Flare Technology

Flare Technology was a trio of ex-Sinclair employees based in Cambridge in the UK.

Founded in 1986 by Martin Brennan, Ben Cheese and John Mathieson they initially did work for Amstrad whilst developing the 8-bit technology demonstrator the Flare 1, based on the ZX Spectrum under the codename Loki. With expertise in ASIC design they where able to sell the concept of a highly integrated custom console to Konix and were commissioned to develop the Konix Multisystem.

Martin Brennan and John Mathieson went on to found Flare II which designed the Atari Jaguar.

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