Spectrum HoloByte

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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)

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