In 1982, Ultimate Play the Game was established in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, by Tim and Chris Stamper. [8] Their acquaintance John Lathbury and Tim's girlfriend, Carole Ward, founded the company. The company's headquarters were in a house close to the family-owned newsstand. Chris and Tim were both employed in the development of arcade games, such as Konami's Gyruss. Chris claimed to have been the "most knowledgeable arcade videogame designer team in Britain". After exhaustion of working for different companies, he left to open Ashby Computers and Graphics. This led to ACG's initial business being the creation of arcade conversion kits, before expanding into the market for home computer software making games under the Ultimate Play the Game name. Ashby launched four arcade games, Blue Print for Bally-Midway, as well as Grasspin, Dingo and Saturn for Jaleco.Ultimate's initial release was Jetpac in May 1983, for the 16K Spectrum. In an interview wi...