<s>
Thorn	B-Application
EMI	I-Application
Computer	I-Application
Software	I-Application
was	O
a	O
British	O
video	O
games	O
software	O
house	O
set	O
up	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
now-defunct	O
British	O
conglomerate	O
Thorn	O
EMI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
released	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
,	O
initially	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
and	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
VIC-20	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
the	O
Thorn	O
EMI	O
name	O
was	O
dropped	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
Creative	B-Application
Sparks	I-Application
as	O
the	O
company	O
were	O
reportedly	O
unhappy	O
with	O
their	O
image	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
Creative	B-Application
Sparks	I-Application
,	O
Sparklers	O
and	O
the	O
distribution	O
company	O
,	O
Creative	B-Application
Sparks	I-Application
Distribution	O
(	O
CSD	O
)	O
gained	O
independence	O
from	O
Thorn	O
EMI	O
after	O
a	O
management	O
buyout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	B-Application
Sparks	I-Application
went	O
into	O
receivership	O
with	O
debts	O
estimated	O
at	O
up	O
to	O
£1.5	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
on	O
the	O
Creative	B-Application
Sparks	I-Application
label	O
:	O
</s>
