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Boss Game Studio
Company type	Private
Industry	Computer and video games
Founded	c. 1994
Defunct	June 14, 2002
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA
Products	Video games
Website	Archived

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Boss Game Studio was a video game developer that specialized in Nintendo 64 racing games. The company was formed as an independent offshoot of Boss Film Studios (a company that created special effects for feature films including Die Hard and Ghost Busters).^[2]. The company started work on an Xbox racing game in 2002, but disbanded soon thereafter.^[1]

Games developed

3D Tank^[3] (Virtual Boy) (unreleased)
Top Gear Rally (Nintendo 64) (1997)
Spider: The Video Game (PlayStation) (1997)
Twisted Edge Snowboarding (Nintendo 64) (1998)
Boss Rally (Windows) (1999)
World Driver Championship (Nintendo 64) (1999)
Stunt Racer 64 (Nintendo 64) (2000)
RacerX (Xbox) (unreleased)

References

^ ^a ^b IGN Staff (June 17, 2002). "Boss Game Calls it Quits". IGN. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ Boss Game staff. "Company". Boss Game Studio. Archived from the original on July 1, 2001. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
^ Planet Virtual Boy

[defunct-1] IGN Staff (June 17, 2002). "Boss Game Calls it Quits". IGN. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

[2] Boss Game staff. "Company". Boss Game Studio. Archived from the original on July 1, 2001. Retrieved March 3, 2012.

[3] Planet Virtual Boy

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+  company_type   = [[Privately held company|Private]]|
   foundation     = c. 1994|
+  defunct        = June 14, 2002<ref name="defunct">{{cite web | author=IGN Staff | date=June 17, 2002 | title=Boss Game Calls it Quits | url= | publisher=[[IGN]] | accessdate=March 3, 2012}}</ref> |
-  defunct        = 2002|
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+  industry       = [[Computer and video game industry|Computer and video games]]|
-  products       = |
+  products       = [[Video game]]s |
-  homepage       = None|
+  homepage       = [http://web.archive.org/web/20020531085240/http://www.bossgame.com/ Archived]|
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-'''''Boss Game Studio''''' is a defunct [[video game]] developer specializing in [[Nintendo 64]] games. The company was formed as an independent offshoot of [[Boss Film Studios]] (a company that created special effects for feature films including ''[[Die Hard]]'' and ''[[Ghost Busters]]''). The company started work on an [[Xbox]] racing game in [[2002 in video gaming|2002]], but disbanded soon thereafter.
+'''''Boss Game Studio''''' was a [[video game]] developer that specialized in [[Nintendo 64]] racing games. The company was formed as an independent offshoot of [[Boss Film Studios]] (a company that created special effects for feature films including ''[[Die Hard]]'' and ''[[Ghost Busters]]'').<ref>{{cite web | author=Boss Game staff | title=Company | url=http://www.bossgame.com/newbossweb/companyinfo.cfm | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20010701184745/http://www.bossgame.com/newbossweb/companyinfo.cfm | archivedate=July 1, 2001 | publisher=Boss Game Studio | accessdate=March 3, 2012}}</ref>. The company started work on an [[Xbox]] racing game in [[2002 in video gaming|2002]], but disbanded soon thereafter.<ref name="defunct"/>
 ==Games developed==
-*[[3D Tank]]<ref>[http://www.planetvb.com/modules/games/?u032g Planet Virtual Boy]</ref> ([[Virtual Boy]]) (unreleased)
+*''3D Tank''<ref>[http://www.planetvb.com/modules/games/?u032g Planet Virtual Boy]</ref> ([[Virtual Boy]]) (unreleased)
-*[[Top Gear Rally]] (Nintendo 64) (1997)
+*''[[Top Gear Rally]]'' (Nintendo 64) (1997)
-*[[Spider: The Video Game]] ([[PlayStation]]) (1997)
+*''[[Spider: The Video Game]]'' ([[PlayStation]]) (1997)
-*[[Twisted Edge Snowboarding]] (Nintendo 64) (1998)
+*''[[Twisted Edge Snowboarding]]'' (Nintendo 64) (1998)
-*[[Boss Rally]] ([[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]) (1999)
+*''[[Boss Rally]]'' ([[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]) (1999)
-*[[World Driver Championship]] (Nintendo 64) (1999)
+*''[[World Driver Championship]]'' (Nintendo 64) (1999)
-*[[Stunt Racer 64]] (Nintendo 64) (2000)
+*''[[Stunt Racer 64]]'' (Nintendo 64) (2000)
-*[[RacerX]] ([[Xbox]]) (unreleased)
+*''RacerX'' ([[Xbox]]) (unreleased)
 ==References==