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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1992 |
Founder | Brent Erickson |
Defunct | Unknown |
Headquarters | , US |
Number of employees | 9 (1998) |
Parent | Bethesda Softworks (from 1995) |
Flashpoint Productions, Inc. was a video game developer based in Olympia, Washington.
Founded by Brent Erickson in Utah in 1992. [1] [2] In July 1994, the company moved from Utah to Lacey and at the time had 18 employees. [3] The firm produced musical scores used in network broadcast news shows and Entertainment Tonight. [4]
Bethesda Softworks acquired Flashpoint in July 1995 and rebranded it Media Technology West. [2] [5] The studio was also referred to as MediaTech West and Bethesda West. [6] [7] Erickson felt Bethesda shared his philosophy and subsequently became the company's development director. [1] [8] [9]
Under Bethesda, the studio developed the IHRA Drag Racing games. [7]
Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher |
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1994 | Noctropolis | MS-DOS, Windows, Linux, macOS | Electronic Arts, Night Dive Studios |
1995 | Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples | 32X | Sega |
1995 | PBA Bowling [1] | Windows | Bethesda Softworks |
1996 | The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall [1] | MS-DOS | Bethesda Softworks |
1996 | Skynet [10] [11] | MS-DOS | Bethesda Softworks |
1997 | XCar: Experimental Racing | DOS | Bethesda Softworks |
1998 | Burnout Championship Drag Racing | MS-DOS | Bethesda Softworks |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1992 |
Founder | Brent Erickson |
Defunct | Unknown |
Headquarters | , US |
Number of employees | 9 (1998) |
Parent | Bethesda Softworks (from 1995) |
Flashpoint Productions, Inc. was a video game developer based in Olympia, Washington.
Founded by Brent Erickson in Utah in 1992. [1] [2] In July 1994, the company moved from Utah to Lacey and at the time had 18 employees. [3] The firm produced musical scores used in network broadcast news shows and Entertainment Tonight. [4]
Bethesda Softworks acquired Flashpoint in July 1995 and rebranded it Media Technology West. [2] [5] The studio was also referred to as MediaTech West and Bethesda West. [6] [7] Erickson felt Bethesda shared his philosophy and subsequently became the company's development director. [1] [8] [9]
Under Bethesda, the studio developed the IHRA Drag Racing games. [7]
Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
1994 | Noctropolis | MS-DOS, Windows, Linux, macOS | Electronic Arts, Night Dive Studios |
1995 | Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples | 32X | Sega |
1995 | PBA Bowling [1] | Windows | Bethesda Softworks |
1996 | The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall [1] | MS-DOS | Bethesda Softworks |
1996 | Skynet [10] [11] | MS-DOS | Bethesda Softworks |
1997 | XCar: Experimental Racing | DOS | Bethesda Softworks |
1998 | Burnout Championship Drag Racing | MS-DOS | Bethesda Softworks |