|
| S-MOS
Systems, Inc. |
150
River Oaks Pkwy
San
Jose, CA. 95134
T:
408-922-0200
F:
408-922-0238
email |
| a
Seiko Epson affiliate, see also Stellar Semiconductor, Inc.; technology
partner Reality Simulations Systems, 3D acceleration, "Pixelsquirt" architecture. |
| S3
Inc. |
2801
Mission College Blvd.
P.O.
Box 58058
Santa
Clara, CA. 95052-8058
T:
408.588.8000
F:
408.748.9413
email |
NASDAQ:SIII
04-11-2000
will transfer its PC graphics chip business to a newly-formed venture with
VIA Technologies, Inc. and will focus on Internet-related businesses.
06/99
intent to acquire Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc.
12-22-99
discontinues Virge product line
12-17-98
10-yr cross-lic patent agreement w/Intel to produce processors compatible
w/Pentium II
08/99
Savage 2000 (128 bit, 200Mhz, 64M, AGP 4x, S3TL Transform and Lighting
engine)
Savage3D
Texture Compression (S3TC) adopted by MS for DX6, Virge, multimedia acceleration,
Savage3D = 32-bit true color rendering, textures = up to 2K x 2K, palletized,
24-bit. Mark Hirsch? |
| Saffire
Corp. |
776
East 930 South
American
Fork, UT. 84003
T:
(801) 763-9003
F:
(801) 763-9209
resume@saffire.com |
| dev
co, SAGE - Saffire Advanced Game Engine, Rainbow Six N64, Bio Freaks, Rampage
N64, James Bond 007(gameboy), Football Legends 98 (Pc Accolade) |
| Sage
Software |
addr
email |
| comments |
| Saitek
Industries Ltd. |
2295
Jefferson St
Torrance,
CA. 90501
310-212-5412
310-212-0866
jobs@saitek.com |
| game
controllers. The X36 Ultimate Flight Controller and PC Dash graphic command
pad/sheets |
| Sammy
USA |
901
Cambridge Dr.
Elk
Grove Village, IL. 60007-2434
T:
847.364.9787
F:
847.364.9831
email |
Jimmy
Houston's Bass Tournament USA, tons of Genesis/SNES games, Sports Arena
arcade game
3rd
Party Licensee of Nintendo and Sega, parent Sammy
Corp. |
| Sanctuary
Woods/Theatrix (SWMC) |
1250
45th Street, Suite 350
Emeryville,
CA. 94608-2924
F:
(510) 658-2827 - Theatrix
jobs@theatrix.com |
| 10-20-98
missed $37,500 payment due as part of lawsuit distribution, marketing settlement
with Navarre, edutainment |
| Sandbox
Studios |
Dallas,
TX.
London,
Ontario, Canada (console)
jobs@sandboxstudios.com |
04-19-99
Partners Program offers a share of a game's royalties in exchange for a
game's design and art assets. Experienced artists can submit a game
idea for approval. If approved, artists provide the art assets and
Sandbox will assemble the game using its proprietary game engine, add sound
effects and music, test the game and close the publishing deal.
The artists will receive 20% of the royalties.
new
dev studio Utopia Technologies' co-founder Steve Bergenholtz. PC,
console, coin-op and game boy titles. |
| Sandcastle,
Inc. |
addr
email |
| comments |
| SC&T
International, Inc. |
15695
North 83rd Way
Scottsdale,
AZ. 85260
T:
800.408.4084
T:
602.368.9490
F:
602.607.6801
email |
| HQ
in US, are in China, game peripherals, Platinum Sound®, Per4mer®
and Hot Wheels™ controllers, signed products licensing agreement with Sony |
| Scholastic
Productions |
addr
email |
| live-action
series "Animorphs" on Nickelodeon / Columbia TriStar Home Video |
| Schroder
BV |
Netherlands
email |
| 7/98
- Rebel chess program beats #2 ranked GM |
| Schwerpunkt |
2483
Woodbury, Suite 150
Pearland,
TX. 77584-4801
1-281-997-1209
email |
| comments |
| SciTech
Software, Inc. |
505
Wall Street
Chico,
CA. 95928-5624
F:
(530) 894-9069
career@scitechsoft.com |
GLDirect
(run OpenGL apps using D3D drivers), Display Doctor, MGL 4.0 API; MGL the
32-bit graphics library for Windows/DOS that was used to develop WinQuake.
