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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.
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Railroad Empire, Atlas | |
Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. |
Das Boot, 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 | |
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.
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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.
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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.
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Helter Skelter | |
AssistWare |
Ballons & Rainbows 5.0 | |
Astral Software |
Horror Zombies From The Crypt, Archipelagos | |
Astros Productions |
Retribution | |
Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
Atari Europe S.A.S.U. is a majority owned subsidiary of the holding company Infogrames Entertainment SA with worldwide headquarters in Lyon, France. The company was founded in June 1983 as Infogrames by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet and was primarily known as a game developer during the late 1980's and 1990's. Their best-known games include the initial Alone in the Dark trilogy, as well as various games based on Franco-Belgian comics.
Together with the US headquarters Atari, Inc. (formerly Infogrames, Inc.) in New York, the European division is a global publisher and distributor of games for all major consoles and also computers, with many development studios under its wings. The company also has offices in France, United Kingdom, Benelux, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, India, China, Australia, Japan.
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Hostage Rescue Mission, Eternam, International Tennis Open, Armorik the Viking: The Eight Conquests, Mystical, Continuum, Advantage Tennis, Bob Morane: Jungle 1, Bob Morane: Science Fiction 1, The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun, Spirou, Astérix: Caesar's Challenge | |
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).
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1000 MIGLIA, 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.
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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.
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V for Victory | |
Attention to Detail Limited
Attention to Detail Limited was a software development company that developed leisure titles, business software, designed electronics for the arcade, and created many development tools. It was started in the front room of a house in September 1988 by 5 graduates from Birmingham University, Chris Gibbs, Fred Gill, Martin Green, Jon Steele and Jim Torjussen, and at its peak the company employed 75 people and occupied 12,000 sq. ft of converted barns in rural Warwickshire (UK).
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Rollcage, Blast Chamber, The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga, Night Shift | |
Attic Entertainment Software GmbH
Attic was a German software developer founded in 1989 and closed in 2001. Attic was founded by Hans-Jürgen Brändle, Jochen Hamma and Guido Henkel in the German town of Albstadt. All were equal partners in terms of ownership over the company.
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Realms of Arkania, Realms of Arkania 2, Spirit of Adventure, Drachen von Laas | |
