Editing Sensible Software (section)

==Legacy==
In 2006, the Sensible Software game [[Sensible World of Soccer|''Sensible World of Soccer'']] was entered into a Games Canon of the ten most important video games of all time by [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/arts/design/12vide.html|title = Is That Just Some Game? No, It's a Cultural Artifact|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 12 March 2007|last1 = Chaplin|first1 = Heather}}</ref> It was the only game developed in Europe to make the list, which also included ''[[Spacewar!]]'', ''[[Star Raiders]]'', ''[[Zork]]'', ''[[Tetris]]'', ''[[SimCity]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Civilization (series)|Civilization]]'', ''[[Doom (franchise)|Doom]]'' and the ''[[Warcraft]]'' series.

In 2013, the book ''[[Sensible Software 1986–1999]]'' was released.<ref name="SS book">{{cite book |last1=Penn |first1=Gary |date=7 October 2013 |title=[[Sensible Software 1986–1999]] |publisher=[[Read-Only Memory (publisher)|Read-Only Memory]] |isbn=978-0957576803 }}</ref> This comprehensive retrospective on the history of the company was written by ''[[Zzap!64]]'' games journalist Gary Penn in conversational style. It features 19 different contributors including extensive interviews with Jon Hare, plus luminaries of the era including [[David Darling (entrepreneur)|David Darling]], [[Dominik Diamond]] and [[Peter Molyneux]]. Chris Yates declined to be interviewed for the book.<ref name="auto"/>  Half art book and half retrospective analysis,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/sensible-software-1986-1999-book-review/|title=Sensible Software 1986-1999 book review|date=15 October 2013|website=Den of Geek}}</ref> the book is the first of its kind to cover the creative, business and technical issues that shaped the whole era of early games development in the UK and Sensible Software in particular.

In 2020, the [[Royal Mail]] issued a series of postage stamps celebrating great British computer games with [[Sensible Soccer|''Sensible Soccer'']] commemorated as a first-class stamp.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stanleygibbons.com/collecting-stamps/dispatches/uk-retro-game-stamps|title=Royal Mail celebrates UK retro games|date=15 January 2020|website=Stanleygibbons.com|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>