VIS Entertainment
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VIS Entertainment was a video game developer
based out of Scotland. It was founded in 1996 by Chris van der Kuyl and Peter Baillie. The company worked closely with BAM! Entertainment
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Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
based out of Scotland. It was founded in 1996 by Chris van der Kuyl and Peter Baillie. The company worked closely with BAM! Entertainment
BAM! Entertainment
BAM! Entertainment is a dormant video game publisher that published such titles as Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums, Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo, and various video game console adaptations of Cartoon Network programs. Threatened as early as 2002, NASDAQ eventually delisted their...
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Games developed
| Year | Title | System | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | H.E.D.Z. H.E.D.Z. H.E.D.Z. or Head Extreme Destruction Zone is a PC game made by Hasbro Interactive for Windows in the action/adventure genre. The player, whose character is an alien, selects heads and goes on a preset order of battlefields to fight other aliens for heads, as well as the right to be the MVP of the... |
PC Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal... |
Hasbro Interactive Hasbro Interactive Hasbro Interactive was an American video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the large game and toy company.Hasbro Interactive was formed late in 1995 in order to compete in the computer and video game arena. Several Hasbro properties, such as Monopoly and Scrabble, had already... |
| 1999 | Earthworm Jim 3D Earthworm Jim 3D Earthworm Jim 3D is to date the last console game in the Earthworm Jim series. It is a sequel to Earthworm Jim and Earthworm Jim 2. Created by Interplay and based more on the television series than the canon of the previous games, Earthworm Jim 3D was released for Nintendo 64 and PC... |
N64 Nintendo 64 The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil... PC |
Rockstar Games Rockstar Games Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A... Interplay Entertainment Interplay Entertainment Interplay Entertainment Corporation is an American video game developer and publisher, founded in 1983 as Interplay Productions by Brian Fargo. The company had been a quality developer until they started publishing their own games in 1988, like Neuromancer and Battle Chess. The company was renamed... |
| 2000 | Tom and Jerry in Fists of Fury Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers is the sequel to the cartoon 3D fighting video game called Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry for the Nintendo 64 and PC, released in 2000. It allows up to 4 players to play simultaneously. It was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox starting in 2002... |
N64 PC |
Mattel Mattel Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from... NewKidCo NewKidCo NewKidCo International Inc. , was a video game company that released children's videogames based on popular licensed characters, for Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft game consoles. NewKidCo merged with Ubi Soft Entertainment in 2005.... Ubisoft Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries.... |
| 2001 | The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-traction | N64 PS 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... |
BAM! Entertainment BAM! Entertainment BAM! Entertainment is a dormant video game publisher that published such titles as Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums, Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo, and various video game console adaptations of Cartoon Network programs. Threatened as early as 2002, NASDAQ eventually delisted their... |
| 2002 | The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage | 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... PS2 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... |
BAM! Entertainment BAM! Entertainment BAM! Entertainment is a dormant video game publisher that published such titles as Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums, Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo, and various video game console adaptations of Cartoon Network programs. Threatened as early as 2002, NASDAQ eventually delisted their... |
| 2002 | State of Emergency State of Emergency (video game) State of Emergency is a controversial 2002 action-adventure video game released by Rockstar Games. It was developed by Scottish firm VIS Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.- Reception :... |
PC PS2 Xbox Xbox The 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... |
Rockstar Games Rockstar Games Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A... |
| 2003 | Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles. It is based on the movie trilogy The Evil Dead. It is set twenty years after the events of the trilogy, twelve years after Jenny, Ash's girlfriend from Evil Dead: Hail to the King, has been killed... |
PS2 Xbox |
THQ THQ THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices... |
| 2003 | Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers is the sequel to the cartoon 3D fighting video game called Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry for the Nintendo 64 and PC, released in 2000. It allows up to 4 players to play simultaneously. It was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox starting in 2002... |
GameCube PS2 Xbox |
NewKidCo NewKidCo NewKidCo International Inc. , was a video game company that released children's videogames based on popular licensed characters, for Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft game consoles. NewKidCo merged with Ubi Soft Entertainment in 2005.... Ubisoft Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries.... |
| 2005 | Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer is a platformer video game of the action-adventure genre originally released by VIS Entertainment for the PlayStation 2.-Overview and Gameplay:... |
PS2 | Evolved Games |
| 2005 | NARC NARC (video game) NARC is originally a 1988 arcade game designed by Eugene Jarvis for Williams Electronics and programmed by George Petro. It was one of the first ultra-violent video games and a frequent target of parental criticism of the arcade game industry. The object is to arrest and kill drug offenders,... |
PS2 Xbox |
Midway Games Midway Games Midway Games, Inc. is an American company that was formerly a major video game publisher. Following a bankruptcy filing in 2009, it is no longer active and is in the process of liquidating all of its assets. Midway's titles included Mortal Kombat, Ms.Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Rampage, the... |
External links
- Company summary from MobyGamesMobyGames-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...
- Company summary from GameSpotGameSpotGameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which...
- Company summary from IGNIGNIGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...