berzerk Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Looking at the old buildings of some of the companies on a different thread that used to make games for the 2600 got me nastalgic. What companies are still around that were 2600 game makers? Activision is, but who else? I loved Imagic stuff, wish they were still around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinvader Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Sculptured Software that developed BMX Airmasters still exist. Of course Atari is, Parker Bros. (but not making videogames I dont think) and Sega....thats all I can think of. Alot went through mergers etc after the crash, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 I think there are several companies still around that at one time made Atari games. FirstStar First Star designed Boing! Zellers Zellers produced Atari games...I dont know if they released any original games tho. I thought I read somewhere that the people who made Elis Ladder were still around??? I could be wrong about that tho. Of course none of them still make Atari games... But it is kinda cool that the companies are still here...Im sure there's a few that exist in one form or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Duke Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Activision's still around isnt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 quote: Originally posted by moycon: FirstStar Wow...even the same logo. Doesn't look like their site has been updated in about a year and a half, though. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night Phantom Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 quote: Originally posted by atarinvader: Parker Bros. (but not making videogames I dont think) Parker Brothers came to be part of Hasbro, which until about a year ago also owned the remnants of Atari Corp. Hasbro's Atari assets were managed under Hasbro Interactive, which was sold to Infogrames; part of the deal was that Infogrames currently has an exclusive license to produce video games based on Hasbro (and therefore Parker Brothers) properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinvader Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 quote: Originally posted by The Night Phantom: Infogrames currently has an exclusive license to produce video games based on Hasbro (and therefore Parker Brothers) properties. That explains the new Frogger game released under Atari, I always wondered why seeing as it was a PB game. Oh Nintendo are still going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinvader Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 ...and Gameline bacame AOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night Phantom Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 quote: Originally posted by atarinvader: ...and Gameline bacame AOL! Alas, the fall from grace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riki Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 Definitely Activision (no brainer here) ...and SpectraVideo. (used to be SpectraVision) SpectraVideo (www.spectravideo.com) with their Logic3 label now sells peripherals for the four new game consoles (PS2, XBox, Gamecube, GBA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 Someone mentioned before that Wico was still around (They didn't make any software, but still worth mentioning). Milton Bradley (Spitfire Attack & Survival Run) is still around, but I don't think they've made video games since then. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riki Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 Well, actually, after they made two Atari 2600 games, Milton Bradley published a few NES games too, such as Marble Madness and Abadox (a very gory shooting game that surprisingly got around Nintendo of America's strict censorship board) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night Phantom Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Ze_ro: Milton Bradley (Spitfire Attack & Survival Run) is still around, but I don't think they've made video games since then. Milton Bradley is also now part of Hasbro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 quote: Originally posted by The Night Phantom: Milton Bradley is also now part of Hasbro. Two other companies that made Atari compatible games are also part of Hasbro: Tiger Electronics (Tigervision) and Avalon-Hill. Other companies that still exist are Answer Software, Mattel and Sega. US Games' parent, Quaker Oats still exists. And then there are the media companies that still exist: 20th Century Fox and CBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 Question: I noticed that the game Kangaroo is licensed from a company called Sun. By any chance, is this Sun Microsystems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagMax667 Posted January 14, 2002 Share Posted January 14, 2002 Konami made a few games for the 2600. They're still around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted January 14, 2002 Share Posted January 14, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Adrian M: Question: I noticed that the game Kangaroo is licensed from a company called Sun. By any chance, is this Sun Microsystems? No, it is a Japanese company called Sun Electronics Corporation. Their game devision later got renamed to SunSoft. Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted January 14, 2002 Share Posted January 14, 2002 I see. Sunsoft was a NES, Genesis and Saturn developer as well. I beleive Sunsoft brought Myst to the Sega Saturn. I wonder if they are still around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 look like the topic coul have been: "is there any company that hasbro hasn't swallowed?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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