List of old games development companies | Free Game Empire

Company name	Description	Games
Alien Production		ALF: The First Adventure
Alive Software		Animal Quest Billy the Kid Returns! Dinosaur Predators Scubaman's Quest
Alpha Helix Productions		Ravage
Alternative Software Ltd. Alternative Software is a game company based in Castleford in Yorkshire, England (UK). It initially specialized in budget games for 8-bit cassette-based machines such as the Spectrum and C64. The company was established by Roger Hulley, by acquiring the brand and the game Henry's Hoard, previously owned by Mick Robinson and Martyn Brown. Alternative's titles were initially mostly new releases, although a few were reissues from other companies such as Durrel. They also released licenses ranging from Thomas the Tank engine to Andy Capp to Doctor Who. Several games were based on well-known children's characters, notably Thomas The Tank Engine, Fireman Sam and the best-selling Postman Pat. Educational titles emerged soon after, followed by a series of collectable CD-ROMs and computer accessories. More recently, Alternative has enjoyed success with titles based on major film licenses, particularly The Lord of the		Postman Pat 3: To the Rescue Tracksuit Manager 2
Alucine Soft		Professional Tennis Simulator
Amazing Graphics		Maze Wars
American Laser Games, Inc. American Laser Games, Inc. was founded by Robert Grebe in the latter part of the 1980s and was in business for approximately 10 years, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They developed and published a variety of laserdisc games featuring the use of a light gun for several platforms including 3DO. In 1999 the company was bought out by their Her Interactive division. Then in the year 2000, American Laser was sold by Her Interactive to Digital Leisure Inc.		Space Pirates Crime Patrol
Amwa (HK) Computer Co.		Pang
Anco Software Ltd. Anco Software was a long-running British game developer and publisher. The company was founded as a spin-off from Anirog Software. Anirog was founded in 1982 by Anil Gupta and Roger Gamon, who were working for Mullard Mitcham at that time.		Player Manager 2
Andrew Motes		$Mom's Math$ Mom's Math
Andrew Spencer Studios Andrew Spencer Studios was a London, UK-based development studio, named after Andrew Spencer. The studio made the survival horror Ecstatica series with two games: Ecstatica (1994) and Ecstatica II (1996). They both use ellipsoid technology to render characters. A third game, Urban Decay, was in development for Psygnosis and used the game technology, but it was left abandoned in favour of developing the Ecstatica sequel and eventually it was cancelled.		Ečstatica
Andy Halma		Sea Hunt
Angelsoft, Inc. Angelsoft, Inc., based in White Plains, NY, was founded by John R. Sansevere and Mercer Mayer. The company created eight text adventures in 1985/86, most of them book or film adaptations. Their games were written in a script language called ASG. A particular hallmark of Angelsoft games was that the puzzles were semi-random; you could do everything right and still die due to changing conditions and have to load a previously saved game.		High $take$
Animac		ANIMAC
AnimaTek International, Inc. AnimaTek was a software development company founded in 1988 in Moscow, Russia, by the inventor of Tetris, Alexey Pajitnov, his partner, Vladimir Pokhilko and international entrepreneur, Henk Rogers. It had two development studios, one in Moscow, Russia and one in San Francisco, USA. The company was known for its Caviar Technology, a surface pixel real-time rendering engine. AnimaTek disappeared near the end of the '90s, but most of the staff and the technology moved on to Digital Element, Inc., a company founded in 1999 by AnimaTek's former General Manager Don McClure.		El-Fish
Animation FX		Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure
Animators		Blind People Simulator
Anthony Hamilton		Morkin 2
Apogee Software, Ltd. Apogee, founded in 1987, was considered an innovator in gaming industry. The game was eventually transformed to 3D Realms which continued to carry exceptional new ideas. Apogee also mend to the mind of players with vast base of shareware versions. Almost everyone can remember some shareware game from Apogee which were freely distributed among players. This approach made the company very known and popular and turned to be a good decision.		Duke Nukem Monster Bash Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure Maze Machine Maze Runner Meteors Caverns of Kroz II Temple of Kroz
