Jester Interactive

Jester Interactive ia a video game developer based in North Wales in the United Kingdom and was founded in 1997 as a trading arm of Morgan Computing Limited. It would later trade under the name Jester Interactive Limited, and after going into administration in 2003 would re-emerge trading as Jester Interactive Publishing Limited. The company is well known for its music sequencing software on home consoles in the form of their MUSIC and MTV Music Generator branded software.

History

Jester Interactive Limited was formed as part of, and through funding from Morgan Computing Limited - a Database Software company based in North Wales. Key staff who kicked off this venture were Lee Wright, Tim Wright and Gavin Morgan, Managing Director of Morgan Computing Limited.

Jester Interactive initially consisted of a small team of five people working in offices based at Liverpool's Port of Liverpool Building where a custom made studio was constructed to develop the company's first title NoiseToys. NoiseToys was later re-titled MUSIC Station, and then shortened to simply MUSIC with the strap line Music Creation for the PlayStation Generation. This line of software also featured a DJ Character known affectionately as 'Scratchy' which usually appeared on all Jester's MUSICtm products.