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'''Absolute Entertainment''' was an American [[Video game publisher|video game publishing]] company. Through its [[video game developer|development house]], [[Imagineering (company)|Imagineering]], Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the [[Amiga]], [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 7800]], [[Sega Game Gear]], [[Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]], [[Sega CD]], [[Game Boy]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] video game consoles, as well as for the PC.
'''Absolute Entertainment''' was an American [[Video game publisher|video game publishing]] company. Through its [[video game developer|development house]], [[Imagineering (company)|Imagineering]], Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the [[Amiga]], [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 7800]], [[Sega Game Gear]], [[Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]], [[Sega CD]], [[Game Boy]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] video game consoles, as well as for the PC.
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After leaving his position as a [[video game developer]] and [[Game designer|designer]] at [[Activision]], [[Garry Kitchen]] founded the company in 1986 with his brother Dan Kitchen, along with [[David Crane (programmer)|David Crane]], Alex DeMeo, John Van Ryzin.<ref>[http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Absolute_Entertainment Absolute Entertainment] at the [http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Videogame Music Preservation Foundation Wiki]</ref> The company's headquarters was in [[Glen Rock, New Jersey]], but later moved to another [[New Jersey]] [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]], [[Upper Saddle River, New Jersey|Upper Saddle River]]. While the company was based in New Jersey, David Crane worked out of his home on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]].<ref>http://video-game-ephemera.com/010.htm</ref> The company's name was chosen because it was alphabetically above Activision, implying that Absolute Entertainment was superior to Activision. It was the same strategy that Activision chose when the programmers left [[Atari, Inc.|Atari]].
After leaving his position as a [[video game developer]] and [[Game designer|designer]] at [[Activision]], [[Garry Kitchen]] founded the company in 1986 with his brother Dan Kitchen, along with [[David Crane (programmer)|David Crane]], Alex DeMeo, John Van Ryzin.<ref>[http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Absolute_Entertainment Absolute Entertainment] at the [http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Videogame Music Preservation Foundation Wiki]</ref> The company's headquarters was in [[Glen Rock, New Jersey]], but later moved to another [[New Jersey]] [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]], [[Upper Saddle River, New Jersey|Upper Saddle River]]. While the company was based in New Jersey, David Crane worked out of his home on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]].<ref>http://video-game-ephemera.com/010.htm</ref> The company's name was chosen because it was alphabetically above Activision, implying that Absolute Entertainment was superior to Activision. It was the same strategy that Activision chose when the programmers left [[Atari, Inc.|Atari]].


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Absolute Entertainment
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo game publishing
GenreAction, simulation/sports, strategy
Founded1986
FounderGarry Kitchen
Defunct1995
FateBankruptcy
SuccessorSkyworks Technologies
Headquarters
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
,
United States
ProductsConsole games, PC games

Absolute Entertainment was an American video game publishing company. Through its development house, Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega CD, Game Boy, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game consoles, as well as for the PC.

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After leaving his position as a video game developer and designer at Activision, Garry Kitchen founded the company in 1986 with his brother Dan Kitchen, along with David Crane, Alex DeMeo, John Van Ryzin.[1] The company's headquarters was in Glen Rock, New Jersey, but later moved to another New Jersey borough, Upper Saddle River. While the company was based in New Jersey, David Crane worked out of his home on the West Coast.[2] The company's name was chosen because it was alphabetically above Activision, implying that Absolute Entertainment was superior to Activision. It was the same strategy that Activision chose when the programmers left Atari.

At Absolute Entertainment, Kitchen continued developing games for the Atari 2600 and Atari 7800, as he had done at Activision. However, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) had already displaced Atari's dominance of the video game console market. Kitchen swiftly shifted his focus to the NES, and produced several landmark titles for the platform, beginning with A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia in 1989, and Battle Tank in 1990.[citation needed]

Absolute Entertainment absorbed its studio Imagineering in 1992 to become itself a video game developer for the first time.

In the third quarter of 1995, Absolute Entertainment went bankrupt and suspended operations and laid off most of its staff.[3] Since Kitchen had already formed a new company with David Crane called Skyworks Technologies, some of the employees transitioned to the new company.

References

  1. ^ Absolute Entertainment at the Videogame Music Preservation Foundation Wiki
  2. ^ http://video-game-ephemera.com/010.htm
  3. ^ "Absolutely Grim". GamePro. No. 89. IDG. February 1996. p. 17.


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