Spectrum HoloByte
Spectrum HoloByte was the first company to publish Tetris brand games in Western Europe and North America.
History
Did a lot of business with Bullet-Proof Software.
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)