Our Gameography

Kinectimals

Kinectimals was among the launch titles for Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller on Xbox 360 in 2010.

In Kinectimals, players build a fun, lasting and interactive relationship with fantastic wild feline pets. The ‘Now With Bears!’ expansion was released later in 2011 and added cuddly bear cubs to the game.

• Xbox
• Windows Phone
• iOS
• Android

LostWinds

LostWinds was among the launch titles for WiiWare on Nintendo’s Wii before launching on iOS and Android in 2008. It is now available on PC through Steam.

In LostWinds, the player controls a young boy named Toku, taking the power of the wind in the palm of their hand. Players guide Toku and Enril through a magical, award-winning adventure using playful controls to smash enemies, solve puzzles, and explore a beautiful fantasy world in this classic platform adventure.

• PC
• Nintendo Wii
• iOS

Disneyland Adventures

Released in 2011, Frontier’s collaboration with Microsoft Studios and Disney delivers a highly accurate re-creation of Disneyland in Anaheim, offering full open-world exploration – a first for Kinect.

Intended for players of all ages, Disneyland Adventures is one of the largest games ever published by Microsoft Studios, packed with over 100 hours of gameplay!

• Xbox

Screamride

This game features stunning high definition graphics, hundreds of customizable building components, physics-based destruction, cinematic collisions, unlockable levels, in-game leaderboards, global rankings and more. ScreamRide is the home of limitless innovation. Push the boundaries of thrill seekers everywhere. Take on your perfect role to complete each level in multiple ways. Scream seekers can prove their precise piloting skills, engineers can solve cunning construction puzzles and demolition experts can ignite the most explosive carnage possible. The path you choose is up to you!

• Xbox

Coaster Crazy

Coaster Crazy first launched as a free-to-play app on iOS in 2012, followed by Coaster Crazy Deluxe on iOS and Wii U in 2013, and Amazon Kindle Fire in 2014.

Coaster Crazy offers a fun, easy and compelling way to build coasters using a touchscreen, allowing players to build a coaster empire in iconic locations around the world, and to share coasters with friends and players online.

• iOS

Thrillville

Thrillville™ was the number one selling original kids’ game in North America in 2006, and was re-released in July 2007 on PlayStation 2, PSP and Xbox under the consoles’ ‘Greatest Hits’ lines.

Published by LucasArts, Thrillville™ is an all-access pass to adventure and fun, allowing you to create and party non-stop in a fully interactive and customisable amusement park.

• PC
• PlayStation
• Xbox
• Nintendo Wii
• Nintendo DS

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds

"Wacky Worlds", the first expansion pack for the world-wide hit Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 game was published by Infogrames on PC-CDROM from 9th May 2003 in Europe, the USA and Asia.

The Frontier-developed expansion pack provides 17 additional scenarios and loads of new scenery items, rides and other attractions, many of which are animated. The new content is themed around the world's seven continents, for example allowing players to build themed parks in and around the Great Wall of China, at the European Cultural Festival, a high rise US skyscraper city, an Australian beach party, an African diamond mine, ancient South American temples or the vast snowscapes of the Antarctic!

• PC

Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo

In single-player action-adventure Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo, gamers take on the role of lovable dog Gromit and attempt to liberate the Zoo from the evil clutches of maniacal penguin Feathers McGraw. While racing through six massive action-packed levels, with 24 missions and 12 mini arcade games, players will master loads of special moves from Gromit such as back flips, somersaults and even break dancing. Wallace's wacky inventions - including the Springy Boots, Banana Launcher, Porridge Gun, Turnip Gun and Coal Flinger - add to the fun.

• PC
• PlayStation
• Xbox

Dog's Life

Dog’s Life is an innovative action-adventure game, utilising Frontier's own freshly-created IP, that allows players to experience life from a dog's perspective. This was released on 29th October 2003 on PlayStation2, published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, and was nominated for two BAFTAs; 'Best Action Adventure' and 'Best Children's Game'.

Dog's Life showcases Frontier's sophisticated 'R-TAG' in-house animation technology, which delivers an instantaneous, smooth response to the player's control movements.

• PlayStation

V2000

The sequel to Virus, "V2000" was published by Grolier Interactive on PC and Playstation in October 1998 and was very well reviewed (PC Zone Classic 90%, and five full pages in Edge magazine). It then went on to be one of only three nominees for best game of the preceding few years in the first BAFTA Awards in 1998.

The game very much shows it's traditional gaming heritage in that the later worlds are very difficult to complete, but contain a feast of novel game play features. There has been some criticism of the difficulty, but also huge praise from hard-core gamers.

• PC
• PlayStation

Darxide

First released on the Sega Megadrive 32X console, "Darxide" was written in association with Peter Irvin and was published as a SEGA own-brand title. It is one of the few games on the 32X to do texture mapping, and as such looks better than many Saturn games for the machine SEGA chose to push instead of the 32X, the Saturn. This is because we were able to get software rendered textures at a higher rate on the 32X than the hardware could manage on the Saturn.

• SEGA

Frontier: First Encounters

Released in Easter 1995, "First Encounters" was well reviewed, despite being released by its publisher before the development team thought it was ready.

"First Encounters" also had a number of firsts to its name. The detailed modelling of the geography of the planets had still probably not been surpassed until Elite Dangerous: Horizons in 2015, despite the relative lack of power of the target PCs at the time – i.e. Intel 386 machines. It was the first game to use procedural texturing to generate the vegetation, snow, etc. on the planet surfaces. Mountain ranges, cliffs and wonderful alien landscapes and atmospheric effects all contributed to the atmosphere of the game, and the coloured lighting (... READ MORE

• PC
• Apple

Elite

"Elite" was written by David Braben and Ian Bell starting in 1982 while the authors were still at Cambridge University. It was first published by Acornsoft on the BBC Micro in September 1984 to huge critical acclaim. The rights to other computer platforms were then auctioned by Jacqui Lyons of Marjacq, and British Telecom then went on to publish on many other platforms under the name of Firebird.

In "Elite" the player starts with a basic Cobra MkIII space craft, and a measly 100 Credits. The player then has to survive in a hostile galaxy containing traders, pirates, police, bounty hunters, and an elusive alien race, the "Thargoids". The player can earn money in many ways, including taking say, food... READ MORE

• PC
• Apple
• BBC Micro
• AMIGA
• ATARI
• Sinclair