American games for the Commodore 64 and other systems are to be increasingly available in the UK.

The Liverpool-based company, Software Projects, has signed licensing deals with Sierra On-Line, CVS Technology and Broderbund. The company is now selling BC's Quest For Tires and, not content with just importing American titles, is working on translations for other micros, including the Spectrum.

This marks an important development in the transatlantic flow of software - to date, companies such as US Gold have simply bought rights to market American games in the UK, but Software Projects is currently working on the conversion of titles such as CVS's arcade game Hunchback At The Olympics and Broderbund's Lode Runner.

A number of new games are under development and are due for release in November; these include Crypt Capers, Fatty Henry, Ledgeman, Karl's Kavern and a BBC utility Project Graphics. There will also be translations of games such as Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner for machines like the Amstrad and the MSX range. Other micros including the Oric, Vic 20 and Dragon will also be supported in the company's games range in the near future.