GameTek
GameTek was a video game publisher based in North Miami Beach, Florida[1] well known for publishing video game adaptations of game shows in the early 1990s. GameTek was a trade name for IJE, the owner of electronic publishing rights to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Originally IJE licensed these titles to ShareData of Chandler, Arizona; however, when IJE saw ShareData's success with the titles, IJE decided to publish the titles themselves, resulting in the founding of GameTek.
After establishing distribution for the game show titles, GameTek branched out by licensing European titles for the North American market, including Frontier: Elite II and The Humans.
In 1996 GameTek scaled down its publishing activities, turning most of that aspect of its business over to Philips.[2] GameTek filed for bankruptcy in 1997 and closed in July 1998. Some of the company's assets were acquired by Take 2 Interactive in 1997.[3] As of 2017, it exists as Take-Two Interactive Software Europe Limited.[4]
Games
- Wheel of Fortune
- Double Dare
- Hollywood Squares
- Jeopardy!
- Jeopardy! Sports Edition
- Press Your Luck
- Quarantine
- Quarantine II: Road Warrior
- Family Feud
- Dark Colony
- American Gladiators
- Frontier: Elite II
- Alien Incident (European version)
- The Humans
- Brutal: Paws of Fury
- Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw
- Star Crusader (European version)
- Valkyrie (for Macintosh)
- Nomad
- Robotech: Crystal Dreams
- Super Password
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo PC
- Frontier: First Encounters
- Frantic Flea
- NET: Zone
- Daemon's Gate: Volume One, Dorovan's Key
- Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle
- Classic Concentration
- The Price Is Right
- Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
- Now You See It
- Race Days
- Yogi Bear's Gold Rush
- Full Throttle: All-American Racing
- Jimmy Johnson's VR Football 98
- Zool
References
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1994-06-11). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Svensson, Christian (November 1996). "Small Publishers Feel Pinch". Next Generation. No. 23. Imagine Media. p. 26.
- ^ http://ir.take2games.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=86428&p=irol-SECText&TEXT=aHR0cDovL2FwaS50ZW5rd2l6YXJkLmNvbS9maWxpbmcueG1sP2lwYWdlPTM1MDgwMSZEU0VRPTEmU0VRPTcmU1FERVNDPVNFQ1RJT05fUEFHRSZleHA9JnN1YnNpZD01Nw%3D%3D SEC Filing
- ^ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02739756
See also
- Cybersoft (video game company) (GameTek subsidiary)
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