Jester Interactive Limited was formed as part of a Database Software company based in North Wales, through funding from Morgan Computing Limited. The key staff who initiated 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 they began development on the company's first title
NoiseToys.
NoiseToys was later renamed as
Music Station, then shortened to
Music with the strapline
Music Creation for the PlayStation Generation. This line of software also featured a DJ character known as 'Scratchy' which usually appeared on all Jester's
Music products. After about 9 months, Jester launched its first title,
Music, through
Codemasters to critical acclaim. As the winners of the Official PlayStation Magazine award for the Most Innovative Game 1999 and Sony Computer Entertainment America's award for Most Innovative Game 2000, Jester also twice reached final nomination for the highly acclaimed BAFTA awards in the category of the user interface. Jester went on to develop several racing games involving
Super Trucks and the
Isle of Man TT races. In 2000, Jester won the Achievement Wales 2000 Business of the Year Award from the
Daily Post / Wales 2000 initiative. In 2001, it was ranked No. 4 in the
Fast Growth 50 company list. Jester's most recent titles include
TT Superbikes Real Road Racing As of 2008, they were working on new titles in multiple of their key franchises, including the
Music Generator series. ==Games developed==