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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Image Works</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">Video game publisher</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1988</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">1992<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1992</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Cadaver_(video_game)" title="Cadaver (video game)">Cadaver</a><br><a href="Speedball_(video_game)" title="Speedball (video game)">Speedball</a><br><a href="Bombuzal" title="Bombuzal">Bombuzal</a><br><a href="Xenon_2_Megablast" class="mw-redirect" title="Xenon 2 Megablast">Xenon 2: Megablast</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Image Works</b> was a British <a href="Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">video game publisher</a> that served as a publishing label for <a href="Mirrorsoft" title="Mirrorsoft">Mirrorsoft</a> between 1988 and 1992, when the parent company went bankrupt.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>The first two games published under the Image Works label were <i>Fernandez Must Die</i> and <i>Foxx Fights Back</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Image Works notably became the European publisher for all the titles developed by <a href="The_Bitmap_Brothers" title="The Bitmap Brothers">The Bitmap Brothers</a>, starting with their second game <i><a href="Speedball_(video_game)" title="Speedball (video game)">Speedball</a></i>, until The Bitmap Brothers founded their own publishing brand <a href="Renegade_Software" title="Renegade Software">Renegade Software</a>. Over the course of its existence, Image Works also acquired the publishing rights to film adaptations from the <i><a href="Back_to_the_Future_(franchise)" title="Back to the Future (franchise)">Back to the Future</a></i> and <i><a href="Predator_(franchise)" title="Predator (franchise)">Predator</a></i> franchises, as well as home computer ports of arcade and console games such as <i>Passing Shot</i>, <i><a href="Cisco_Heat" title="Cisco Heat">Cisco Heat</a></i> and the first two <i><a href="Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles" title="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</a></i> games by <a href="Konami" title="Konami">Konami</a>: these ports and adaptations were consistently released on all the Western 8-bit and 16-bit computer systems supported by the publisher. Until the demise of <a href="Mirrorsoft" title="Mirrorsoft">Mirrorsoft</a> in 1992, games were published on <a href="ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a>, <a href="Amstrad_CPC" title="Amstrad CPC">Amstrad CPC</a>, <a href="Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a>, <a href="Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a>, <a href="Atari_ST" title="Atari ST">Atari ST</a>, and <a href="MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a> as well as other platforms such as the <a href="MSX" title="MSX">MSX</a> and <a href="Master_System" title="Master System">Master System</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Games_published">Games published</h2></div>
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<th rowspan="2">Year
</th>
<th rowspan="2">Title
</th>
<th colspan="2">Platform(s)
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<th><a href="Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">PC</a>
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<th><a href="Game_console" class="mw-redirect" title="Game console">Console</a>
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<td rowspan="5">1988
</td>
<td><i><a href="Bombuzal" title="Bombuzal">Bombuzal</a></i>
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<td><a href="Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a>, <a href="Atari_ST" title="Atari ST">Atari ST</a>, <a href="Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a>, <a href="MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a>
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<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i>Fernandez Must Die</i>
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<td>Amiga, <a href="Amstrad_CPC" title="Amstrad CPC">Amstrad CPC</a>, Atari ST, Commodore 64, <a href="ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a>
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i>Foxx Fights Back</i>
</td>
<td>Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="SkyChase" title="SkyChase">SkyChase</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Speedball_(video_game)" title="Speedball (video game)">Speedball</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
</td>
<td><a href="Master_System" title="Master System">Master System</a>
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<td rowspan="7">1989
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<td><i><a href="Blasteroids" title="Blasteroids">Blasteroids</a></i>
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<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, <a href="MSX" title="MSX">MSX</a>, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Bloodwych" title="Bloodwych">Bloodwych</a></i>
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<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Interphase_(video_game)" title="Interphase (video game)">Interphase</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Omnicron_Conspiracy" title="Omnicron Conspiracy">Omnicron Conspiracy</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i>Passing Shot</i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i>Phobia</i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Xenon_2_Megablast" class="mw-redirect" title="Xenon 2 Megablast">Xenon 2: Megablast</a></i>
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<td>Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
</td>
<td>Master System
</td></tr>
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<td rowspan="7">1990
</td>
<td><i><a href="Back_to_the_Future_Part_II_(video_game)" title="Back to the Future Part II (video game)">Back to the Future Part II</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>Master System
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Cadaver_(video_game)" title="Cadaver (video game)">Cadaver</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i>Flip-it & Magnose: Water Carriers from Mars</i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Gravity_(video_game)" title="Gravity (video game)">Gravity</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Speedball_2%3A_Brutal_Deluxe" title="Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe">Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe</a></i>
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<td>Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(NES_video_game)" title="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES video game)">Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Theme_Park_Mystery" title="Theme Park Mystery">Theme Park Mystery</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td rowspan="12">1991
</td>
<td><i><a href="Back_to_the_Future_Part_III_(video_game)" title="Back to the Future Part III (video game)">Back to the Future Part III</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>Master System
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Bill_Elliott's_NASCAR_Challenge" title="Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge">Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge</a></i>
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<td>Amiga
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Blade_Warrior" title="Blade Warrior">Blade Warrior</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Brat_(video_game)" title="Brat (video game)">Brat</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Cisco_Heat" title="Cisco Heat">Cisco Heat</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i>Devious Designs</i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="First_Samurai" title="First Samurai">First Samurai</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i>Killing Cloud</i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Mega_Lo_Mania" class="mw-redirect" title="Mega Lo Mania">Mega Lo Mania</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Atari ST
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Predator_2_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Predator 2 (video game)">Predator 2</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i>Robozone</i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>–
</td></tr>
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<td><i><a href="Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(arcade_game)" title="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade game)">Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op</a></i>
</td>
<td>Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
</td>
<td>–
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crashonline.org.uk/60/lookback.htm">CRASH 60 - 1988 Lookback</a></span>
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