Flair Software
Casual Arts, formerly known as Flair Software, is a British video game developer and publisher of the 1990s that developed and published games for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and SNES. It was set up by Colin Courtney in 1990 after his previous company, Tynesoft, went bankrupt. It retained Tynesoft's MicroValue brand and published Elvira: The Arcade Game which had originally been scheduled for publication by Tynesoft.
The company is mainly associated with popular and colorful Amiga games such as Trolls, Oscar, and Whizz. In 1993 platformer Oscar was bundled with Millennium's Diggers as a launch bundle for the Amiga CD32 and it was considered one of the mascot games for the system. Flair Software's 1994 fighting game Dangerous Streets is generally considered one of the worst games of all time.
The games Trolls and Oscar were remade and re-released in 2010 as Nintendo DSiWare by Virtual Playground under the new titles Oscar in Toyland and Oscar in Movieland. In 2011 Virtual Playground also released two new original Oscar games for DSiWare.
The company currently operates under the name Casual Arts and releases games for PC, Mac, Nintendo DS/3DS, iOS, Android, and Kindle.
Selected games
Turn n' Burn Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Elvira: The Arcade Game Euro Soccer Trolls Oscar Surf Ninjas Dangerous Streets Summer Olympix Whizz Rally Championships Soccer Superstars Realm Time Paradox MegaMorph Double Agent- ''Jungle Legend ''