SciTech MGL provides initialization, event handling, fonts, 2D and 3D primitives,
and more. SciTech Software also offers UVBELib, the universal SVGA device
support library for Windows/ DOS.
SciTech
MGL 4.0 API engine source, http://www.scitechsoft.com/down_dev.html |
| Screaming
Pink |
5963
La Place Court, Suite 107
Carlsbad,
CA. 92008
T:
760-931-9400
F:
760-931-9325
resumes@screamingpink.com |
| (out
of biz?) tiny dev, sony/sega Earthworm Jim 2 pub Playmates Interactive |
| ScreenMagic,
Inc. |
addr
email |
| comments |
| SDi
Game World (Software Dynamics Inc) |
636
Coach Grove Road SW
Calgary,
AB
CANADA
T3H 1C6
T:
403-240-0103
F:
403-240-0105
inspace@sdispace.com |
| Inner
Space (shareware), dev and pub leading-edge Windows multimedia systems,
screen savers, games, and utilities. original designer/developer of the
After Dark screen saver |
| Second
Skin Media |
addr
email |
| dev
Second Skin (PS2 first-person simulator w/voice control) |
| Sega
Enterprises Ltd. / Sega of America, Inc. |
255
Shoreline Drive, 2nd Floor
Redwood
City, CA. 94065
F:
(650) 802-3760
jobs@sega.com |
06-05-2000
wireless games deal with Motorola to offer games for J2ME-enabled (Java
2 Micro Edition) Motorola devices like phones, pagers and PDAs.
05-22-2000
Shoichiro Irimajiri to resign as pres of Sega Enterprises Ltd., will remain
as Vice Chairman
04-13-2000
will spin off its arcade division into five wholly owned subsidiaries.
04-04-2000
new SegaNet ISP service to offer free DC's w/2-yr subscription, also forms
Sega.com div
09-30-99
Sega reorgs again, forms 2 subsidiaries to handle Dreamcast
08-12-99
COO Bernie Stolar resigns
HEAT.net,
SegaSoft pc dev, Flesh Feast, CSK Corp. is the parent company |
| SegaSoft |
150
Shoreline Drive
Redwood
City, CA. 94065
F:
(650) 654-2590
segasoft.jobs@segasoft.com |
Segasoft
no longer publishing? Web-TV Dreamcast compatible connection software,
pub Vigilance (AnyWorld engine, Quake w/ Tomb Raider perspective, Goldeneye
/ Rainbow 6 1st/3rd person 3D action/strategy), Turbine deving mmp sf game
for Dreamcast. SegaSoft Networks and Sega Entertainment will move
to Multimedia Gulch at Townsend Center, 650 Townsend St in '99.
*
Plans to open computer-game amusement centers in Beijing following a center
in Qingdao *
Dreamcast
(Katana) specs: 128 bit console has Windows CE OS, is DirectX & OpenGL
compatible, 200 Mhz SH-4 128 bit CPU, PowerVR video chip out-specs 3DFX
Voodo2, 16 Meg of SD-RAM, 56K winmodem, 12x CD-ROM; promo deal with WebTV,
release 09-09-99 |
| SGH
Multimedia Ltd. |
Shalom
Tower
9
Ahad-A'am St., Israel
T:
(972) 3-5167010
F:
(972) 3-5167020
email |
| Blackjack,
hangman, tetris, memory, online gaming system The Hive, tools for online
interactive multimedia and multi-user applications. |
| ShadowFactor
Software Inc. |
Canada
email |
6-8-99
Microsoft buys ShadowFactor Software,
BattleCom
Battlefield Communicator real-time voice comm pkg for use with multiplayer
games. |
| Shadows |
addr
email |
| shareware
RPG development engine and tools |
| Shark
Multimedia, Inc. |
3040
Oakmead Village Drive
Santa
Clara, CA. 95051
(408)
987-5412 (Tech Support)
email |
| mfg
sound cards, modems, video conferencing products, and telephony software |
| Shepherd's
Worlds |
10681
Airport Road North, Suite 21
Naples,
FL. 34109
1-941-513-2232
F:
1-941-513-2235
email |
| comments |
| ShopTok |
San
Francisco, CA.
