The company was originally set up in 1983 by Colin Courtney and Trevor Scott[1] to release educational software but soon moved into the video games market on which it concentrated for most of its time.

They also had a budget label, MicroValue, that issued compilations, reissues and some original games.

The company went bankrupt in June 1990[2] when its sister printing business incurred massive debts.

[1] Colin Courtney set up a new company, Flair Software, which continued to use the MicroValue label for budget releases.

The company currently operates under the name Casual Arts and releases games for PC, Mac, Nintendo DS/3DS, iOS, Android and Kindle.