Company:GameTek

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GameTek was an American video game publisher based in North Miami Beach, Florida,[1] known for publishing video game adaptations of game shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s. GameTek was a trade name for IJE, the owner of electronic publishing rights to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.[2] Originally, IJE licensed these titles to ShareData of Chandler, Arizona; however, when IJE saw ShareData's success with the titles, IJE decided to publish the titles themselves, resulting in the founding of GameTek.[3]

After establishing distribution for the game show titles, GameTek expanded by licensing European titles for the North American market, including Finance:Frontier: Elite II and The Humans. In 1991, they attempted to launch the InfoGenius Systems franchise for the Game Boy.[4] In 1994, the company made a deal to purchase game developer Malibu Interactive from Malibu Comics and renamed to Padded Cell Studios.[5]

In 1996, GameTek scaled down its publishing activities, turning most of that aspect of its business over to Philips.[6] GameTek filed for bankruptcy on December 3, 1997,[7][8][9] citing development delays and disappointing sales;[10] the publisher went out of business in July 1998. Most of the company's assets were acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 1997.[11]

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References

  1. ↑ (in en) Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 1994-06-11. https://books.google.com/books?id=UAgEAAAAMBAJ. 
  2. ↑ "Hollywood Squares Game Manual". February 2017. http://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Hollywood-Squares-Game-Manual.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "Nes Book Master PDF | PDF | Video Game Consoles | Nintendo" (in en). https://www.scribd.com/document/359520735/nes-book-master-pdf. 
  4. ↑ "Nintendo Power". http://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127. Retrieved 20 May 2023. 
  5. ↑ "Michael Heilemann Joins Fox Interactive". DMN Newswire. May 24, 2001. https://www.dmnnewswire.com/press-releases/michael-heilemann-joins-fox-interactive/. 
  6. ↑ Svensson, Christian (November 1996). "Small Publishers Feel Pinch". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (23): 26. 
  7. ↑ "Form 8-K: Bankruptcy or Receivership". SEC. 1997-12-04. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913887/0000945414-97-000011.txt. 
  8. ↑ Jebens, Harley (December 4, 1997). "GameTek Files for Chapter 11 Protection". Archived from the original on January 19, 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/19980119060758/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_12/04_gametek/index.html. Retrieved August 17, 2022. 
  9. ↑ "Tidbits...". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (103): 26. February 1998. https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly103/page/n27/mode/2up. 
  10. ↑ "Unhappy Holidays". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (38): 26. February 1998. 
  11. ↑ "Report from the Securities and Exchange Commission". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946581/0000891554-98-000123.txt. 

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