Company:GameTek
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 Frontier 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 in December 1997,[7][8] citing development delays and disappointing sales,[9] and went out of business in July 1998. Most of the company's assets were acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 1997.[10]
Games
- Wheel of Fortune
- Wheel of Fortune arcade game (1989, Developed by Incredible Technologies)
- Double Dare
- Hollywood Squares
- Jeopardy!
- Jeopardy! Sports Edition
- Press Your Luck
- Quarantine
- Quarantine II: Road Warrior
- Family Feud
- American Gladiators (Developed by Incredible Technologies)
- Frontier
- Alien Incident (European Version)
- Cyberbykes
- The Humans
- Brutal
- Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw
- Star Crusader (European version)
- Valkyrie (for Macintosh)
- Nomad
- Robotech: Crystal Dreams (Cancelled)
- Super Password
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo (MS-DOS Version)
- Frontier
- Frantic Flea
- NET:Zone
- Daemon's Gate: Volume One, Dorovan's Key
- Tarzan
- Classic Concentration
- The Price Is Right
- Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
- Now You See It
- Race Days
- Yogi Bear's Gold Rush (Cancelled for Game Gear)
- Full Throttle
- Zool (Console and Handheld Versions)
- Micro Machines 2 (MS-DOS Version)
- Pinball Dreams (SNES, Game Boy and Game Gear Versions)
- Pinball Fantasies (SNES and Game Boy Versions)
- Pinball Mania (Game Boy Version Exclusive to Europe)
References
- ↑ (in en) Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 1994-06-11. https://books.google.com/books?id=UAgEAAAAMBAJ.
- ↑ "Hollywood Squares Game Manual". February 2017. http://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Hollywood-Squares-Game-Manual.pdf.
- ↑ "Nes Book Master PDF | PDF | Video Game Consoles | Nintendo" (in en). https://www.scribd.com/document/359520735/nes-book-master-pdf.
- ↑ "Nintendo Power". http://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ↑ "Michael Heilemann Joins Fox Interactive". DMN Newswire. May 24, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20140828204214/http://dmnnewswire.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=2656.
- ↑ Svensson, Christian (November 1996). "Small Publishers Feel Pinch". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (23): 26.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Tidbits...". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (103): 26. February 1998.
- ↑ "Unhappy Holidays". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (38): 26. February 1998.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://api.tenkwizard.com/filing.xml?ipage=350801&DSEQ=1&SEQ=7&SQDESC=SECTION_PAGE&exp=&subsid=57.
See also
- Cybersoft (video game company) (GameTek subsidiary)
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