email |
| online
community developer |
| Shiny
Entertainment (subsid Interplay) |
Laguna
Design Center
1088
North Coast Highway
Laguna
Beach, CA. 92651-1338
1
(714) 494 0772
email |
| dev
Sacrifice (strategy), R/C Stunt Copter, Wild 9 (psx superhero), dev- Messiah
(3D action adv), Earthworm Jim, MDK, Dave Perry "We do not need any designers
or producers or agents or directors or actors or sales/marketing people
or managers or financial guys.", tried to patent Messiah 3D technology. |
| Shipsea
Software Inc. |
5505
Emerald Forest Dr.
Austin,
TX. 78745
(888)
486 8088
T:
(512) 444 8730
F:
(512) 444 8730
hr@shipsea.com |
| game
and sim dev, ORE 2.06 2D overhead scroller, selling Source |
| Shrapnel
Games |
addr
email |
| dev
Space Empires IV (strategy pub Malfador Machinations), Steel Beasts (modern
tank sim), Horse & Musket: Great Battles of the Eighteenth Century |
| Sierra
On-Line, Inc. / Sierra Studios (div of Havas) |
3380
146th Place S.E., Suite 300
Bellevue,
WA. 98007
F:
(206)641-7617
recruit@sierra.com |
09/99
105 jobs cut with cancelled projects including Babylon 5 and Middle
Earth
pub
Orcs:
Revenge of the Ancient (dev Berkeley, Middle Earth fantasy strategy)
02-23-99
closes Yosemite, Synergistic, Pyrotechnix, and Books that Work and folds
them into Bellvue HQ.
Team
Fortress (dev Valve, 3D online squad military combat, both computer controlled
opponents and teammates), pub Half-Life (dev Valve), The Cypher (dev EPG
Media, 12 episode shockwave mystery adventure), Fashion Trip, Gabriel Knight
III 3D adv, Red Baron II, Nascar Racing II, Grand Prix Legends, SODA Off-Road
Racing, CART Racing; Yosemite doing Middle
Earth mmorpg, Impressions, Papyrus, Dynamix,
Berkeley Systems, Synergistic. |
| Sigma
Realmagic Interactive |
46501
Landing Parkway
Fremont,
CA. 94538
(800)
494-8848
email |
| Silent
Steel (95) |
| Siler
/ Siler Ventures |
P.O.
Box 2405
Lake
Oswego OR. 97035
(503)
635-6333
email |
| comments |
| Silicon
Dreams Studio Ltd. |
Unit
1 Somerville Court,
Banbury
Business Park
Adderbury,
Banbury,
Oxfordshire
OX17 3NS, UK
T:
+44 (0) 1295 812295
F:
+44 (0) 1295 812709
Adrian
Bolton |
| Warmonkeys
(real time 3D tactical/strategy wargame, supports dual-display, partnership
w/ Matrox - to use Dual Head mode), World League Soccer '98, Chill extreme
snowboarding, 60 emps, pc and console, |
| Silicon
Gaming |
2800
W. Bayshore Road
Palo
Alto, CA. 94303
T:
415-842-9000
F:
415-842-9001
email |
| dev
interactive multimedia slot machines for casino industry, makes state-of-the-art
wagering device called Odyssey |
| Silicon
Knights |
110
Hannover Drive, Suite A208
St.
