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 video game company. It was founded in 1997 by Nima Taghavi. Its headquarters is in Newport Beach, California

Newport Beach, California

Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...

. It was acquired by Handleman Corporation in 2005 in a deal valued up to $95,000,000 but was then sold to Fillpoint in early 2009 for only $8,100,000 due to Handleman's bankruptcy and pending liquidation. It publishes games for Dreamcast, Wii

Wii

The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...

, Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

, Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

, Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

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, Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo GameCube

The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...

, PlayStation

PlayStation

The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...

, PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

, PSP

PlayStation Portable

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 and Xbox

Xbox

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. It focuses on budget titles, and imported games such as Kaido Battle

Kaido Battle

Kaidō Battle is a racing video game series for the PlayStation 2 created by the Japanese video game developer Genki. They are focused on Touge racing and heavily centered on drifting...

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Games published and/or made by Crave Entertainment

• AeroWings
  AeroWings
  AeroWings is a flight simulator for Sega's Dreamcast video game console. The player could train with squads, learn the ropes of handling the aircraft, and doing tricks after mastering the different stunts....
  
  
• AeroWings 2: Airstrike
• Asteroids Hyper 64
• Baby Pals
  Baby Pals
  Baby Pals is a simulation-style video game for the Nintendo DS that released in North America and in the PAL region in late 2007 and early 2008. The objective of the game is to take care of a virtual baby through certain tasks as feeding, bathing, and teaching just like a real father or mother...
  
  
• Bad Boys: Miami Takedown
  Bad Boys: Miami Takedown
  Bad Boys: Miami Takedown is a video game released in 2004 based on the action-comedy movie Bad Boys II starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence...
  
  
• Battle Realms
  Battle Realms
  Battle Realms, released by Ubisoft in 2001, is a Japanese themed real-time strategy computer game and is the first game created by Liquid Entertainment. Ubisoft released the stand alone expansion pack Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf in 2002....
  
  
• Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf
  Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf
  Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf is the expansion pack of the real-time strategy computer game Battle Realms, developed by Liquid Entertainment and Crave Entertainment and published by Ubisoft...
  
  
• Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs
  Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs
  Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs is a tank based strategy game released in 2000 for the Nintendo 64. Despite the name, it bears little resemblance to the 1980 arcade game Battlezone, but is instead based on the PC remake.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• The Bible Game
  The Bible Game
  The Bible Game is a Christian-themed party game developed by Crave Entertainment. It is aimed at Christians and is "family-friendly". There are a variety of trivia questions related to the Old Testament. The main two modes are "TV Game Show" and "Challenge Games"...
  
  
• Brunswick Pro Bowling
  Brunswick Pro Bowling
  Brunswick Pro Bowling is a video game developed by Point of View, Inc. and published by Crave Entertainment. The game features many Brunswick labeled products such as Brunswick bowling balls. This game was published on the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable on August 28, 2007. A version...
  
  
• Butt Ugly Martians
• Camp Lazlo: Leaky Lake Games
• Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
  Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
  Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion is a fighting video game developed by Papaya Studio and published by Crave Entertainment, for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was released on June 2, 2011 in North America. While, in Europe it is set to release on December 1, 2011...
  
  
• Dave Mirra BMX Challenge
  Dave Mirra BMX Challenge
  Dave Mirra BMX Challenge is a video game by Crave Entertainment for the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation Portable The game is a part of the Dave Mirra franchise of video games that features stunt BMX gameplay.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• Defendin' de Penguin
  Defendin' de Penguin
  Defendin' de Penguin was announced at a E3 Conference. It is made by Crave Entertainment. It is available on DS and Wii.It is rated E by ESRB-Story:"Help our hero, Little Blue fend off hungry creatures that are eager to steal his town’s fish supply...
  
  
• Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm
  Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm
  Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm is a hack and slash game developed by Treyarch and published by Crave Entertainment for Dreamcast game console. Draconus, or Dragon Blood as it was named in Europe, is considered as a spiritual sequel to Treyarch's swordfighting PC game Die by the Sword.-Story:A...
  
  
• eJay Clubworld
  EJay
  eJay is a series of musical arrangement software and games, primarily for Microsoft Windows. The first edition, Dance eJay, was released in , supports eight tracks of audio and, as with its successors, permits the arrangement of sound bites by a drag-and-drop interface...
  
