BAM! Entertainment, Inc. Formerly Bay Area Multimedia, Inc. (1999–2000) Company type Private Industry Video game industry Founded October 7, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-10-07 ) Founder Ray Musci Headquarters , U.S.
Area served
North America Key people
Ray Musci (CEO )
BAM! Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Bay Area Multimedia, Inc. ) is an American dormant video game publisher based in San Jose, California . The company was founded by Ray Musci in October 1999.[1]
History
American entrepreneur Ray Musci founded Bay Area Multimedia on October 7, 1999.[2] [1] In December the following year, the company was renamed BAM! Entertainment.[1]
In 2000, BAM! entered a partnership with Cartoon Network , which would allow the company to release games based on Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls . The Cartoon Network partnership expanded to include Samurai Jack [3] and Ed, Edd 'n Eddy in 2002.
In February 2001, BAM! Entertainment Limited, the British subsidiary of BAM! Entertainment, entered into a distribution deal with French publisher Ubi Soft which would allow them to distribute BAM!'s games in the entirety of Europe except for the United Kingdom.[4]
In 2002, BAM! started to suffer from financial problems, which led to the NASDAQ threatening to delist the company.[5]
In 2003, the distribution deal between Ubi Soft and BAM! expired, with BAM! eventually entering a new distribution deal with Acclaim Entertainment in August 2003. Unlike the Ubi Soft partnership, the Acclaim deal included all PAL region countries. The deal ended after Acclaim's bankruptcy the following year.[6]
In 2004, BAM! acquired VIS Entertainment and fellow subsidiary State of Emergency Development. The NASDAQ finally delisted BAM!'s stock in the same year[7] and due to this, BAM! fell into dormancy in 2005 and hasn't released any new products since the delisting.[8]
In 2005, VIS Entertainment fell into administration and was eventually closed in 2007.
Games published
Year
Title
Platform(s)
Developer(s)
2000
Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals
PlayStation , Nintendo 64
Takara
The Powerpuff Girls: Bad Mojo Jojo
Game Boy Color
Sennari Interactive
Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage
Game Boy Color
Altron
The Powerpuff Girls: Paint the Townsville Green
Game Boy Color
Sennari Interactive
Yogi Bear: Great Balloon Burst
Game Boy Color
Taito Corporation
Sgt. Rock: On the Frontline
Game Boy Color
Altron
Contender 2
PlayStation
Victor Interactive Software
Jimmy White's 2: Cueball
PlayStation
Awesome Developments
2001
The Powerpuff Girls: Battle Him
Game Boy Color
Sennari Interactive
Xtreme Wheels
Game Boy Color
Spike
Fire Pro Wrestling
Game Boy Advance
Spike
Hot Potato
Game Boy Advance
Pukka Games
Sports Illustrated for Kids: Baseball
Game Boy Advance
Sennari Interactive
Dexter's Laboratory: Deesaster Strikes!
Game Boy Advance
Virtucraft
The Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo's Pet Project
Microsoft Windows
Intelligent Games
Dexter's Laboratory: Science Ain't Fair
Microsoft Windows
Intelligent Games
The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction
PlayStation , Nintendo 64
VIS Entertainment Asylum Entertainment
Driven
PlayStation 2 , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo GameCube
Crawfish Interactive
The Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo A-Go-Go
Game Boy Advance
Sennari Interactive
2002
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Game Boy Advance
Revolution Software
WRC: World Rally Championship
PlayStation 2
Evolution Studios
Wolfenstein 3D
Game Boy Advance
Stalker Entertainment
Savage Skies
PlayStation 2
Irock Interactive
Dexter's Laboratory: Mandark's Lab?
PlayStation
Red Lemon Studios
Star X
Game Boy Advance
Graphic State
Dropship: United Peace Force
PlayStation 2
Team Soho
Way of the Samurai
PlayStation 2
Acquire
Wipeout Fusion
PlayStation 2
SCE Studio Liverpool
Kong: The Animated Series
Game Boy Advance
Planet Interactive
Riding Spirits
PlayStation 2
Spike
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever II
Game Boy Advance
Crawfish Interactive
Ed, Edd n Eddy: Jawbreakers!
Game Boy Advance
Climax Group
Fire Pro Wrestling 2
Game Boy Advance
Spike
Chase: Hollywood Stunt Driver
Xbox
I-Imagine Interactive
Dexter's Laboratory: Chess Challenge
Game Boy Advance
Virtucraft
Reign of Fire
PlayStation 2 , Xbox , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo GameCube
Kuju Entertainment
The Powerpuff Girls: Him and Seek
Game Boy Advance
Vicarious Visions
Runabout 3: Neo Age
PlayStation 2
Climax Entertainment
Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Preschool
PlayStation
Hi Corp
Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Kindergarten
PlayStation
Hi Corp
My Disney Kitchen
PlayStation
Atlus
The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage
PlayStation 2 , Nintendo GameCube
VIS Entertainment
The Powerpuff Girls: Gamesville
Microsoft Windows
Intelligent Games
2003
Samurai Jack: The Amulet of Time
Game Boy Advance
Virtucraft
Sports Illustrated for Kids: Football
Game Boy Advance
Sennari Interactive
Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo
PlayStation 2 , Nintendo GameCube , Xbox , Microsoft Windows
Frontier Developments
4x4 Evo 2
PlayStation 2
Terminal Reality
2004
A Sound of Thunder
Game Boy Advance
Möbius Entertainment
Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums
PlayStation 2 , Nintendo GameCube , Xbox
Artificial Mind and Movement
Bujingai: The Forsaken City
PlayStation 2
Taito Corporation
2005
Ice Nine
Game Boy Advance
Torus Games
References
^ a b c "About BAM! Entertainment" . April 19, 2005.
^ "Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs - California Secretary of State" . businesssearch.sos.ca.gov .
^ "BAM! Entertainment Expands License Agreement With Cartoon Network(TM) And Warner Bros. Consumer Products to Include Samurai Jack(TM)" . PR Newswire . United Business Media. January 8, 2002. Retrieved November 30, 2012 .
^ "Software Distribution Agreement - BAM Entertainment Ltd. and Ubi Soft Entertainment S.A. - FindLaw" . Findlaw .
^ Fahey, Rob (February 12, 2004). "BAM! threatened with NASDAQ delisting" . GameIndustry.biz . Eurogamer Network. Retrieved November 30, 2012 .
^ Calvert, Justin (July 23, 2003). "Acclaim signs PAL games from Bam" .
^ "Bam! Entertainment, Inc. Announces Nasdaq Delisting Notice and Plans Appeal" . PR Newswire . United Business Media . February 11, 2004. Retrieved November 30, 2012 .
^ "BAM! Entertainment" . IGN . News Corporation . Retrieved November 30, 2012 .