81
Pilot - 1982
Nightflite - 1982
Heathrow Air Traffic Control - 1983
Nightflite II - 1983
Knight Driver - 1983
Quest Adventure - 1983
3D Space-Wars - 1983
3D Seiddab Attack - 1984
3D Lunattack - 1984 - Reviewed in Crash issue 4 - 90%
Avalon - 1984 - Reviewed in Crash issue 10 - 91%
Technician Ted - 1984 - Reviewed in Crash issue 13 - 96%
Dragontorc - 1985
Astro Clone - 1985
Paradroid - 1985
Gribbly's Day Out - 1985
Firelord - 1986
Pyracurse - 1986
Quazatron - 1986
Southern Belle - 1986
Uridium - 1986
Technician Ted: The Megamix - 1986
Cybernoid - 1987
Exolon - 1987
Zynaps - 1987
Impossaball - 1987
Nebulus - 1987
Ranarama - 1987
Evening Star - 1987
Anarchy - 1987
Netherworld - 1988
Cybernoid II: The Revenge - 1988
Marauder - 1988
Zamzara - 1988
Eliminator - 1988
Battle Valley - 1988
Steel - 1989
Stormlord - 1989
Astaroth - 1989
Onslaught - 1989
Deliverance - 1990
Insects in Space - 1990
Zarathrusta - 1991




Legacy


Andrew and other members of the Hewson management team went on to form 21st Century Entertainment after Hewson shut down in the early 1990s, releasing several games such as Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Illusions. Andrew was also the founder of ELSPA (European Leisure Software Publishers Association) which continues to be the European regulating body for the video games industry.




References






External links


Official website (archived, 21st Century Entertainment)

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