FROM THE ARCHIVES Eidos

Mark Strachan and Dominic Wheatley were working at an advertising agency, when they decided to set up their own business in the gaming industry. “My younger brother had bought a Commodore 64 in January of 1983, [he] was playing Heroes Of Khan, and I was watching him type in certain commands to progress, and I was just amazed,” cofounder Dominic says of the early days.

This was the turning point where Dominic decided to pitch the idea of this games business to Mark Strachan, “I took him out to the pub, and said I had this idea, and we agreed to go to this cottage near Goodrich Castle in Wales with our girlfriends, and we drew up a business plan there and then, which became Domark.”

At this point the pair both decided to leave the agency together and moved into a small office in Monster Road to try and raise money. Around 1983, Dominic came up with an idea for a game that was more interactive to the player, and this was where Ian Livingstone CBE came