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Revision as of 03:22, 18 June 2022
GameTek was an American video game publisher based in North Miami Beach, Florida[1] known for publishing video game adaptations of game shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s. GameTek was a trade name for IJE, the owner of electronic publishing rights to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.[2] 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 1991, they attempted to launch the InfoGenius Systems franchise for the Game Boy.[3]
In 1996 GameTek scaled down its publishing activities, turning most of that aspect of its business over to Philips.[4] GameTek filed for bankruptcy in December 1997[5] and went out of business in July 1998. Most of the company's assets were acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 1997.[6]
Games
- Wheel of Fortune
- Wheel of Fortune arcade game (1989, Developed by Incredible Technologies)
- Double Dare
- Hollywood Squares
- Jeopardy!
- Jeopardy! Sports Edition
- Press Your Luck
- Quarantine
- Quarantine II: Road Warrior
- Family Feud
- American Gladiators (Developed by Incredible Technologies)
- Frontier: Elite II
- Alien Incident (European Version)
- Cyberbykes: Shadow Racer VR
- The Humans
- Brutal: Paws of Fury
- Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw
- Star Crusader (European version)
- Valkyrie (for Macintosh)
- Nomad
- Robotech: Crystal Dreams (Cancelled)
- Super Password
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo (MS-DOS Version)
- 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 (Cancelled for Game Gear)
- Full Throttle: All-American Racing
- Zool (Console & Handheld Versions)
- Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament (MS-DOS Version)
- Pinball Dreams (SNES, Game Boy and Game Gear Versions)
- Pinball Fantasies (SNES and Game Boy Versions)
- Pinball Mania (Game Boy Version Exclusive to Europe)
References
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1994-06-11). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ http://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Hollywood-Squares-Game-Manual.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Nintendo Power.
- ^ Svensson, Christian (November 1996). "Small Publishers Feel Pinch". Next Generation. No. 23. Imagine Media. p. 26.
- ^ "Tidbits...". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 103. Ziff Davis. February 1998. p. 26.
- ^ "Archived copy". api.tenkwizard.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
See also
- Cybersoft (video game company) (GameTek subsidiary)
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- 1987 establishments in Florida
- 1998 disestablishments in Florida
- Video game publishers
- Video game companies established in 1987
- Video game companies disestablished in 1998
- Defunct video game companies of the United States
- Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1997
- Defunct companies based in Florida
- United States video game company stubs