U.S. Gold


U.S. Gold Limited was a British video game publisher based in Witton, Birmingham, England. The company was founded in 1984 by Geoff Brown in parallel to his distributor firm, CentreSoft, both of which became part of Woodward Brown Holdings. The company primarily aimed at publishing games imported from the United States with a lower price tag in Europe and especially the United Kingdom.
By 1985, U.S. Gold projected a turnover of for their first fiscal year, and expected to release further 150 games in the year to come. In 1988, U.S. Gold received the Golden Joystick Award for "Software House of the Year". The company also operated the budget range label Kixx. In April 1996, Eidos Interactive acquired the entire CentreGold umbrella for, as a result of which U.S. Gold and CentreSoft ceased all operations.

Games published

TitleRelease datePlatform
Beach HeadEU:1984C64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC
HurricanesNA:1994, EU:1994 Super NES, Sega Genesis
InfiltratorEU:1986C64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Raid over MoscowEU:1984C64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC
Ace of Aces1986Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, MSX, MS-DOS, Master System, ZX Spectrum
Beast Busters1989, 1990 Arcade, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST
1989-1992Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS, Game Boy,
Game Gear, MSX, Genesis, Master System, NES, ZX Spectrum
Shadow DancerNA:1991, EU:1991 C64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST
Techno CopNA:1988, NA:1989 Apple II, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Amiga
The Incredible HulkNA: 1994, 1995, EU: 1994-1995
Putty1992, 1993, 1994 Amiga, Super NES, Amiga CD32