CRL Group

CRL Group plc was a British video game development and publishing company. Originally CRL stood for "Computer Rentals Limited". It was based in King's Yard, London and run by Clem Chambers.

They released a number of notable adventure games based on horror stories. Dracula and Frankenstein were rated 15 certificate by the British Board of Film Censors for their graphics depicting bloody scenes; Dracula was the first game to be rated by the BBFC. Jack the Ripper was the first game to receive an 18 certificate, Wolfman also gained an 18 certificate.

CRL-published games that achieved critical success include Tau Ceti and Academy.

The 1984 game of the series Terrahawks was one of the first video games based on a TV show.

1982

 * Rescue

1983

 * 3D Desert Patrol
 * Alien Maze
 * Bomber
 * Caveman
 * Crawler
 * Derby Day
 * Draughts
 * Escape from Manhattan
 * Galactic Patrol
 * Grand National
 * Jackpot
 * Lunar Rescue
 * One Day Cricket
 * Pandemonia
 * Test Match
 * The Omega Run
 * The Orb
 * Space Mission
 * Zaraks

1984

 * £.s.d.
 * Ahhh!!
 * Cricket 64
 * Glug Glug
 * Handicap Golf
 * Handy Andy
 * Incredible Adventure
 * Olympics
 * Orpheus in the Underworld
 * Show Jumping
 * Terrahawks
 * The Great Detective
 * The Magic Roundabout
 * Tritz
 * Whirlybird
 * The War of the Worlds
 * The Warlock's Treasure
 * The Woods of Winter

1985

 * Blade Runner
 * Bored of the Rings
 * Endurance
 * Formula One
 * Juggernaut
 * Space Doubt
 * Tau Ceti
 * The Causes of Chaos
 * The Rocky Horror Show

1986

 * Academy
 * Bugsy
 * Doctor What!
 * Dracula
 * Hercules
 * Pilgrim
 * Robin of Sherlock
 * Room Ten
 * Samurai
 * The Boggit
 * The Very Big Cave Adventure

1987

 * Ball Breaker
 * Book of the Dead
 * Cyborg
 * Death or Glory
 * Federation
 * Frankenstein
 * From Darkness into Light
 * I-Alien
 * IQ
 * Jack the Ripper
 * Jet-Boys
 * Last Mohican
 * Lifeforce
 * Loads of Midnight
 * Mandroid
 * Murder off Miami
 * Ninja Hamster
 * Oink!
 * Outcast
 * Plasmatron
 * Sun Star
 * They Call Me Trooper
 * Traxxion
 * Vengeance

1988

 * Ball Breaker II
 * CounterForce
 * Cyberknights
 * Discovery
 * International Soccer
 * Kellogg's Tour 1988
 * NATO Assault Course
 * Purple Heart
 * Road Warrior
 * Sophistry
 * Thunder Cross
 * Time Fighter
 * To Hell and Back
 * Trigger Happy
 * Wolfman

1989

 * Inner Space
 * Lancaster
 * Professional Soccer
 * Search for the Titanic

1990

 * Hellhole

Unreleased

 * Enchantress
 * Spearhead
 * The Blues Brothers
 * The Malinsay Massacre

Software

 * Fifth (1983)
 * Stargazer Secrets (1983)
 * Highway Code (1984)
 * 3D Game Maker (1987)
 * 2D Game Maker (1988)
 * Hi-Rise Scaffold Construction Set (Unreleased)

Platforms

 * Acorn Electron
 * Amiga
 * Amstrad CPC
 * Amstrad PCW
 * Atari ST
 * BBC Micro
 * Commodore 64
 * Commodore Plus/4
 * MS-DOS
 * Oric-1/Atmos
 * ZX Spectrum
 * ZX81