<s>
Network	B-Device
23	I-Device
was	O
a	O
British	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
founded	O
by	O
teenagers	O
Chris	O
Lloyd	O
and	O
Russell	O
Hughes	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Located	O
on	O
the	O
Isle	O
of	O
Wight	O
,	O
they	O
produced	O
games	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
range	O
of	O
computers	O
from	O
1990	O
to	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
's	O
name	O
was	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
dominant	O
mega-corporation	O
Network	B-Device
23	I-Device
,	O
featured	O
in	O
Channel	O
4	O
's	O
1985	O
short	O
film	O
’	O
20	O
Minutes	O
into	O
the	O
Future’	O
(	O
aka	O
Max	O
Headroom	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	B-Device
23	I-Device
were	O
well	O
known	O
within	O
the	O
Archimedes	B-Device
demoscene	O
from	O
1987	O
to	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
Developments	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
its	O
first	O
commercial	O
game	O
‘	O
Provocator’	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
but	O
reverted	O
to	O
its	O
demoscene	O
name	O
in	O
1992	O
to	O
avoid	O
being	O
confused	O
with	O
newly	O
formed	O
Amiga	O
games	O
developer	O
,	O
Rage	O
Software	O
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	B-Device
23	I-Device
's	O
graphic	O
style	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
Amiga	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
,	O
especially	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
Bitmap	O
Brothers	O
and	O
Team17	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
were	O
designed	O
using	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
on	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
500	I-Device
and	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Acorn	O
using	O
custom	O
hardware	O
,	O
which	O
gave	O
their	O
games	O
a	O
unique	O
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Archimedes	B-Device
games	O
market	O
slowly	O
dried	O
up	O
as	O
the	O
90	O
's	O
progressed	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
closed	O
its	O
doors	O
in	O
November	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
the	O
popular	O
Archimedes	B-Device
emulator	O
‘	O
Archie’	O
in	O
his	O
spare	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
forced	O
to	O
shelve	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
2001	O
due	O
to	O
time	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Russell	O
Hughes	O
stayed	O
within	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
,	O
working	O
on	O
titles	O
including	O
Carmageddon	B-Application
and	O
State	B-Application
of	I-Application
Emergency	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	B-Device
23	I-Device
's	O
first	O
published	O
game	O
‘	O
Provocator’	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
1991	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Isle	O
of	O
Wight	O
developer	O
Computer	O
Tutorial	O
Services	O
(	O
C.T.S	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Provocator	B-Application
was	O
a	O
fast	O
space	O
based	O
shoot-em-up	O
,	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
Battlestar	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
TV	O
show	O
from	O
the	O
late	O
70	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
late	O
October	O
1993	O
,	O
Warlocks	O
became	O
Network	B-Device
23	I-Device
's	O
biggest	O
hit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warlocks	O
technical	O
achievements	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
advertising	O
and	O
promotional	O
material	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
both	O
Acorn	O
User	O
magazine	O
February	O
1994	O
and	O
Archimedes	B-Device
World	O
magazine	O
January	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	B-Device
23	I-Device
's	O
last	O
game	O
was	O
Deadline	O
,	O
published	O
in	O
August	O
1995	O
,	O
a	O
top	O
down	O
shoot-em-up	O
that	O
set	O
the	O
player	O
the	O
mission	O
of	O
rescuing	O
hostages	O
from	O
8	O
war	O
torn	O
battlegrounds	O
.	O
</s>
