Company:Lankhor
Industry | Video games |
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Founded | January 6, 1988 |
Founder | Jean-Luc Langlois and Kilkhor |
Defunct | October 2, 2002 |
Headquarters | Clamart , France |
Key people | Jean-Luc Langlois, Daniel Macre |
Revenue | 345'075'848 (1998) |
388'116'196 (1992) |
Lankhor was a French video game developer based in Clamart, France. The company was known for producing Mortville Manor, the first video game to feature speech synthesis during gameplay.[1]
In 1998, the company won the award for the Best French Company by the magazine Génération 4.[2]
History
Lankhor was founded in 1988 as a result of the merger between Kyilkohr creations and Béatrice & Jean-Luc Langlois. Lankhor gained notoriety with productions such as Wanderer and Killdozers.[3] Since 1994, the company has ceased to independently publish games and focuses on their development. During the 1980s-90s, there was a period of strong creativity and innovation with hits crowned with Tilt d'Or awards such as Mortville Manor, Maupiti Island and Vroom.[4] From 1994, the company abandoned its publishing activities to devote itself solely to development. At the beginning of 1996, Daniel Macré having joined Jean-Luc Langlois in the company management, signed a development contract for Formula 1 games under FIA license with the British publisher Eidos Interactive. In 2000, Lankhor was developing video games for Microïds including Ski Park Manager which was released in 2002.[5] The company however experienced a difficult financial situation which started at the end of the same year; this situation led the company to cancel its contract with Video System, a Japanese video game distribution house. At the end of 2001, Lankhor announced its closure which came to pass on October 3, 2002.
Games
Year | Title |
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1987 | Mortville Manor |
1987 | No (Never Outside!) |
1987 | Wanderer |
1988 | Elemental |
1988 | G.Nius |
1988 | Killdozers |
1988 | Rody & Mastico |
1988 | Troubadours |
1990 | Maupiti Island |
1990 | Raiders |
1990 | Saga |
1990 | Sdaw |
1990 | La Secte Noire |
1991 | Alive |
1991 | Alcantor |
1991 | Burglar |
1991 | Fugitif |
1991 | Infernal House |
1991 | La Crypte Des Maudits |
1991 | La Malédiction |
1991 | Le Trésor D'Ali Gator |
1991 | Mokowe |
1991 | Outzone |
1991 | Vroom |
1992 | Silva |
1992 | Survivre |
1992 | Vroom Data Disk |
1993 | Black Sect |
1993 | Vroom Multiplayer |
1993 | F1 |
1994 | F1 World Championship Edition |
1995 | Kawasaki Superbike |
1998 | New Order Liberation |
1999 | Official Formula 1 Racing |
2000 | F-1 World Grand Prix |
2000 | Warm Up! |
2002 | Ski Park Manager |
2003 | Ski Park Manager 2003 |
References
- ↑ (in en-us) ACE Magazine Issue 13. October 1988. http://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-13.
- ↑ "Récompenses 4 d'or de l'année 1988 - ABANDONWARE FRANCE" (in fr). 1998. https://www.abandonware-france.org/bibliotheque/magazines/recompenses/4-d-or-3/1988/.
- ↑ "Lankhor - Grospixels" (in fr). https://www.grospixels.com/site/lankhor.php.
- ↑ Blottière, Olivier (April 1992). "Vroom test" (in fr). http://obligement.free.fr/articles/vroom.php.
- ↑ "Ski Park Manager: Zbuduj swoje Zakopane PC" (in pl). https://www.gry-online.pl/gry/ski-park-manager/z8104c.
External links
- lankhor.net: unofficial tribute site (in French)
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