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'''Spectrum HoloByte''' was the first company to publish ''Tetris'' brand [[ | '''Spectrum HoloByte''' was the first company to publish ''Tetris'' brand [[game]]s in Western Europe and North America. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 00:30, 9 January 2007
Spectrum HoloByte was the first company to publish Tetris brand games in Western Europe and North America.
History
Collaborated with Bullet-Proof Software on a few titles.
Bought Microprose in 1993, and adopted the name Microprose in 1996. Bought by Hasbro in 1998; Hasbro closed Microprose in 1999. Hasbro sold its video game assets to Infogrames, which renamed itself Atari after another studio that Hasbro had bought.
Non-tetromino games
The following non-tetromino games were developed or published by Spectrum HoloByte at one point:
- Wordtris (Game Boy; Super NES)
- BreakThru, a SameGame clone (Game Boy; Super NES)
- WildSnake (Game Boy; Super NES)