This was followed by Blood Money, a side-scrolling shooter which began development in January 1989. The game sold 20,000 copies, reportedly generating around GB£20,000, allowing the company to develop more games. ĭraconia was renamed Menace, and it was published in 1988 for Amiga, and in 1989 for Atari ST, Commodore 64 and MS-DOS. DMA Design was formally founded by Jones that same year. The "DMA" was taken from Amiga programming manuals, where it stood for direct memory access, though the "DMA" in the company's name had no meaning. As he had to choose another, he considered to use "Visual Voyage" and "Alias Smith and Jones", but ultimately decided to go with "DMA Design". Lemmings (1987–93) ĭMA Design's original headquarters in Dundee (top) īy 1987, Jones wanted to incorporate the company but found that the name "Acme" was already taken by a design company. The game was renamed Draconia, with Tony Smith working on graphics and Jones designing levels. When Jones was informed that Hewson wanted the game to be the "Amiga version of Zynaps", he realised that sales would be limited, and refused to sign the contract, instead signing a deal with publisher Psygnosis. To publish the game, Jones first approached Hewson Consultants, where Andrew Braybrook played and recommended the game. When later attending the Dundee Institute of Technology, Jones began development on a game tentatively titled CopperCon1, working under the temporary name "Acme Software", alongside Kay, Hammond and Dailly. They developed numerous small games while attending the KACC: Jones and Kay developed Moonshadow (eventually renamed Zone Trooper), Daily developed Freek Out, and Jones and Dailly collaborated on The Game With No Name. While Jones used an Amiga 1000, the others used Sinclair Spectrum or Commodore 64. In 1984, David Jones, Russell Kay, Steve Hammond and Mike Dailly often met at the Kingsway Amateur Computer Club (KACC) in Dundee. From left to right: Russell Kay, Mike Dailly, Steve Hammond, Gary Timmons, David Jones. The original members of the DMA Design team in 2011. Leslie Benzies headed the studio since the Take-Two acquisition until his departure in 2016. Both games are considered to be among the best video games made, and Grand Theft Auto V became the second- best-selling game of all time. After the shift, the company worked on new titles, including Manhunt, provided support to other Rockstar games such as Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3, and continued the Grand Theft Auto franchise with Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) and Grand Theft Auto V (2013). In 2001, after the release of Grand Theft Auto III, DMA Design was ultimately renamed Rockstar North and became part of the Rockstar Games label. After the Infogrames acquisition, the DMA Design assets were sold to Take-Two Interactive. Following the release of Grand Theft Auto 2, Gremlin was acquired by Infogrames. The company was soon acquired by Gremlin Interactive. In 1997, DMA released Grand Theft Auto, which was a huge success the game sparked a successful series. After developing Unirally for Nintendo, DMA Design was set to become one of their main second-party developers, but this partnership ended after Nintendo's disapproval of Body Harvest. During this time, they created successful shooters such as Menace, and Blood Money, but soon turned to platform games after the release of Lemmings in 1991, which was an international success and led to several sequels and spin-offs. During its early years, DMA Design was backed by its publisher Psygnosis, primarily focusing on Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore 64 games. The company was founded as DMA Design in Dundee in 1987 by David Jones, soon hiring former classmates Mike Dailly, Russell Kay, and Steve Hammond. Rockstar North Limited (formerly DMA Design Limited) is a British video game development company and a studio of Rockstar Games based in Edinburgh.
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