Catharines, Ontario, L2W 1A4, Canada
1-905-687-3334
F:
1-905-687-4055
email |
05-05-2000
becomes an exclusive Nintendo developer after investment by NOA
dev
Too Human(psx action/adventure euro pub EA), dev Blood Omen: Legacy of
Kain |
| Silver
Style Entertainment |
addr
email |
| dev
Unborn, 3D strategy wargame |
| Simon
& Schuster Interactive (S&SI) / New Media |
175
Fifth Ave., Suite 2122
New
York, NY. 10010
(970)
339-7137
email |
05-24-2000
up for sale?
M&M's
The Lost Formula (action/adventure), pub Shattered Light (dev CatWare single/8
multiplayer frpg build your own world and let your friends play in it,
Quests created by major SF authors: Robert
Silverberg, Jody Lynn Nye, David Drake, S.
M. Stirling, P. N. Elrod, Lee Killough, William R. Forstchen, Bill Fawcett,
and others.) Panty Raider(Tomb Raider parody dev Hypnotix), Deer
Avenger (Deer Hunter parody, player takes the role of "Bambo"), Star Trek:
Starship Creator (dev by IMERGY), publ Douglas Adams Starship Titanic;
publ and distr for Adrenalin Interactive Inc., S&SI is the pub operation
of Viacom Inc.; w/ Cendant Software a game based on ABC's Sabrina, The
Teenage Witch, game licensed through Viacom Consumer Products licensing
div of Paramount Television. |
| Simulations
Canada |
P.O.
Box 452
Bridgeware
NS,
Canada
B4V 2X6
email |
| comments |
| Simutronics
Corp. |
1500
Wall Street; St.
Charles,
MO. 63303
F:
314-940-8722
employment@simutronics.com |
Hero's
Journey - Senior Software Engineer John Ratcliff
12-17-98
on MSN Gaming Zone, Lycos, online multiplayer games, Excite Games Channel,
GemStone III (text), DragonRealms (text), Hercules and Xena, Cyberstrike
2 (dev 989, 32 players, 1st person 3D Mech shooter, John Ratcliff); gemstone.net,
dragonrealms.net, cyberstrike.net, and modus operandi.net.(time warner) |
| Singularity |
109
E. Hopkins, Suite 203
San
Marcos, TX. 78666
1-512-353-8812
F:
1-512-353-8845
email |
| comments |
| Sinister
Studios / Sinister Games |
addr
email |
| dev
Soldier 3rd person shooter pub SouthPeak, dev Shadow Company (3D combat
strategy like Rainbow Six/Commandos pub I-Magic (now Ubi Soft)) |
| SirTech
Software Inc. |
P.O.
Box 245
Ogdensburg,
NY. 13669
T:
(315) 393-6451
F:
1-315-393-1525
email |
| US
offices out of business, Sirtech Canada continues in operation, Take-Two/Talonsoft
acquire pub rights to Jagged Alliance 2 dev by SirTech Canada. Wizardry
8, Virus The Game, Excalibur 2555 AD, Realms of Arkania, Druid, Fable |
| SKC |
addr
email |
| Jurassic
Era Primitive War, Campus Love Story, Karma, Counter Blow |
| Sky
Fitness, Inc. |
55
West Watkins Mills Road
Gaithersburg,
MD. 20878
Phone
(301) 984-3706
Fax
(301) 984-2104
email |
| SkyCycle
Internet VR flight sim excercise bike has 2 degrees of freedom including
fire buttons for competition, uses RTIME engine. |
| SN
Systems |
UK
email |
| tools
for PS2, Dolphin, etc. including TCP/IP Stack for PS2 |
| SNK
Corp. of America |
addr
email |
06-16-2000
withdraws NeoGeo hardware/software and DC/PS software from NA and Europe
NeoGeo
Pocket Color 16-bit handheld |
| Sofsource
Inc. |
P.O.
