Bullfrog Productions
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| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
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| Fate | Merged |
| Successor(s) | EA UK Lionhead Studios Mucky Foot Productions |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder(s) | Peter Molyneux, Les Edgar |
| Defunct | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Guildford, United Kingdom |
| Products | Populous series Dungeon Keeper series |
| Website | www.bullfrog.com (archived version until 2002-11-25) |
Bullfrog Productions was a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux. The company achieved recognition in 1989 for their third release, Populous.
At the time of the company's founding, Edgar and Molyneux were already involved in an enterprise called Taurus Impex Ltd. Bullfrog's name was derived from "Taurus" (the Latin word for bull) and Edgar's daughter's love of frogs.[citation needed]
Electronic Arts, Bullfrog's publisher, acquired the studio in January 1995.[1] Molyneux had become an Electronic Arts vice-president and consultant in 1994, after EA purchased a significant share of Bullfrog. Molyneux left Bullfrog in August 1997 to found Lionhead Studios while other members of the original team founded Mucky Foot Productions. The last titles to bear the Bullfrog logo were published in 2001. 2004 met the final end of Bullfrog when Electronic Arts combined their side studios into EA UK.
In August 2009, Electronics Arts was considering revising some of Bullfrog's games for modern-day systems,[2] and in 2011 they signed a deal with Good Old Games in order to do this.
[edit] Notable titles
- Fusion (1988)
- Populous (1989)
- Flood (1990)
- Powermonger (1990)
- Populous II (1991)
- Syndicate (1993)
- Magic Carpet (1994)
- Theme Park (1994)
- Syndicate: American Revolt (1994)
- Tube (1994)
- Hi-Octane (1995)
- Magic Carpet 2 (1995)
- Genewars (1996)
- Syndicate Wars (1996)
- Dungeon Keeper (1997)
- Theme Hospital (1997)
- Populous: The Beginning (1998)
- Theme Aquarium (1998)
- Dungeon Keeper 2 (1999)
- Theme Park World (SimTheme Park in the US) (1999)
- Theme Park Inc (SimCoaster in the US) (2001)
[edit] References
- ^ Business Wire (1992-09-21). "Electronic Arts to acquire leading European software developer, Bullfrog Productions Ltd.". AllBusiness. http://www.allbusiness.com/electronics/computer-equipment-personal-computers/7089474-1.html. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ Joe Martin (11 August, 2009). "EA looking to revive classic Bullfrog games". Dennis Publishing Limited. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2009/08/11/ea-looking-to-revive-classic-bullfrog-games/1. Retrieved 26 March, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Company profile at Home of the Underdogs
- Fusion at MobyGames
- Rhod's Populous & Powermonger Collection
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