Founded in Switzerland in 1992 by Richard M. Holmes, it moved to Hertfordshire (St Albans, then Welwyn), England, the following year when it became part of distribution company Kompart.
Following a stark decline of the Amiga games market in 1994, Black Legend shut down in 1996, followed by its German office in Mülheim an der Ruhr later that year.
Black Legend worked with external developers, mostly small studios with just a handful of people and teams based in ex-Soviet Union countries.
[1] In 1994, Black Legend relocated from St Albans to Welwyn and opened a regional office in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, with staff formerly of developer Blue Byte.
[2] Holmes subsequently became the European product manager for Eidos Interactive before founding several other video game companies, such as IncaGold, Play Sunshine, and Lolly.