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Durell Software Games

Browse every Durell Software title currently catalogued by Cheeky Commodore Gamer. New games are added here automatically when their publisher credit is present in the main game database.

3 games 3 C64 1986–1987 years covered
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Source-backed publisher profile

Evidence reviewed 12 Aug 2026

About this publisher

Durell Software was based in Taunton, Somerset and produced games for several British home computers. Its better-known programmers included Mike Richardson and Clive Townsend, and its catalogue included Harrier Attack, Combat Lynx and Turbo Esprit.

Documented company facts

  • The Centre for Computing History identifies Durell Software as a Taunton-based software house whose games appeared on the Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad and other systems.
  • The museum's company profile names Mike Richardson and Clive Townsend as two of Durell's main programmers.
  • Durell used distinctive bright-blue cassettes, described by the museum as an anti-piracy measure.

Archive strengths

  • Action simulations
  • British 8-bit games
  • Distinctive cassette releases

This history follows the Centre for Computing History's dedicated Durell company record rather than secondary game-database summaries.

3 games shown

Game archive

Durell Software on CCG

3 C64 · 1986–1987

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