7th Level was a video games development company based in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

 and founded in 1993. The company was most famous for developing the three Monty Python

Monty Python

Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...

 games (with the aid of Python member Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Eric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer. He was as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, a member of the The Rutles on Saturday Night Live and author of the play, Spamalot....

), G-Nome

G-Nome

G-Nome is a mech simulation video game developed by 7th Level. The game was released on February 28, 1997, as 7th Level's first 3D game, originally intended to be released as a DOS-based title...

(1997) — a MechWarrior

MechWarrior

MechWarrior is the title of a series of computer and video games set in the fictional universe of BattleTech-Games:In these games, players take control of a single BattleMech and combat other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the cockpit of their machine. A third-person alternate...

-style game, for publishing Helicops

Helicops

Helicops is a video game developed by 7th Level, which was released on March 31, 1997. The game is a first-person shooter where the player takes control of a special combat helicopter. The game's briefings and character looks are inspired by Anime....

(1997) — an anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

-inspired arcade-style aerial combat game, and for Tracer — a game of hacking distributed computer systems for cash using a virtual avatar in the design of Neuromancer

Neuromancer

Neuromancer is a 1984 novel by William Gibson, a seminal work in the cyberpunk genre and the first winner of the science-fiction "triple crown" — the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy...

, Shadowrun

Shadowrun

Shadowrun is a role-playing game set in a near-future fictional universe in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime, with occasional elements of conspiracy fiction, horror, and detective fiction.The original game has spawned...

, or Snowcrash styled virtual worlds.

7th Level announced their intention to merge with Pulse Entertainment on November 17, 1997 to create P7 Solutions — an integrated solutions company. The distribution rights for the three Monty Python games were acquired by Panasonic Interactive Media the next day, ending 7th Level's involvement with game development and publishing. The announced merger between 7th Level and Pulse Entertainment was later canceled in April of the following year.

Before ceasing all game development, 7th Level had begun working on another title, named Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3

Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3

Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 is a real-time strategy game developed by Ion Storm and 7th Level for Microsoft Windows. The game was published by Eidos Interactive in June 1998 on two CD-ROMs and boasted both single and multiplayer game modes...

. The partially completed game was sold to Ion Storm Inc.

Ion Storm Inc.

Ion Storm Inc. was a Texas based developer of computer games founded by John Romero, Tom Hall , Todd Porter, and Jerry O'Flaherty, under the slogan "Design is Law"...

 to finish development.

Titles

Game Name	Release Year	Notes
Howie Mandel's Tuneland Tuneland Tuneland is a musical children's computer game, produced in 1993 by a division of 7th Level, Kids' World Entertainment. The cartoon video game follows the character Little Howie, who is voiced by the television personality Howie Mandel on an adventure around Old McDonald's Farm.Tuneland was...	1993-1997	(Released by a division of 7th Level.)
Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time is a collection of minigames, screen savers, desktop wallpaper and icons for Mac OS System 7, DOS and Windows. The content is drawn primarily from the Monty Python's Flying Circus TV series...	1994
Battle Beast Battle Beast Battle Beast is a side-scrolling fighting game released for the PC in 1995. In the style of Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, a player can play against another human opponent or computer-controlled opponents in different levels using hand-to-hand combat, special moves and weapons to defeat each other...	1995
Disney's Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games	1995	Developer: 7th Level - Publisher: Disney Interactive
Take Your Best Shot	1995
Ace Ventura Ace Ventura (computer game) Ace Ventura: The CD-Rom Game is an adventure game for the PC released on October 31, 1996 by 7th Level. The game is based on the Ace Ventura animated series...	1996
Arcade America	1996
Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail is an adventure game created by 7th Level in 1996 for Windows. The game is based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail and was the second of three Monty Python games created by 7th Level....	1996
Tracer	1996
The Universe According to Virgil Reality	1996
G-Nome G-Nome G-Nome is a mech simulation video game developed by 7th Level. The game was released on February 28, 1997, as 7th Level's first 3D game, originally intended to be released as a DOS-based title...	1997
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (computer game) Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is an adventure game created by 7th Level in 1997 for Windows. The game is based on the 1983 film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life and was the third of three Monty Python games created by 7th Level....	1997
Tamagotchi Tamagotchi The is a handheld digital pet, created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai. It was first sold by Bandai in 1996 in Japan. As of 2010, over 76 million Tamagotchis have been sold world-wide...	1997	(PC version, created in association with Bandai Bandai is a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...  Digital Entertainment.)
Helicops Helicops Helicops is a video game developed by 7th Level, which was released on March 31, 1997. The game is a first-person shooter where the player takes control of a special combat helicopter. The game's briefings and character looks are inspired by Anime....	1997
Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 is a real-time strategy game developed by Ion Storm and 7th Level for Microsoft Windows. The game was published by Eidos Interactive in June 1998 on two CD-ROMs and boasted both single and multiplayer game modes...	1998	(Development finished by Ion Storm Inc. Ion Storm Inc. Ion Storm Inc. was a Texas based developer of computer games founded by John Romero, Tom Hall , Todd Porter, and Jerry O'Flaherty, under the slogan "Design is Law"... )
Return to Krondor Return to Krondor Return to Krondor is a computer role-playing game set in Raymond Feist's fictional fantasy setting of Midkemia. A sequel to 1993's Betrayal at Krondor, it was released for Windows 95 on the PC in time for the 1998 Christmas season...	1998	(Development finished by PyroTechnix)
Timon and Pumbaa's Hippo Hop (Disney)	1998