Novagen Software
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{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Novagen Software Ltd (commonly referred to as Novagen) was a British software developer which released a number of computer games on a variety of platforms from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
The company was set up by Paul Woakes and Bruce Jordan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and employed approximately 18 people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In addition to running Novagen, Paul Woakes also developed and programmed the vast majority of the company's products Template:Citation needed and the first version of a custom loading scheme that worked ten times faster than Commodore's own, which became Novaload.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
GamesEdit
- Encounter! (1983) Atari 8-bit, (1984) C64<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Mercenary (1985) Atari 8-bit, C64,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Mercenary: The Second City (1986) expansion pack for Mercenary
- Mercenary Compendium Edition (1987) Mercenary + The Second City
- Backlash (1988) Amiga, Atari ST<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Battle Island (1988) C64<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Hell Bent (1989) Amiga, Atari ST<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Damocles: Mercenary II (1990) Amiga, Atari ST
- Damocles: Mission Disk 1 (1991) Amiga, Atari ST
- Damocles: Mission Disk 2 (1991) Amiga, Atari ST
- Damocles Compendium Edition (1991) Damocles + Mission Disk 1 + Mission Disk 2
- Encounter (1991) Amiga, Atari ST
- Mercenary III (1992)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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