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Mass Media 
Type Independent game developer Industry Software & Programming Founded 1980s Headquarters Moorpark, California, United States Employees 26 Website http://www.massmedia.com/ Mass Media, Inc. is an independent game developer located in Moorpark, California. The current focus of the company is to develop original material for the Sony platforms.
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History
Mass Media began in the 1980s at Cinemaware. In 1991, they formed a production unit called Philips P.O.V. Entertainment Group. Mass Media left Philips in 1995 and the company became an exclusive developer for Time Warner Interactive. After Time Warner halted their interactive division, Mass Media became an independent developer. It was acquired by THQ in February 2007 who closed the studio in November 2008.[1] The company started back up immediately and is currently focusing on developing for the Sony platforms, including the PlayStation 3. On the PlayStation 3, they have developed content and spaces for its social gaming network PlayStation Home including the games The Midway and The Midway 2 which are two game spaces with ten mini-games in each with ten rewards per mini-game. The Green Ticket, used to play the games in both Midways, is consistently the best selling item in PS3 Home. [2]
Games
Mass Media has developed over forty titles and currently has additional titles in various stages of development. All of their titles were developed with their development tool set called BOLT.
Game Title US Release Date Platform Defender of the Crown 1986 CD-i Tetris 1986 CD-i Lords of the Rising Sun 1989 CD-i Girls Club 1992 CD-i Zombie Dinos 1992 CD-i Mystic Midway: Rest in Pieces 1992 CD-i Mystic Midway Phantom Express 1993 CD-i Caesars World of Boxing 1993 CD-i Voyeur 1993 CD-i NFL Hall of Fame 1994 CD-i Thunder in Paradise 1995 CD-i 3-D Table Sports 1996 PC The Game of Life 1998 PC BassMasters 2000 1999 Nintendo 64 StarCraft 64 June 13, 2000 Nintendo 64 Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness September 8, 2000 Nintendo 64, Dreamcast Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue June 1, 2000 Nintendo 64 Namco Museum June 10, 2001 Gameboy Advance Pac-Man Collection July 12, 2001 Gameboy Advance Star Trek DS9: Dominion Wars 2001 PC Pac-Man Fever September 22, 2002 GameCube, PlayStation 2 Namco Museum October 8, 2002 GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox Shrek Super Party November 16, 2002 GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox BlackThorne 2003 Gameboy Advance Rock 'N Roll Racing 2003 Gameboy Advance The Lost Vikings 2003 Gameboy Advance Muppets Party Cruise November 11, 2003 (GC)
November 13, 2003 (PS2)GameCube, PlayStation 2 Metal Arms: Glitch in the System November 18, 2003 PlayStation 2 Nicktoons Movin' 2004 PlayStation 2 Namco Vintage November 4, 2004 Xbox Live Arcade The Bible Game October 23, 2005 PlayStation 2, Xbox Full Spectrum Warrior March 23, 2005 PlayStation 2 Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers March 27, 2006 PlayStation 2 Ms. Pac-Man January 10, 2007 Xbox Live Arcade Tetris Evolution 2007 Xbox 360 Jak and Daxter HD Collection February 2012 PlayStation 3 References
- ^ "Mass Media, Inc.". Moby Games. http://www.mobygames.com/company/mass-media-inc. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ "Top Ten PS3 Items". Gamer Indepth. http://gamerindepth.net/?p=1250&sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d4b54c5dde43825,0. Retrieved 2011-2-7.
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- Companies established in the 1980s
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