Legendo
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Legendo Entertainment is a Swedish
video game developer and publisher that was founded in 1998 under the name Iridon Interactive. The company specializes in the creation of computer and video game entertainment and intellectual properties based on myths, legends, classic novels and historical events. These include loose remake
s of classic literary classics by Bram Stoker
and Alexandre Dumas.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
video game developer and publisher that was founded in 1998 under the name Iridon Interactive. The company specializes in the creation of computer and video game entertainment and intellectual properties based on myths, legends, classic novels and historical events. These include loose remake
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
s of classic literary classics by Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...
and Alexandre Dumas.
As Iridon Interactive
- 1997 – Dink SmallwoodDink SmallwoodWhile compared to other role playing games, Dink Smallwood was praised for its humour, being described as “a spoonful of Zelda,…a dash of Monkey Island and a pinch of Diablo.” The humour was described as the one good aspect of the game and was found quite entertaining...
(PCPersonal computerA personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
) - 1998 – Excessive Speed (PC)
- 1999 – Total Soccer 2000 (PC)
- 2000 – Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero (PC)
- 2001 – Monster Truck Rumble (PC)
- 2002 – Turble Turtle Adventure (GBA)
- 2003 – Monster Truck Fury (Windows 98Windows 98Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid...
and above) - 2003 – MoominMoominThe Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of trolls who are white and roundish, with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses...
and the Lost Rainbow (GBA) (unreleased) - 2003 – Pure PinballPure PinballPure Pinball is a pinball simulation video game developed by Iridon Interactive and published in North America by Simon & Schuster for the Microsoft Windows and XS Games for the Xbox, released on May 28, 2003 and August 5, 2004, respectively. The game was published in Europe by Iridon Interactive...
(PC) - 2004 – Pure PinballPure PinballPure Pinball is a pinball simulation video game developed by Iridon Interactive and published in North America by Simon & Schuster for the Microsoft Windows and XS Games for the Xbox, released on May 28, 2003 and August 5, 2004, respectively. The game was published in Europe by Iridon Interactive...
(XboxXboxThe Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
) - 2004 – Billy Blade and the Temple of Time (PC)
- 2005 – Heavyweight Thunder (PC)
As Legendo Entertainment
- 2005 – The Three MusketeersThe Three Musketeers (video game)The Three Musketeers is a Windows XP and Windows Vista platform game published and developed by Swedish developer-publisher Legendo Entertainment. It was released in Europe on February 22, 2006, and is rated 7+ by PEGI...
(Windows XPWindows XPWindows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
and Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
) - 2006 – Dracula TwinsDracula TwinsDracula Twins is a PC platformer published and developed by Swedish developer-publisher Legendo Entertainment. The game, which features two-dimensional movement through a vivid and cartoonish three-dimensional environment, borrows its title and certain references from the classic Bram Stoker novel...
(Windows XP and Windows Vista) - 2007 – Attack on Pearl HarborAttack on Pearl Harbor (video game)Attack on Pearl Harbor was first demonstrated at the San Diego Comic-con 2007. It is a semi-realistic flight simulator in which players can have random dogfights or play as either USAAF pilot Douglas Knox or Japanese pilot Zenji Yamada. Like Ace Combat, it is highly streamlined and skips realism in...
(Windows XP and Windows Vista) - 2008 – Becky & Tim: Spooky Spirits (Windows XP and Windows Vista)
- 2009 – The Three Musketeers: One for all!The Three Musketeers: One for all!The Three Musketeers: One for all! is a WiiWare version of The Three Musketeers by Legendo Entertainment and it was released in North America on July 27, 2009 and in the PAL regions on July 31, 2009.-Gameplay:...
(WiiWare) was the first video game (on a console) to be published in North America by a Swedish company. - 2009 – Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!! or Ghost Mania (iPhone) (co-developed with Innogiant)
- 2010 – Pearl Harbor Trilogy - 1941: Red Sun Rising (WiiWare)
- 2011 – Ghost Mania (WiiWare)
- 2011 – The Three Musketeers: One for all!The Three Musketeers: One for all!The Three Musketeers: One for all! is a WiiWare version of The Three Musketeers by Legendo Entertainment and it was released in North America on July 27, 2009 and in the PAL regions on July 31, 2009.-Gameplay:...
(Mac App Store)
External links
- The Three Musketeers: One for all! on the Mac App Store
- Ghost Mania Official Website
- Pearl Harbor Trilogy - 1941: Red Sun Rising Official Website
- Interview with Björn Larsson re The Three Musketeers WiiWare on NintendoLife
- The official web site of Legendo Entertainment
- The official web site of Iridon Interactive
- Björn Larsson's game page on MobyGames
- Interview with Björn Larsson on Gaming Nexus