| name | founded | closed | land | |
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| A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing |
198002 | 198912 | |
It's a magazine, the title of which actually stands for Atari Newsletter And a Lot Of Games |
| Aackosoft |
1983 | 1984 | |
Aackosoft International |
| ABC |
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| Abel |
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Mainly Dreamcast developer. |
| Able |
1986 | 1993 | |
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| Absolute |
1987 | 1996 | |
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| Absolute Entertainment |
1986 | 1995 | |
"Founded in 1986 by former Activision employees Dan and Garry Kitchen, Alex Demeo, John Van Ryzin and David Crane."
Was based in Glen Rock, New Jersey. |
| Accelerated Software |
1983 | 1984 | |
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| Access Games |
2002 | | |
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| Access Software |
1983 | 1999 | |
Was bought out by Microsoft in April 1999. |
| Acclaim Entertainment |
1987 | 2004 | |
Went bankrupt
Brand and logo were bought by [[company:Acclaim Games]] |
| Acclaim Games |
2006 | | |
Acclaim Games bought the brand and logo from [[company:Acclaim Entertainment]].
http://www.acclaim.com/ |
| Accolade |
1985 | 1999 | |
Bought out by Infogrames in 1999, is now owned by Atari. |
| ACE Software |
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| Acid Software |
1993 | 2001 | |
Acid Software are an Auckland based video game developer. A subsidiary of Armstrong Communications Ltd, Acid Software has been developing and publishing games since 1990. |
| Acornsoft |
1982 | 1986 | |
brands sold to Superior Software |
| ActionSoft |
1987 | | |
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| Active |
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| Activision |
1981 | 2008 | |
Founded by ex-Atari prgmrs. 1979-10. Renamed Mediagenic 1988 but "Activision" brand name continued. Bankruptcy 1992. The Disc Company Merger & renamed Activision again 1992-12. Merger Vivendi Games, became wholly own subsidiary Activision Blizzard 2008-07-09. |
| Actress |
2005 | | |
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| Addictive Games |
1982 | 1993 | |
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| ADK |
1992 | 1997 | |
Developed mainly Neo-Geo games |
| Adventure International |
1979 | 1985 | |
Founded by Scott Adams in 1979, went bankrupt in 1985. |
| Afega |
| | |
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| Agetec |
1998 | | |
Agetec, Inc.
Ascii Game Entertainment TEChnology
Originally founded in 1991 as ASCII Entertainment Software.
Current company was founded in 1998 when they went independent.
Based in Sunnyvale, California.
Website: http://www.agetec.com/ |
| Aicom |
1989 | 1996 | |
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| Ail |
2004 | | |
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| Akella |
1995 | | |
Акелла
Website: [url]http://akella.com/[/url] |
| Aki |
1998 | 2003 | |
Founded in 1995. |
| Alba |
1985 | | |
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| Alfa System |
1988 | | |
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| Alice Soft |
1989 | | |
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| Alligata |
1983 | 1987 | |
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| Allumer |
1991 | | |
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| Alpha Denshi |
1982 | 1992 | |
Arcade games developer. |
| Alpha Omega |
1985 | 1986 | |
Computer games developer. |
| Altacia |
1994 | | |
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| ALTAR Interactive |
1997 | | |
a.k.a. ALTAR games (since 200?-??)
Sister company of [company]ALTAR publishing[/company].
Member of [b]I[/b]ndependent [b]De[/b]velopers [b]A[/b]ssociation.