Box 16317
425
South Telshor, Building C, Suite 201
Las
Cruces, NM. 88004
505-532-5000
email |
| 6/98
The Learning Company, Inc. acquires Sofsource, Inc., divs=Pro One (For
Credit Physics, Analytic Geometry, etc.) and Media Safari games |
| SoftEgg
Entertainment |
addr
email |
| comments |
| Softimage
Inc. / Avid |
3510
St-Laurent Blvd Suite 400
Montreal,
Quebec H2X 2V2
T:
514-845-1636
F:
514-845-5676
email |
| XSI
an AASCII-based format aids in authoring Windows CE-based games for Dreamcast,
create game dev tools for N64 (collaborate on defining Nintendo Intermediate
File Format (NIFF) v.2.0), 3D modeling, animation and rendering platform
on both SGI and Windows NT. directly supports registered developer environments
and on-targeting viewing for all major 3D games platforms. MS sold
Softimage to Avid Technology, Inc. |
| SoftQuad
International Inc. |
20
Eglinton Ave. West, 13th Floor,
P.O.
Box 2025
Toronto,
Ontario M4R 1K8
T:
(416) 544-9000
F:
(416) 544-0300
email |
NASDAQ:SWEBF,
TSE:SKI
9-28-98
sold Panorama product line to Interleaf, focus on kids video games and
family software, joint venture w/ NewKidCo LLC |
| Software
Council of Southern California (SCSC) |
addr
email |
| non-profit,
membership-only trade association, composed of software development, multimedia
and Internet organizations, as well as those companies that provide support
and services to those industries. |
| Software
Dynamics inc. |
636
Coach Grove Road SW
Calgary,
AB, CANADA T3H 1C6
T:
403-240-0103
F:
403-240-0105
inspace@sdispace.com |
| tiny
dev /publ windows shareware games, dev After Dark screen saver, Inner Space
(asteroids/subspace), Lightning |
| Software
Refinery |
addr
email |
| Hardwar
futuristic arcade flight sim |
| SoftwareWow.com,
Inc. |
addr
email |
WowIt!
a free online software certification and streaming distribution program
for publishers.
allows
shared advertising, rental, try-before-buy and pay-per-view distribution |
| Software2000 |
addr
email |
| F-1
Manager, Flying Saucer, SWING, Pizza Syndicate, Ocean Trader, Exploration |
| Sonic
Foundry, Inc. |
100
South Baldwin Street, Suite 204
Madison,
WI. 53703
T:
800-57-SONIC (577-6642)
F
: 608-256-3133
email |
| sound
editing software, Sound Forge 4.0, CD Architect, Acoustics Modeler |
| Sonnetech
Ltd. (now E-Color Inc.) |
addr
email |
08-31-99
changes name from Sonnetech to E-Color
Colorific
and 3Deep gamma enhancement and color calibration utilities, used in Homeworld,
also in LithTech engine. |
| Sony
Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) |
addr
email |
07-25-2000
Sony Announces GScube commercial computer for high-speed transmission of
digitized graphics based on the Emotion Engine CPU
07-24-2000
~30% of Sony Corp's total operating profit in fiscal 2000 came from it's
Game sector.
06-01-2000
Sony buys Verant, Kelly Flock president
03-30-99
Sony plans to reorg it's Pictures/Music/Online
Entertainment groups into 1 Broadband Entertainment group by
end of July.
PS2
to use RTIME Broadband Engine, cd/dvd, USB port, i.Link (IEEE1394), PCMCIA
slot. PlayStation2.com
09-13-99
Sony Japan announces PolygonEater P2 polygon reduction dev tool
PS2
expected to ship in Japan 03-04-00, October 26, 2000 in US
08/99
Brian
Hook leaves id to join EverQuest team
E3
1999 UGO Best Platformer Runner Up: Ape Escape (PS), Best Racing Runner
Up: Gran Turismo 2 (dev Polyphony, PS), Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Um Jammer
Lammy (dev Stage Six, PS)
06-07-99
partners with Numerical Design Ltd to provide NetImmerse 3D engine for
PSX 2, Emotion Engine
Arc
The Lad III, Twisted Metal 3, EverQuest (dev Verant), Tanarus, TheStation@sony.com,
Fantasy War (dev Crossover Technologies turn based strategy diplomacy 2-7
players pay-per-play), ChronX (dev Genetic Anomalies collectible card game),
11-4-98
new psx studio in Santa Monica
1999
psx units sold: NA - 25.94 million, Europe - 27.33 million, Japan - 16.77
million = 70M
1998
psx units sold: US - 19,350,000, Europe - 16,400,000,
Japan - 14,250,000 = 50M |
| Sony
Platform Software Development Center (PSDC) |
9050
West Washington Blvd
Culver
City, CA. 90232-2518
internetinfo@spimageworks.com |
| based
in Tokyo, develops next-generation networking and communications software.
