Attention to Detail Ltd (ATD) was a British video game developer based in Hatton. Founded by University of Birmingham graduates in September 1988, it was acquired by Kaboom Studios in January 1997. They were known for developing the Rollcage series. The studio shut down in August 2003 due to financial issues at Kaboom Studios.
History In mid-1987, Chris Gibbs, Martin Green, Nalin Sharma, and Jon Steele created the Atari ST port of Super Sprint for Activision. Sharma had already had experience developing Commodore 64 and contacts in the video game industry, which enabled the group's partnership with Activision. The conversion was finished in twelve weeks. Simultaneously, Fred Gill had developed the game Octan for the ZX Spectrum, which he sold to Firebird. Gibbs, Gill, Green, and Stelle, as well as Jim Torjussen, founded Attention to Detail in September 1988. All founders were University of Birmingham graduates. The company occupied of converted barns in Hatton, in rural Warwickshire. In January 1997, the company was acquired by Geoff Brown, who established Geoff Brown Holdings (later Kaboom Studios) to manage the ownership. Amid financial struggles at Kaboom Studios and with Attention to Detail unable to find a publisher for Ion Runner, the studio was placed into liquidation on 28 August 2003, laying off all 50 staff members and cancelling Ion Runner.
Games developed Year Title Platform(s) 1990 Night Shift Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum 1992 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: The Action Game 1993 Cybermorph Atari Jaguar 1995 Blue Lightning Battlemorph 1996 Blast Chamber MS-DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga 1999 Rollcage Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2000 Rollcage Stage II Sydney 2000 Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2001 Ducati World Lego Racers 2 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 2002 Salt Lake 2002 Firebugs PlayStation Drome Racers Microsoft Windows, GameCube, PlayStation 2
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