  
• Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy
  Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy
  Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy is a platform game starring Earthworm Jim, released in 1999 for the Game Boy Color. Evil Jim has kidnapped Princess What's-Her-Name and Earthworm Jim must embark on yet another adventure to save her. The game box art is done in the same style as the Earthworm Jim...
  
  
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• Flushed Away
  Flushed Away
  Flushed Away is a 2006 computer animated British film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. It is a partnership between Aardman Animations of Wallace and Gromit fame, and DreamWorks Animation, and is Aardman's first completely computer-animated feature as opposed to the usual stop-motion.The film...
  
  
• Future Tactics: The Uprising
  Future Tactics: The Uprising
  Future Tactics: The Uprising is a turn based tactical shooter video game by Zed Two. Once known as Pillage, this colourful turn based shooter was stuck in development for a number of years before being picked up by Crave for a US release, followed shortly by JoWood for a European release...
  
  
• Freedom Force
  Freedom Force (2002 video game)
  Freedom Force is a real-time tactical role-playing game developed by Irrational Games and published by Electronic Arts and Crave Entertainment in 2002. The player guides a team of superheroes as they defend Patriot City from a variety of villains, monsters, and other menaces. A sequel, Freedom...
  
  
• George of the Jungle
• Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
  Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
  Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko is the last in the trilogy of Gex video games. Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules provided the voice for Gex in the UK and European release, but comedian Dana Gould reprised the role for the American release, also starring the Playboy model Marliece Andrada as Agent Xtra, the...
  
  
• Galerians
  Galerians
  is a PlayStation video game developed by Polygon Magic. It was originally published in Japan by Enterbrain, and published by Crave Entertainment for North America. Galerians is a psychic survival horror game with a dark setting. It follows a boy named Rion who discovers he has psychic powers...
  
  
• Global Operations
  Global Operations
  Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts....
  
  
• Hard Rock Casino
• Intellivision Lives!
  Intellivision Lives!
  Intellivision Lives! is a compilation of various games from the Intellivision and released for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. In addition, there are three exclusive games that were never released for the original console. A Nintendo DS version was released on October 27, 2010.It...
  
  
• Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
• Jade Cocoon 2
  Jade Cocoon 2
  is a 2001 role-playing video game for the PlayStation 2 and sequel to Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu by Genki. The game features a full 3D polygonal world, 200 cutscenes, and full voice-overs...
  
  
• Killer Loop
  Killer Loop
  Killer Loop is a futuristic racing game released in 1999. It was developed by VCC Entertainment and published by Crave Entertainment.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• Looney Tunes: Bang and Vroom!
• Man vs. Wild
  Man vs. Wild (video game)
  Man vs. Wild is a video game inspired by the Man vs. Wild survival television series. In it, the player takes on the role of host Bear Grylls to survive the hardships of various environments. It was released on April 26, 2011.-Reception:...
  
  
• Milo's Astro Lanes
  Milo's Astro Lanes
  Milo's Astro Lanes is a 1998 Nintendo 64 game developed by Player 1 and published by Crave Entertainment. The game takes place in a futuristic world where there are intergalactic bowling alleys. It makes use of the Rumble Pak and the Controller Pak...
  
  
• Mojo!
  Mojo!
  Mojo! is a 2003 video game released exclusively for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The player controls a marble through a series of traps in order to break all of the colored blocks in a level. It is somewhat similar to Super Monkey Ball and Marble Madness, yet is much different and provides a much larger...
  
  
• Mort the Chicken
• MX World Tour
• Napoleon Dynamite: The Game
  Napoleon Dynamite: The Game
  Napoleon Dynamite: The Game is a video game based on the film, Napoleon Dynamite. The game was released October 30, 2007.-Gameplay:In the PlayStation Portable version of the Napoleon Dynamite game, there are 30 mini games, while the DS version has 25 mini games.-Reception:An initial review from IGN...
  
  
• NRA Gun Club
  NRA Gun Club
  NRA Gun Club is a nonviolent first-person target shooting game by Crave Entertainment. The game allows gamers to enter the shooting range and shoot at paper targets, watermelons and sporting clays. The game contains over 100 licensed and recreated firearms. The game was rated by GameSpot 1.6 out of...
  
