The company was founded in 1997 in
Guildford,
United Kingdom by three ex-
Bullfrog developers: Mike Diskett, Fin McGechie and Guy Simmons. They intended to avoid the expansion and corporate atmosphere that had taken over at Bullfrog. Another ex-Bullfrog stalwart,
Gary Carr, joined as the fourth director shortly afterwards. A worldwide publishing deal with the UK publisher
Eidos was announced in October 1997. That announcement was also used to announce Mucky Foot's first game
Urban Chaos. At this point the game was referred to by its earlier work in progress name of
Dark City. Over its lifetime Mucky Foot went on to release two more titles:
Startopia and
Blade II. Despite high initial expectations, the company closed its doors in November 2003 due to a decline in both business and financial stability. This company closure saw six further games cease development while still only part produced like
Bulletproof Monk,
The Punisher, and
Urban Chaos 2. In May 2017 Mucky Foot's Mike Diskett released the
source code of
Urban Chaos under the
MIT license on
GitHub. ==Games==