Legendo Entertainment
| File:Legendo logo.png | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Interactive Entertainment Brand Licensing Video Games |
| Founded | 1998 (as Iridon Interactive) 2005 (as Legendo) |
| Headquarters | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Key people | Björn Larsson (founder) CEO and Executive Producer |
| Products | Dracula Twins Pearl Harbor Trilogy The Three Musketeers Pure Pinball |
| Website | Legendo.com |
Legendo Entertainment is a Sweden-based creator and publisher of games and entertainment properties based on myths, legends, vintage arcade games, comic books, classic novels and historical events. The company is best known for its loose remakes of classic literary works by Bram Stoker and Alexandre Dumas as well as the Attack on Pearl Harbor and Pearl Harbor Trilogy series of WW2 air-combat action games.
The company was founded in 1998 under the name Iridon Interactive which published games such as Pure Pinball and Dink Smallwood.
Titles
As Iridon Interactive
- 1997 – Dink Smallwood (PC)
- 1998 – Excessive Speed (PC)
- 1999 – Total Soccer 2000 (PC)
- 2000 – Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero (PC)
- 2001 – Monster Truck Rumble (PC)
- 2002 – Turbo Turtle Adventure (GBA)
- 2003 – Monster Truck Fury (Windows 98 and above)[1]
- 2003 – Moomin and the Lost Rainbow (GBA) (unreleased)
- 2003 – Pure Pinball (PC)
- 2004 – Pure Pinball (Xbox)
- 2004 – Billy Blade and the Temple of Time (PC)
- 2005 – Heavyweight Thunder (PC)
As Legendo Entertainment
- 2005 – The Three Musketeers (Windows XP and Windows Vista)[2]
- 2006 – Dracula Twins (Windows XP and Windows Vista)[3]
- 2007 – Attack on Pearl Harbor (Windows XP and Windows Vista)[4]
- 2008 – Becky & Tim: Spooky Spirits (Windows XP and Windows Vista)[5]
- 2009 – The Three Musketeers: One for all! (WiiWare)[6] was the first video game (on a console) to be published in North America by a Swedish company.[citation needed]
- 2009 – Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!! or Ghost Mania (iPhone) (co-developed with Innogiant)
- 2010 – Pearl Harbor Trilogy - 1941: Red Sun Rising (WiiWare)
- 2011 – Ghost Mania (WiiWare)[7]
- 2011 – The Three Musketeers: One for all! (Mac App Store)[8]
- 2012 – Fortune Winds: Ancient Trader (Windows and Mac App Store)[9]
Trivia
Legendo's griffin logo emblem is a common symbol in Swedish heraldry. The Swedish word for griffin is grip. A white griffin is used on the tailwing of the Swedish carrier-aircraft capable Sea Gripen.[10]
References
- ^ Monster Truck Fury
- ^ The Three Musketeers Archived 2013-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dracula Twins Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Attack on Pearl Harbor Archived 2013-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Spooky Spirits Archived 2012-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Three Musketeers: One for all!
- ^ Ghost Mania
- ^ The Three Musketeers: One for all! Mac App Store Preview
- ^ Fortune Winds: Ancient Trader
- ^ The JAS-39 Gripen: Sweden’s 4+ Generation Wild Card
External links
- The Three Musketeers: One for all! on the Mac App Store
- Ghost Mania Official Website
- Pearl Harbor Trilogy - 1941: Red Sun Rising Official Website
- Interview with Björn Larsson re The Three Musketeers WiiWare on NintendoLife
- The official web site of Legendo Entertainment
- The official web site of Iridon Interactive
- Björn Larsson's game page on MobyGames
- Interview with Björn Larsson on Gaming Nexus