Emerald Software

Emerald Software was a video game publisher founded in 1988 by two UK entertainment executives, David Martin of Martech and Mike Dixon, who previously worked with EMI and served as the company CEO. Headquartered in a three-story Georgian house called Washington Lodge in Wilkin Street, Waterford, Ireland, the company released a number of games between 1988 and 1990, but critical delays in its development program led to its closure in 1991. Its output consisted largely of ports of existing arcade games and original movie tie-ins, alongside some original concepts.

Emerald Software was founded in 1988 by two UK entertainment executives: David Martin of Martech, and Mike Dixon, who had previously worked with EMI and served as the company's CEO. The company was headquartered in a three-story Georgian house called "Washington Lodge" in Wilkin Street, Waterford, Ireland. It released a number of games between 1988 and 1990, but a number of critical delays in the development program eventually led to its closure in 1991. The company was mostly staffed by graduates or placement students from the then-named Waterford Regional Technical College, with some from University College Dublin and others with no formal computer training. At its peak, Emerald Software employed 17 programmers and 5 graphic artists spread across 5 departments, plus two additional personnel in administration and human resources. The company authored games for the Commodore Amiga, IBM PC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC systems. Its games were largely ports of existing arcade games (such as Vigilante) or original movie tie-ins (such as The Running Man), though it also produced some original game concepts (e.g. Phantom Fighter).

• 1988

  The Deep

• 1988

  If It Moves, Shoot It!

• 1988

  Phantom Fighter

• 1989

  The Running Man

• 1989

  Vigilante

• 1989

  Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

• 1989

  Fallen Angel

• 1990

  Treasure Trap

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2026.09.17

  Emerald AI forms AI Energy Management Alliance with Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic[2]Emerald AI 与 Google、Nvidia 和 Anthropic 组建 AI 能源管理联盟techcrunch.com

  Grid software company Emerald AI has formed the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA), a coalition with Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic, that aims to find 100 GW of grid capacity for new data centers by making demand response an integral part of data center development.

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1. 1Emerald Softwareen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Emerald AI 与 Google、Nvidia 和 Anthropic 组建 AI 能源管理联盟techcrunch.com