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Ocean Software: History, Regions & Companies

Ocean Software Limited was a British software development company that became one of the biggest European video game developers and publishers of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Ocean Software topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Regions and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Ocean Software.

Related topics
197
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
201
Extracted relationships
67
Concept neighborhoods
31
Bridge connections
201

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Games · 123 topics
History · 52 topics
Overview · 20 topics
Tape loaders · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1983; 43 years ago (1983)
Headquarters
6 Central Street, Manchester, England
Defunct
1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Fate
Acquired by and later folded into Infogrames
Founder
David Ward Jon Woods
Key people
Paul Patterson (Sales Director) Gary Bracey (Development Director) Steve Blower (Art Director) Colin Stokes (Operations Manager) Marc Djan (Ocean France)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Tape loaders

Games

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Ocean Software connects Entity context

The extracted context around Ocean Software shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Ocean Software → Armageddon, Berzerk, Bug-Byte, David Ward, Frenzy, Frogger, Imagine Software, Jon Woods, Liverpool-based, Missile Attack, Missile Command, Robotics, Software Projects, Spectrum Games, The, Their, VIC-20, While, ZX Spectrum, ZX81 Another extracted example is Ocean Software → Accolade, Atari SA's European, Atari United Kingdom Limited, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Namco Entertainment's UK, GT Interactive, I-Motion Inc, In, Inc, Infogrames, Infogrames Entertainment, Infogrames North America, Infogrames' United States, The UK, United States. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Ocean Software

Top relations

related to history · 20
Ocean Software → Armageddon, Berzerk, Bug-Byte, David Ward, Frenzy, Frogger, Imagine Software, Jon Woods, Liverpool-based, Missile Attack, Missile Command, Robotics, Software Projects, Spectrum Games, The, Their, VIC-20, While, ZX Spectrum, ZX81
related to Aftermath · 15
Ocean Software → Accolade, Atari SA's European, Atari United Kingdom Limited, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Namco Entertainment's UK, GT Interactive, I-Motion Inc, In, Inc, Infogrames, Infogrames Entertainment, Infogrames North America, Infogrames' United States, The UK, United States
Defunct · 1
Ocean Software → 1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Fate · 1
Ocean Software → Acquired by and later folded into Infogrames
Founded · 1
Ocean Software → 1983; 43 years ago (1983)
Founder · 1
Ocean Software → David Ward Jon Woods
Headquarters · 1
Ocean Software → 6 Central Street, Manchester, England
Key people · 1
Ocean Software → Paul Patterson (Sales Director) Gary Bracey (Development Director) Steve Blower (Art Director) Colin Stokes (Operations Manager) Marc Djan (Ocean France)
Parent · 1
Ocean Software → Ocean International Ltd.
Predecessor · 1
Ocean Software → Spectrum Games

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

ocean game games infogrames software company titles spectrum united entertainment limited video imagine infogrames' inc became home zx 64 arcade

Ocean Software relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 67 structured relationships around Ocean Software. Examples in this analysis include Ocean Software → Defunct → 1998; 28 years ago (1998) and Ocean Software → Fate → Acquired by and later folded into Infogrames. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ocean SoftwareDefunct1998; 28 years ago (1998)1.00infobox
Ocean SoftwareFateAcquired by and later folded into Infogrames1.00infobox
Ocean SoftwareFounded1983; 43 years ago (1983)1.00infobox
Ocean SoftwareFounderDavid Ward Jon Woods1.00infobox
Ocean SoftwareHeadquarters6 Central Street, Manchester, England1.00infobox
Ocean SoftwareKey peoplePaul Patterson (Sales Director) Gary Bracey (Development Director) Steve Blower (Art Director) Colin Stokes (Operations Manager) Marc Djan (Ocean France)1.00infobox
Ocean SoftwareParentOcean International Ltd.1.00infobox
Ocean SoftwarePredecessorSpectrum Games1.00infobox
Ocean SoftwareSuccessorInfogrames United Kingdom, now Bandai Namco Entertainment UK1.00infobox
Ocean SoftwareTypeVideo game developer Video game publisher1.00infobox
the ZX Spectruminstance ofOcean developed dozens of games for a variety of home computer systems0.80text
Oric 1instance ofOcean developed dozens of games for a variety of home computer systems0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Ocean Software bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Software, Company and Titles. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Ocean Software
    • Software
    • Company
    • Titles
    • Infogrames
    • Game
    • Games
    • Entertainment
    • Imagine
    • Later
    • Spectrum
    • United
    • Also
  • ocean software
    • Software
    • Company
    • Titles
    • Infogrames
    • Imagine
    • Uk
    • Game
    • Games
    • Ward
    • Woods
    • Kingdom
    • Entertainment
  • video game developers
    • Video
    • Arcade
    • Spectrum
    • Zx
    • Amiga
    • Batman
    • Ocean
    • Also
    • Later
    • Entertainment
    • Titles
    • Games
  • zx spectrum
    • Spectrum
    • Zx
    • Home
    • Video
    • Amiga
    • Atari
    • Games
    • Titles
    • Ward
    • Woods
    • Entertainment
    • Game
  • video game consoles
    • Video
    • Arcade
    • Spectrum
    • Zx
    • Amiga
    • Batman
    • Ocean
    • Also
    • Later
    • Entertainment
    • Titles
    • Games
  • software houses
    • Titles
    • Imagine
    • Uk
    • Games
    • Ward
    • Woods
    • Kingdom
    • Conversions
    • United
    • Also
    • Created
    • Video
  • imagine software
    • Titles
    • Also
    • Imagine
    • Software
    • Uk
    • Games
    • Ward
    • Woods
    • Kingdom
    • Spectrum
    • United
    • Conversions
  • software projects
    • Titles
    • Imagine
    • Uk
    • Games
    • Ward
    • Woods
    • Kingdom
    • Conversions
    • United
    • Also
    • Created
    • Video

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Ocean Software, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Ocean Software with Games. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Ocean SoftwareGames · splits 78 ⟂ 124
Ocean SoftwareHistory · splits 149 ⟂ 53
Ocean SoftwareOverview · splits 181 ⟂ 21
Ocean SoftwareTape loaders · splits 199 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Ocean Software

Nodes202
Edges201
Triples67
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009901
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Ocean Software to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Regions & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Ocean Software · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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