Editing Beam Software (section)

{{short description|Former Australian video game developer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Krome Studios Melbourne
| logo = Atari Melbourne House.png
| logo_caption = Melbourne House's final logo (2004/2006)
| defunct = {{end date and age|2010|10|15}}
| foundation = 1980 in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
| founder = Alfred Milgrom<br>[[Naomi Milgrom|Naomi Besen]]
| key_people = 
| num_employees = 40
| location = [[Melbourne]], Australia
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| revenue = 
| former_names = Beam Software (1980–1993)<br>Laser Beam Entertainment (1993—1997)<br>Beam Software<br>Melbourne House (1997–1999)<br>Infogrames Melbourne House Pty Ltd. (1999–2003)<br>Atari Melbourne House Pty Ltd. (2003–2006)
| parent = [[Atari SA|Infogrames]] (1999-2000)<br>[[Atari, Inc. (1993-present)|Atari, Inc.]] (2000–2006)<br>[[Krome Studios]] (2006–2010)
| products = ''[[The Hobbit (1982 video game)|The Hobbit]]''<br>''[[The Way of the Exploding Fist]]''<br>''[[Shadowrun (1993 video game)|Shadowrun]]''<br>''[[Le Mans 24 Hours (video game)|Le Mans 24 Hours]]''
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/19981212030918/http://www.melbournehouse.com/ melbournehouse.com] (archived)
}}

'''Krome Studios Melbourne''', originally '''Beam Software''',<ref name=retrogamer36>{{Cite magazine|last=Crookes|first=David|title=The Wizards of Oz|magazine=Retro Gamer|issue=36|pages=38–42|publisher=Imagine}}</ref> was an Australian [[video game developer|video game development]] studio founded in 1980 by Alfred Milgrom and [[Naomi Milgrom|Naomi Besen]] and based in [[Melbourne|Melbourne, Australia]].<ref name=NGen33>{{cite magazine |title=NG Alphas: Melbourne House |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=33 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=September 1997|pages=116–8 |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_33/page/n117}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crashonline.org.uk/03/hobbit.htm|title=CRASH 3 - Melbourne House|website=www.crashonline.org.uk|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref> Initially formed to produce books and software to be published by '''Melbourne House''', a company they had established in London in 1977,<ref name=retrogamer36 /> the studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to '''Infogrames Melbourne House Pty Ltd.'''.<ref name="beamtimeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.acmi.net.au/hits_80s_timeline.html|title=Beam Software Timeline|website=[[Australian Centre for the Moving Image]]|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070301130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/52367/20070302-0000/www.acmi.net.au/hits_80s_timeline.html|archive-date=2 March 2007|access-date=19 September 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=http://www.acmi.net.au/hits_80s_timeline.htm|title=Beam Software Timeline|website=[[Australian Centre for the Moving Image]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611011748/http://www.acmi.net.au/hits_80s_timeline.htm|archive-date=11 June 2010}} Documentation for a 2007 exhibition.</ref> In 2006 the studio was sold to [[Krome Studios]].<ref name="beamtimeline" />

The name '''Beam''' was a contraction of the names of the founders: Naomi Besen and Alfred Milgrom.