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'''Spectrum HoloByte''' was the first company to publish ''Tetris'' brand [[game]]s 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) | |||
==External links == | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_HoloByte English Wikipedia article] | |||
*[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_HoloByte German Wikipedia article], [http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=de%7Cen&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_HoloByte&prev=/language_tools translated by Google] | |||
[[Category:General Information]] | |||
Revision as of 01:21, 15 October 2007
laricba 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)