Golden Joystick Awards, Best Original Game Of The Year, Deus Ex Machina runner up to Elite.
Computer Trade Association, Deus Ex Machina, Game Of The Year 1985

BOOKS & FILMS
"While others dabbled, Mel Croucher's agit-prop games continued to push back the boundaries, reaching their zenith with Deus Ex Machina.” (Replay: The History Of Video Games, 2010)
“From Bedrooms To Billions: Deus Ex Machina” (documentary movie, 2015)
"Somewhere between Shakespeare and Pink Floyd's The Wall, there is Deus Ex Machina. 50 minutes of awe designed by the visionary Mel Croucher."
(Future And Reality Of Gaming, 2009)
"Early computer game entrepreneur Mel Croucher came up with singular artistic endeavours, ambitious, obtuse and self-indulgent, but also weirdly hypnotic. Deus Ex Machina ... a genre-defying product.” (1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, 2013)
“Deus Ex Machina - one of the Fifty games that helped define the golden age of British gaming.” (Speccy Nation: A Tribute To The Golden Age Of British Gaming, 2012)
“Deus Ex Machina is a unique piece of experimental multimedia. It shares more with the work of Frank Zappa or David Bowie than with any contemporary game designer.” (Science Fiction Video Games, 2014)