Appaloosa Interactive Corporation Appaloosa Interactive Corporation was a Hungarian game development studio founded by András Császár and Stephen J. Friedman. It was established in 1983 as Novotrade Software Kft. by 4 banks and 93 enterprises as a way to get hold of foreign currency, of which the supply was always low in the eastern bloc. Initially the company imported and sold computer hardware and software, and later began licensing software and games from European companies, mostly for the Commodore 64. The company also made computer programs and TV commercials. An office in California (USA) was also opened in 1983, possibly with the name Novotrade International LLC. When Hungary became a republic in October 1989 after shaking off the communist regime, the operations in Hungary and the USA were joined with the establishment of Novotrade International, Inc. In addition the name was changed to Appaloosa Interactive Corporation on 4th November 1996.		Museum Madness
Arc Developments Limited Arc Developments were formed by a group of former Elite employees - Chris Coupe, Byron Nilsson, Paul Walker and Richard Underhill. Most of their work involved multi-format conversions of arcade games, primarily for Activision, although they also did some original licensed products. They were active from the late 80s to the late 90s.		Predator 2
Arcade Masters		The Cool Croc Twins
Arcadia Software		Mushroom Mania
Arcadia Systems, Inc. Arcadia Systems, Inc. was located in Costa Mesa, California, and was part of the Mastertronic Group. The company published a very small library of software on their own.		Metropolis Rockford: The Arcade Game
Arcanum Computing		Superfly
Arena Games		Cyberball
Argo Games		Hexxagon Night Raid Hexxagon II
Argonaut Sheffield Particle Systems was a game development company formed in 1993 by industry veterans Michael Powell and Glyn Williams in the United Kingdom. The company specialized in science fiction games at the cutting edge of technology. The most well-known games from Particle were the Independence War series. In 2002 Particle Systems was acquired by Argonaut Software and subsequently renamed Argonaut Sheffield. The company closed in 2004 as did this division.		Evasive Action
Argonaut Software Ltd. ArgonaFounded by Jez San, Argonaut Games Plc was a large independent games developer with a 17 year history of producing games. The company was based in Edgware, north London, UK, and at its peak boasted over 300 employees. Argonaut created numerous games, most notably Croc: The Legend of the Gobbos, Alien: Resurrection and the first Harry Potter on PlayStation for EA.		ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs Alien Odyssey Birds of Prey FX Fighter Days of Thunder
Ark Multimedia Publishing		Onesimus: A Quest for Freedom
Art 9 Entertainment Inc.		Heaven's Dawn
Art Department Werbeagentur GmbH		Die Enviro-Kids greifen ein
ART4 Comp Group		Harold's Mission
Artcrew Productions		Dino Jnr. in Canyon Capers
Artdink Corporation Artdink (アートディンク) is a Japanese game developer based in Tsukushima, Tokyo. The company was founded on April 21st, 1986. They have developed computer and console games in a variety of genres, and are best known for their A-Train series.		A-Train Railroad Empire Atlas
Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd.		Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation Blue Max: Aces of the Great War Mini Putt Wild Science Arcade Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation The Train: Escape to Normandy Megafortress Mental Blocks Mystery at the Museums Ace of Aces Rack 'Em Rock and Bach Studio Serve & Volley Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing
ArtGame		Abandoned Places: A Time for Heroes
Artificial Intelligence Design		Rogue - The Adventure Game
Artronic Products Limited Cascade Games Limited (from 1983-09-23 to 1988-11-21) A British publisher of the 80s and early 90s, Cascade were best known for the Cassette 50 compilations they released across several systems. The company's reputation was never fantastic, with the Ace series of flight simulations and the Vietnam-themed 19. After financial problems in the late 80s they became Artronic, but didn't last much longer.		Sky Runner
ASCARON Entertainment GmbH Ascaron was a computer game company headquartered in Gütersloh, Germany. The company was founded in 1991 under the name Ascon by Holger Flöttmann and developed entertainment software for the German market for 18 years, with games franchises like Patrician, Port Royale, ANSTOSS (On the Ball) and Sacred. Later it also became known for its publishing and distribution activities. In August 2001 the company went into administration for the first time. However, the reestablishment of the company keeping all IPRs and brands made it possible for Ascaron to continue its operative business and to survive. In July 2002, Ascaron expanded by opening a wholly-owned subsidiary, Studio II Software in the University City, Aachen (Germany) and in September 2002, the first international office, Ascaron Entertainment (UK) Ltd. with its main office in Birmingham, was founded.		On the Ball: World Cup Edition Team F1 On the Ball