[url]http://www.altargames.com/[/url] |
| Alternative Software |
1985 | 1997 | |
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| Altron |
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| Amber |
2004 | | |
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| Ambrosia Software |
1993 | | |
Mac developer and publisher
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/ |
| Amccus |
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| American Action |
1986 | 1987 | |
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| American Eagle |
1985 | | |
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| American Laser |
1992 | 1995 | |
Founded by Robert Grebe in the late 1980's. Bought by "Her Interactive" in 1999, then sold to "Digital Leisure" in 2000. |
| American Sammy |
1989 | 1995 | |
Founded in 1988 as a subsidiary of Sammy Corporation, Japan. |
| American Video Entertainment |
199002 | 1992 | |
AVE was a spin-off of Macronix, a semiconductor manufacturer. Macronix offered ROM chips to Nintendo but got racistly dissed. They created a chip, NINA, that could bypass the NES lockout. It was licensed to AVE & unlicensed developers, thus Macronix sold the ROMs they offered to Big N |
| Amsoft |
1984 | 1988 | |
Computer games developer. |
| Amstar |
| | |
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| Amstrad |
1988 | 1991 | |
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| Amutech |
| | |
Arcade games developer. |
| Anco Software |
1986 | 2002 | |
Started in 1982 with all the most common home coputers. Previously "Anirog". On the 20th May 2003 Anco owner Anil Gupta passed away, and the company was forced to close. |
| AnF |
1986 | | |
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| Angel |
1991 | 1996 | |
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| Anirog |
1983 | 1986 | |
Now "Anco Software" |
| Aniseed |
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| Ankama Games |
200105 | | |
Part of the Ankama Group
http://www.ankama-games.com/
http://www.ankama-group.com/ |
| Ape |
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| Aph Technological Consulting |
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| Apogee |
1987 | 1994 | |
Full company name: [b]Apogee Software, Ltd.[/b]
Started the idea of "shareware" games, where for free you can play just the first episode of a game.
In 1994 created a new division: [company=3D Realms]. |
| Apollo |
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| Apple Pie |
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| Aquarius |
| | |
see "ARC Sysyem Works" |
| Arc Developments |
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| ARC Entertainment |
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| ARC System Works |
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Founded in 1988. AKA "Aquarius". |
| Arcadia |
1988 | 1991 | |
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| Argonaut |
1989 | 2004 | |
Since their Amiga works they always worked in custom 3D graphic engines (hardware/software), developing games with incredible visuals. |
| Argus Press |
| | |
80's computer games developer. |
| Arika |
1997 | 2001 | |
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| Ariolasoft |
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| Arkane Studios |
1999 | | |
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| Arsys |
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| Art |
2004 | | |
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| Art & Magic |
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| ArtDink |
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| Artech |
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| Artic Computing |
1981 | 1986 | |
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| Artifact Entertainment |
199910 | 2004 | |
Was based in Mesa, Arizona. |
| Artoon |
| | |
Artoon is a digital entertainment design, development and production company with rich talent and experience. Centering on the design and development of original content, Artoon is mainly involved in the development of software through external cooperation, as well as the design and production of entertainment content in the mobile communication category. |
| Artworx |
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| ASC Games |
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| Ascaron Entertainment |
19910808 | | |
formerly: [[company:Ascon]] (until 1996/10) |
| ASCII |
1983 | 2002 | |
ASCII Corporation
Website: http://www.ascii.co.jp/ |
| Ascon |
19910808 | 199610 | |
Changed to [[company:Ascaron Entertainment]] in 1996/10 |
| Ashby Computers Graphics |
1984 | 1987 | |
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| Asmik |
1985 | 1997 | |
Asmik Corporation. Merged in 1997 with Ace Entertainment to Asmik Ace Entertainment. |
| Aspyr Media |
1996 | | |
Aspyr Media, Inc.
Primarily worked in porting and publishing games for Mac but have recently broadened to more general publishing work.
Website: [url]http://www.aspyr.com/[/url] |
| Atari |
1972 | | |
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| ATD |
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| Atelier Double |
1986 | | |
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| Athena |
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| Atlantis Software |
1983 | 1991 | |
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| Atlus |
1989 | 2001 | |
Founded in 1986. |
| Atomic Games |
| | |
Close Combat serie. |
| Audiogenic |
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| Automata UK |
1982 | 1986 | |
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| Avalanche |
| | |
Console developers |
| Avalon Hill |
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