Community Place suite of VRML applications includes client, server, and
authoring tool solutions. Sony Pictures Imageworks collaborates with PSDC
to create online entertainment that showcases the power of Community Place
products. |
| Sound
Ideas / Image Ideas |
105
West Beaver Creek Road, Ste #4
Richmond
Hill, ON, Canada L4B 1C6
905-886-5000
F:
905-886-6800
email |
| royalty
free sound effects, available on a buyout basis, license free. General
Series 6000, Image Ideas royalty-free digital image collections on CD ROM. |
| Sound
Source Interactive |
26115
Mureau Rd., Suite B
Calabasas,
CA. 91302-3126
T:
818-878-0505
F:
818-878-0007
email |
| 5-11-99
will develop games for the NUON platform, joint venture w/ Morgan Creek
to produce interactive CDs based on animated film The King and I, Star
Trek the Game Show, Babylon 5 screen savers, w/Universal launch a combination
videocassette/CD-ROM "An American Tail Animated MovieBook" and titles based
on The Land Before Time. |
| Soundeluxe
Media Labs |
7060
Hollywood Blvd. Suite 711
7080
Hollywood Blvd. Suite 1100
Hollywood,
CA. 90028
213-603-5100
213-603-5101
email |
| "the
noise of art", sound design and music production for multimedia,composition/production,
asset management and complete sound design, dialogue recording and mixing. |
| Source
Media |
5400
LBJ Freeway, Suite 680
Dallas,
TX. 75240
Avis
Novak, HR Mgr |
| new
media, Internet TV, "Interactive Channel"; interactive (cable) technologies
and programming, compatible w/windows CE and personal java, see also Tele-Communications
Inc. (TCI) and NextLevel Systems Inc. |
| SouthPeak
Interactive Inc. |
One
Research Drive
Cary,
NC. 27513
T:
919.677.4499
F:
1-919-677-4444
info@southpeak.com |
09-02-99
to distrib 3 Ripcord games
pub
Soldier (99 pc/psx dev Gigawatt Studios), Crazy Paint (dev EAI), Dark Side
of the Moon (fmv mystery, Video Reality engine), 20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea, MIB, Temujin; 9/98 Activision will distr games 2 yr agreement, big
publisher, SAS Institute is parent, marketing and distributing multimedia
entertainment |
| Spacetec
IMC Corp. |
The
Boott Mill, 100 Foot of John Street
Lowell,
MA. 01852-1126
T:
978 275-6100
F:
978 275-6205
Elsie
Kitchen, HR Director |
| 6DOF
motion control for 3d cad, spaceball, RealLife 3DT interactive motion control |
| Spatializer
Audio Lab |
addr
email |
| comments |
| Spelling
Entertainment Group Inc. |
addr
email |
| VIE
is a division of Spelling, Viacom owns 80% of Spelling |
| Spinlogic |
303
North 47th
Seattle,
WA. 98103
1-205-789-6528
email |
| comments |
| Square
Soft, Inc. |
959
South Coast Drive, #400
Costa
Mesa, CA. 92626
T:
(714) 438-1700
F:
(714) 438-1705
jobs@squaresoft.com |
08-11-99
four new subsidiaries will concentrate on specific dev: Square Visual Works
on graphics, Square Sounds on music, Square Next on computer software,
Squartz on quality control.
subsid
of Square Co. Ltd. Tokyo, Square US closed it's Washington office.
Final
Fantasy series, Brave Fencer Musashi psx, Bushido Blade 2 psx, Xenogears
psx rpg, Parasite Eve cinematic rpg, |
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