The latest version of this page is at   When the original
Imagine bubble burst back in the summer of '84 the company's
employees became redundant overnight. From the ashes and
confusion rose a phoenix, DENTON DESIGNS, a programmer's co-
operative set up by Ally Noble, Steve Cain, Graham 'Kenny'
Everitt, John Gibson and Karen Davies - essentially, the team
which worked on IMAGINE's ill-fated 'mega-game'. The company
produced a number of innovative games, including Shadowfire and
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and quickly earned a reputation for
original, high quality software.  Early this year the jungle
drums of the software industry beat out a rumour: the DENTON
DESIGN team was breaking up. Apparently, the founder members had
peeled away from the company to pursue their own interests. So
what did happen to DENTONS? Julian Rignall travelled to
Liverpool to find out what went on, and what's going on...
original programs are getting a bit scarce nowadays - licences
seem to have taken over.  The first port of call wa