Perfect Entertainment
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Perfect Entertainment was a British computer game producer, which ceased production in 1999. It was created in 1994 as a result of a name change from Perfect 10 Productions, a company previously known as Beam Software (UK) .
Perfect Entertainment is notable for its popular point-and-click
adventure game
s Discworld
, Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?, and Discworld Noir
, which are based on the Terry Pratchett
novels. Teeny Weeny Games was the initial funding source of Perfect Entertainment's speculative product demo of Discworld. Teeny Weeny Games produced the majority of Psygnosis games ported to the Sega Saturn
, since Sony
(who owned Psygnosis at that time) wasn't willing to fund games for a rival console.
The assets, staff and risks of Perfect Entertainment were absorbed into Teeny Weeny Games in 1999 on the completion of the Discworld trilogy of games. Partly due to a costly and protracted legal dispute with Psygnosis over unpaid royalties and fees which were eventually settled out of court and partly due to arguments at board level, it was decided to scale the company down to allow unhappy stakeholders to leave. Tantalus in Melbourne Australia was sold back to it's original directors. In early 2000 Teeny Weeny Games was contracted by 20th Century Fox to supply "The Worlds Scariest Car Chases" on a $3'600'000 contract, a game already under development for over a year. The producer of this project and various other staff bought a majority shareholding and took over the company. Teeny Weeny Games closed a year later.
Teeny Weeny with Perfect Entertainment:
Perfect Entertainment is notable for its popular point-and-click
Point-and-click
Point-and-click is the action of a computer user moving a cursor to a certain location on a screen and then pressing a mouse button, usually the left button , or other pointing device...
adventure game
Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
s Discworld
Discworld (computer game)
Discworld, also known as Discworld: The Trouble With Dragons during its development, is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions in mid-1995. It stars Rincewind the Wizard and is set on Terry Pratchett's Discworld...
, Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?, and Discworld Noir
Discworld Noir
Discworld Noir is a computer game based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld comic fantasy novels, and unlike the previous Discworld games is both an example and parody of the noir genre. The game was developed by Perfect Entertainment and published by GT Interactive. It was originally released in 1999...
, which are based on the Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
novels. Teeny Weeny Games was the initial funding source of Perfect Entertainment's speculative product demo of Discworld. Teeny Weeny Games produced the majority of Psygnosis games ported to the Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
, since Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
(who owned Psygnosis at that time) wasn't willing to fund games for a rival console.
The assets, staff and risks of Perfect Entertainment were absorbed into Teeny Weeny Games in 1999 on the completion of the Discworld trilogy of games. Partly due to a costly and protracted legal dispute with Psygnosis over unpaid royalties and fees which were eventually settled out of court and partly due to arguments at board level, it was decided to scale the company down to allow unhappy stakeholders to leave. Tantalus in Melbourne Australia was sold back to it's original directors. In early 2000 Teeny Weeny Games was contracted by 20th Century Fox to supply "The Worlds Scariest Car Chases" on a $3'600'000 contract, a game already under development for over a year. The producer of this project and various other staff bought a majority shareholding and took over the company. Teeny Weeny Games closed a year later.
Teeny Weeny Games
- 1991 / 1992: Predator 2 (Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Master System, Game Gear)
- 1992: The Incredible Crash Dummies (Game Gear)
- 1992: Fire Fighter (Gameboy)
- October 1992: Xenon 2: Megablast (Gameboy)
- 1993: WWF Wrestlemania: Steel Cage Challenge (Game Gear)
- 1993: Choplifter III
- 1994: Fido DidoFido DidoFido Dido is a cartoon character created by Joanna Ferrone and Sue Rose. Rose first developed the character in 1985 on a napkin in a restaurant.They later stenciled Fido on T-shirts with the credo: "Fido is for Fido, Fido is against no one"...
(Mega Drive/Genesis) - 1994: Wolverine: Adamantium RageWolverine: Adamantium RageWolverine: Adamantium Rage is a 16-bit platform-action video game released for both the Super NES and the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1994. The Mega Drive/Genesis version was published by Acclaim and developed by Teeny Weeny Games, while the Super Nintendo version had LJN as the publisher, and Bits...
(Mega Drive/Genesis version) - 1996: Ultimate Pinball (PC)
- 1995: Primal Rage (PC)
- 2000: Discworld Noir (Playstation)
- 2001: World's Scariest Police Chases (Dreamcast, cancelled PC)
Teeny Weeny with Perfect Entertainment:
- 3D Lemmings3D Lemmings3D Lemmings is a computer game released in 1995, developed by Clockwork Games and published by Psygnosis. The gameplay, like the original Lemmings game, requires the player to lead all the lemmings to their exit by giving them the appropriate "skills". It was the first Lemmings game to be rendered...
(SaturnSega SaturnThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
version) - Adidas Power Soccer (unpublished SaturnSega SaturnThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
version) - Assault RigsAssault RigsAssault Rigs is an Action game by Psygnosis, released in 1995 for PC, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. The game is based in the future, where real sport has been overtaken in favour of virtual sport. And everyone's favourite is Assault Rigs...
(SaturnSega SaturnThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
version) - Destruction DerbyDestruction DerbyDestruction Derby is a 1995 video game developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis, the former of which would later develop the successful Driver series. It was released for PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and MS-DOS...
(SaturnSega SaturnThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
version) - Krazy IvanKrazy IvanKrazy Ivan is a mech first-person shooter released for PC, Sega Saturn and PlayStation in 1996 by Psygnosis.The player took the role of Ivan Popovich, a Russian soldier controlling a giant mechanical suit, defending the Earth from robotic aliens....
(SaturnSega SaturnThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
version) - PocahontasPocahontasPocahontas was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the head of a network of tributary tribal nations in Tidewater Virginia...
(GT Interactive PCIBM PCThe IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981...
game) - WipeoutWipeout (video game)Wipeout is the first in a series of futuristic racing video games developed and published by Psygnosis. It was originally released in 1995 for Sony PlayStation and PCs running MS-DOS, and in 1996 for Sega Saturn...
(SaturnSega SaturnThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
version) - Wipeout 2097Wipeout 2097Track listing Saturn/Windows versions * CoLD SToRAGE: "Canada"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Body in Motion"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Kinkong"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Plasticity"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Messij Xtnd"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Tenation"* CoLD SToRAGE: "Surgeon"...
(SaturnSega SaturnThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
version)
Perfect Entertainment
as Developer:- 1995: Discworld (DOS, Playstation, Macintosh, Sega Saturn)
- 1996: Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? (DOS, Windows, Playstation, Sega Saturn)
- 1999: Discworld NoirDiscworld NoirDiscworld Noir is a computer game based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld comic fantasy novels, and unlike the previous Discworld games is both an example and parody of the noir genre. The game was developed by Perfect Entertainment and published by GT Interactive. It was originally released in 1999...
(Windows, Playstation)