  
• Pinball Hall of Fame
• Puzzle Challenge: Crosswords and More
  Puzzle Challenge: Crosswords and More
  Puzzle Challenge: Crosswords and More is a video game that came out in 2006 for Playstation 2 and PSP. It has over 1,000 word and logic games. The puzzle games include crosswords, codebreakers, word searches , kriss kross and several others...
  
  
• Purr Pals
  Purr Pals
  ' is a pet simulation game in which the player takes care of a kitten. It is Crave Entertainment's answer to Nintendo's Nintendogs and is sponsored by Purina.-Adopting Your Kitten:...
  
  
• Razor Freestyle Scooter
  Razor Freestyle Scooter
  Razor Freestyle Scooter is an extreme sports game for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color. It was released in 2001.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• Red Dog: Superior Firepower
  Red Dog: Superior Firepower
  Red Dog: Superior Firepower is a video game released in 1999 for the Dreamcast. It was developed by Argonaut Games PLC and Crave Entertainment.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• Sky Dancers
  Sky Dancers
  Sky Dancers is the name of a line of toys that were popular in the mid-1990s. The toys were constructed of a pull-string base and a doll with foam wings. When the doll was inserted into the base and the string pulled, the doll would launch into the air, spinning its wings like a propeller as it flew...
  
  
• Shadow Madness
  Shadow Madness
  Shadow Madness is a turn-based RPG and the first video game released by Crave Entertainment. The game achieved mixed reviews. Shadow Madness was packaged with a separate demo disc for Jade Cocoon.-Gameplay:...
  
  
• Snocross 2 Featuring Blair Morgan
• Solitaire & Mahjong
• Spelling Challenges and More!
  Spelling Challenges and More!
  Spelling Challenges and More! is a Nintendo DS and PSP video game. In the game, you must complete multiple different spelling challenges by using the unique features of the Nintendo DS or PSP.-Version differences:...
  
  
• Strike Force Bowling
  Strike Force Bowling
  Strike Force Bowling is a video game of the sports genre released in 2005 by LAB Rats. A previous game, Fast Lanes Bowling which was published by Enlight Software. The two games are very similar sharing the same physics engine and graphics, although Strike Force featured more locations as well as...
  
  
• Sudokuro
  Sudokuro
  Sudokuro is an puzzle game for the Nintendo DS by Crave Entertainment. Sudokuro features two addictive, entertaining puzzle games in one: Sudoku and Kakuro. These fun puzzles put your logic, reasoning and mathematical skills to the test. Each game features three levels of difficulty, so players of...
  
  
• Super Magnetic Neo
  Super Magnetic Neo
  Super Magnetic Neo is a 3D platform game for the Dreamcast console. It was developed by Genki and published by Crave Entertainment in North America....
  
  
• TH3 Plan
• Tokyo Xtreme Racer Advance
• Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift
• Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3
• Trigger Man
  Trigger Man (video game)
  Trigger Man is a video game of the third-person shooter genre released in 2004 by Point of View.- Characters :Ray "The Trigger Man" ReggieThe main character of the story, who seems to have no actual name. He is Don...
  
  
• Tringo
  Tringo
  Tringo is an online multiplayer game created by Nathan Keir in December 2004 that is available to play inside the virtual reality platform Second Life owned by Linden Lab. It is described as a cross between Tetris and Bingo....
  
  
• UFC: Tapout
  UFC: Tapout
  UFC: Tapout is a video game in the fighting genre based upon the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The game was released in North America on February 28, 2002 for the Xbox console....
  
  
• UFC: Throwdown
  UFC: Throwdown
  UFC: Throwdown, known in Japan as UFC: Tapout 2 on the PlayStation 2 and UFC 2 Tapout Final Spec. on the GameCube, is a video game of the fighting game genre released in 2002 by Genki / Capcom Production Studio 3...
  
  
• VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Bad Apple
  VeggieTales
  VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christianity...
  
  
• World Championship Cards
• World Championship Poker Deluxe Series
• World Championship Poker: Featuring Howard Lederer ALL-IN
• World Championship Poker 2: Featuring Howard Lederer

External links

• Crave Entertainment
• Handleman acquisition press release
• Crave Entertainment profile on MobyGames
  MobyGames
  -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...