- Spectrum HoloByte
Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. was a
video game developer and publisher originally based inAlameda, California .The company was founded in 1983 and was most famous for its
simulation games, notably the "Falcon" series of flight simulators and "Vette! ", adriving simulator from 1989. Spectrum Holobyte published games for many platforms, includinghome computer s of the1980 s and early1990 s,IBM PC compatible s, and somevideo game console s. The company was the publisher of the "Solitaire Royale", the first computer card solitaire program. They were the first to bring "Tetris " to gamers outside theSoviet Union and "Sokoban " to gamers outsideJapan . It was also the distributor forDomark games before Domark set up its own US operations inSan Mateo, California .In 1993, Spectrum HoloByte acquired
MicroProse . For the following years, games from both companies were published under their respective brands, but in 1996 all titles were consolidated under the MicroProse brand.The merged company was acquired by
Hasbro Interactive in1998 and in1999 , what had been Spectrum HoloByte, ceased to exist when the development studio in Alameda was closed.Hasbro subsequently sold all the assets of the various Hasbro Interactive studios toInfogrames , nowAtari .The chairman of Spectrum Holobyte,
Gilman Louie , also foundedNexa Corporation , a developer of entertainment software, which went on to merge with Spectrum Holobyte.External links
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/spectrum-holobyte-inc/ Spectrum HoloByte profile] from
MobyGames
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