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====== Beam Software ======
Also commonly known by the //Melbourne House//, **Beam Software** was a game development company based in Melbourne, Australia. It began as the publishing company Melbourne House in 1977, and did not begin publishing games until 1980. In the same year they formed Beam Software as a game development subsidiary. Since then they have been bought by Infograms, and Krome.

===== Selected Works =====
  * 1982 - //[[the_hobbit]]//
  * 1985 - //[[The Way of the Exploding Fist]]//
  * 1986 - //[[Marble Madness Construction Set]]//
  * 1988 - //[[the_battles_of_usagi_yojimbo|Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo]]//
  * 1990 - //[[star_wars_nes|Star Wars]]// (NES version)
  * 1991 - //[[aussie_rules_footy]]//
  * 1991 - //[[International Cricket]]//
  * 1993 - //[[Shadowrun_snes|Shadowrun]]// (SNES version)
  * 2004 - //[[TransFormers_ps2|Transformers]]// (PS2 version)

===== See Also =====
  * [[moby>company/krome-studios-melbourne|Krome Studios Melbourne]]
  * [[wp>Krome_Studios_Melbourne]]
  * [[http://www.acmi.net.au/vid_hits_80s.htm|ACMI]] - Short video interview for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
  * [[http://www.tsumea.com/games-developer/atari-melbourne-house|Atari Melbourne House]] - Their comprehensive entry on tsumea.
  * [[yt>naSMyIszbYo|A Current Affair: Nintendo / Beam Software]] - Youtube clip.
  * [[http://web.archive.org/web/19980520233818/http://www.beam.com.au/|http://www.beam.com.au/]] - 2013 site capture.
  * [[yt>VoW1bukKxCk|The rise of Beam Software]] and [[yt>n7HiVLfYCr0|The final days of Beam Software]], by Retrobutton.

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