Melbourne House

Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was an Australian video game development studio founded in 1980 by Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen and based in Melbourne, Australia. Initially formed to produce books and software to be published by Melbourne House, a company they had established in London in 1977, the studio operated independently from 1987 until 1999, when it was acquired by Infogrames, who changed the name to Infogrames Melbourne House Pty Ltd.. In 2006 the studio was sold to Krome Studios.

The name Beam was a contraction of the names of the founders: Naomi Besen and Alfred Milgrom. (source Wikipedia)

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Striking Titles

A lot of the titles got high attention and reviews in the majority of the magazines during that time, below som examples.

Quite simply the best program I have seen in a long time.
Popular Computing Weekly

Certain to be THE Summer hit.
Daily Mail

Astonishing, astounding, phenomenal.
Crash

The graphics are big, bold and superbly animated…. a worthy successor to FIST.
Computer & Video Games

Horribly addictive and technically very clever – Pick of the week.
Popular Computing Weekly

Rock’n’Wrestle

The first truly 3 dimensional combat sports simulation game. Dynamic graphics, state-of-the-art animation, one and two player mode, brilliant gameplay, 10 different opponents and complete rock sound track.

More joystick moves than you imagined possible – over 25 – including the atomic drop, aeroplane spin, piledriver, body slam, back breaker, arm twist, elbow drop and turnbuckle fly.

Rock’n’Wrestle – the challenge begins here!

Rock’N Wrestle has that extra dimension of depth. When Flying Eagle leaps from the top ropes it is one of the most exciting moves I have seen yet in any 64 game. Super sophisticated, a game that can be played time and time again.
Commodore User