Ascon GmbH Ascaron was a computer game company headquartered in Gütersloh, Germany. The company was founded in 1991 under the name Ascon by Holger Flöttmann and developed entertainment software for the German market for 18 years, with games franchises like Patrician, Port Royale, ANSTOSS (On the Ball) and Sacred.		Gloriana
ASM Software		DOS Quadraz
Assembly Line, The British company famous for unique action/puzzle games such as Vaxine, The Assembly Line was also famous for excellent programming that was technically much more competent than most of its contemporaries. Its games were always very smooth, eminently playable, and pushes the capabilities of yesterday's computers to their limits. Although better known in the Commodore 64 and later Amiga circle, many of their games have also been ported to the PC and achieved modest success. Most of their games were published by US Gold. Developers include Andy Beveridge, Adrian Stephens, Martin Day, John Dale.		Helter Skelter
AssistWare		Ballons & Rainbows 5.0
Astral Software		Horror Zombies from the Crypt Archipelagos
Astros Productions		Retribution
Atari Games Corporation Atari Games Corporation was a subsidiary of Time Warner Communications. It was founded in 1985 after Time Warner sold the console and computer divisions of Atari, Inc. (which continued operations as Atari Corporation). Atari Games Corporation kept Atari's arcade business. Warner Communications sold off its controlling interest to Namco in 1985 (which were bought back by Atari employees in 1986). At this time, the company founded Tengen, Inc. to get foot into the console market. Time Warner bought the controlling interest back in 1993 and made the company a subsidiary of Time Warner Interactive, Inc.. In 1996 it was sold to WMS Industries which made it a subsidiary or Midway Games, Inc. and renamed it to Midway Games West, Inc. in 1999. It remained in the arcade business until 2001 and was closed in 2003. However, the entity was not dissolved until 2013 (and, along with the rest of Midway, became property of Warner Bros. Entertainment in 2009).		Gauntlet II Gauntlet Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Klax Blasteroids Rampart Hard Drivin' Toobin'
Atari, Inc. Syzygy (the suffix is unknown as the company was never formally incorporated; sources vary between Syzygy Engineering and Syzygy Company) was founded in 1971 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Their sole project was Computer Space before the company was incorporated as Atari, Inc. in 1972 (California).		Gremlins 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe Battlezone Tempest 2000
Atod AB The company was established as Atod Design KB in 1987 and incorporated as Atod AB in 1992 by Christoffer Nilsson and Thomas Liljetoft. In 2002 the company merged with Warthog Plc and became Warthog Sweden. This lasted until 2004 when the company was renamed Gizmondo Studios Helsingborg to focus on development for the Gizmondo hand-held. Eventually, in May 2006, the company was acquired by Eidos Interactive Ltd. (part of the SCi group) and renamed once more, now to Eidos Studios, Sweden AB. In 2008 Eidos restructured and closed the Swedish studio, who continued on their own, using their old name Atod AB.		Troddlers
Atomic Games, Inc. Located in Houston, Texas, Atomic Games is a privately held corporation. The company was founded in 1989 by Keith Zabalaoui, Ed Rains and Larry Merkel. The initial idea was to bring their passion, wargaming board games, to computers, and their first title was V for Victory: D-Day Utah Beach (1991). They did three more games in the V for Victory series for Three‑Sixty Pacific, Inc., and some similar games for Avalon Hill (e.g. World at War: Stalingrad) and Mattel. The real breakthrough came in 1996 when they teamed up with Microsoft for Close Combat. The game was a huge success and spawned many sequels. However, the company closed its doors in December 2000, until it was picked up by Destineer Studios in May 2005. They are currently working on Close Combat: Red Phoenix. The company is considered one of the pioneers in electronic historical wargaming.		V for Victory
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