Torus Games

Torus Games company logo.

Torus Games Pty. Ltd. is a video games developer founded in 1994, and is subsequently one of the oldest and most consistently stable game development studios in Australia.

Torus has released over 60 titles, spanning almost every gaming platform, including but not limited to the Xbox 360, PC, Nintendo Wii, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, GameCube, Nokia N-Gage, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Game Boy, Sega Saturn, Leapster and Leapster2.

Torus Games has a single, scalable cross-platform game engine that currently actively supports the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Wii, iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2, and support for next generation hardware is in development, including the PlayStation Vita. The Torus game engine uniquely runs on consoles, hand-helds (including those without floating point support) and mobile phones, and their unified asset pipeline allows Torus to deliver the same game from the same common code-base across all hardware platforms.

Torus Games is located in Bayswater, Victoria (Australia). Torus is a family business, with the managing director being Bill McIntosh.

Torus is most commonly known for their family action/adventure games, having predominantly released titles of that genre in recent years. Their latest release is Scooby-Doo! And the Spooky Swamp for Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 2, and Nintendo DS, which was a sequel to Scooby-Doo! First Frights.

Torus has several games actively in development, spanning all current hardware generations.

Torus Games began developing their first game in 1994, a Game Boy and Game Gear game based on the film Stargate, published by Acclaim Entertainment.

Torus is a current licensed developer for the Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, iOS (Apple), Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, PlayStation Vita, Sony PSP and PlayStation 2.

Games

Xbox 360

• Monster Jam (Activision) (2007)

Wii

• Scooby-Doo! And the Spooky Swamp (Warner Bros. Interactive) (2010)
• Kid Adventures: Sky Captain (D3Publisher) (2010)
• Scooby-Doo! First Frights (Warner Bros. Interactive) (2009)
• Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Activision) (2008)
• Zoo Hospital (Majesco) (2008)
• Monster Jam (Activision) (2007)
• Indianapolis 500 Legends (Destineer) (2007)

PlayStation Portable

• Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Activision) (2008)
• Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)

PlayStation 2

• Scooby-Doo! And the Spooky Swamp (Warner Bros. Interactive) (2010)
• Scooby-Doo! First Frights (Warner Bros. Interactive) (2009)
• Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Activision) (2008)
• Monster Jam (game) (Activision) (2007)
• Indianapolis 500 Legends (Destineer) (2008)
• Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)
• Classified: The Sentinel Crisis (Global Star) (2005)
• Grand Prix Challenge (Atari) (2002)

Supplied art for tracks of Silverstone (UK), Magny-Cours (France) and Montreal (Canada)

Xbox

• Classified: The Sentinel Crisis (Global Star) (2005)
• Grand Prix Challenge (Atari) (2002)

Supplied art for tracks of Silverstone (UK), Magny-Cours (France) and Montreal (Canada)

Nintendo GameCube

• Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)

Nintendo DS

• Scooby-Doo! And the Spooky Swamp (Warner Bros. Interactive) (2010)
• Scooby-Doo! First Frights (Warner Bros. Interactive) (2009)
• Crystal Mines (Home Entertainment Suppliers) (2009
• Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Activision) (2008)
• Zoo Hospital (Majesco) (2008)
• Backyard Football 2008 (Atari) (2007)
• Monster Jam (game) (Activision) (2007)
• Indianapolis 500 Legends (Destineer) (2007)
• Spider-Man: The Battle for New York (Activision) (2006)
• Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)
• Backyard Football 2007 (Atari) (2006)

PC

• Monster Jam (Activision) (2007)
• Le Mans 24 Hours (Atari) (2002)
• Squatter: The Classic Australian Game (HES) (1999)
• Carmageddon TDR2000 (SCi) (2000)
• Dick Johnson V8 Challenge (HES) (1999)

Game Boy Advance

• Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)
• Curious George (Namco) (2006)
• Fantastic Four: Flame On (Activision) (2005)
• Backyard Football (Atari) (2005)
• Sportsmans Pack 2 in 1 (Activision) (2005)
• Gumby and the Astrobots (Namco) (2005)
• Fantastic 4 (Activision) (2005)
• Dead to Rights (Namco) (2004)
• Cabelas Big Game Hunter (Activision) (2004)
• Rapala Pro Fishing (Activision) (2004)
• Ice Nine (Bam! Entertainment) (2003)
• Pitfall Harry: The Lost Expedition (Activision) (2003)
• The Invincible Iron Man (Activision) (2003)
• Backyard Football (Atari) (2003)
• Space Invaders (Activision) (2002)
• Duke Nukem Advance (Activision) (2002)
• Doom II (Activision) (2002)
• Minority Report (Activision) (2002)
• Jackie Chan Adventures - Legend of the Dark Hand (Activision) (2001)
• Planet of the Apes (Activision) (2001)

Game Boy Color

• Planet of the Apes (Ubisoft) (2001)
• Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six (Activision) (2001)
• Lion King:Simba's Mighty Adventure (Activision) (2000)
• Carmageddon TDR2000 (SCi) (1999)
• NBA Hoopz (Midway) (2000)
• Max Steel - Covert Missions (Mattel Interactive) (2000)
• NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (Midway) (1999)
• Star Wars - Yoda Stories (THQ) (1999)
• Duke Nukem (GT Interactive) (1999)
• Hello Kitty (NewKidCo) (1999)

Game Boy

• Beavis and Butt-head (GT Interactive) (1999)
• NBA Jam (Acclaim Entertainment) (1998)
• Dragon Heart (Acclaim Entertainment) (1995)
• Star Gate (Acclaim Entertainment) (1995)
• Jurassic Park: The Lost World (THQ) (1997)

N-Gage

• Ashen (Nokia) (2004)
• Operation Shadow (Nokia (2004)'

Leapster L-Max

• Nascar (2007)

External links

• Official Torus Games website