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Bits Studios

Bits Studios was a British video game developer. The company has had over 30 titles published over the United States, Europe and Asia on multiple platforms. Bits Studios' parent company, PlayWize, sold off all assets and technologies held by the group in 2008, due to poor trading results. As a result, the company no longer has any trading operations.

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Bits Studios
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FounderFoo Katan
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UK

Bits Studios was a British video game developer. The company has had over 30 titles published over the United States, Europe and Asia on multiple platforms. Bits Studios' parent company, PlayWize, sold off all assets and technologies held by the group in 2008, due to poor trading results. As a result, the company no longer has any trading operations.1

Games developed

Year Title System Publisher
1990 Chase H.Q.2 Game Boy Taito
1990 Loopz2 NES Mindscape
1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves2 Game Boy Virgin Games
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day2 Game Boy LJN
1991 R-Type2 Game Boy IREM
1992 The Amazing Spider-Man 22 Game Boy LJN
1992 Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin2 Game Gear Sega
1992 Castelian2 NES, Game Boy Triffix
1992 GunForce3 Super NES Irem
1992 Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six2 Master System, NES Flying Edge, LJN
1992 R-Type II2 Game Boy IREM
1992 Space Football: One on One2 Super NES Triffix
1993 Alien32 Game Boy LJN
(Acclaim Entertainment)
1993 The Amazing Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers2 Game Boy LJN
(Acclaim Entertainment)
1993 Terminator 2: Judgment Day2 Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES Flying Edge, LJN
1993 Saigo no Nindou: Ninja Spirit2 Game Boy Irem
1994 Last Action Hero2 Game Boy, Game Gear, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES Sony Imagesoft
1994 Dream TV2 Super NES Triffix
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein2 Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES Sony Imagesoft
1994 No Escape42 Mega Drive/Genesis Psygnosis
1994 Wolverine: Adamantium Rage2 Super NES LJN
(Acclaim Entertainment)
1994 Genocide 2 Super NES Kemco
1995 The Itchy & Scratchy Game2 Super NES, Game Gear Acclaim Entertainment
1995 T-Mek2 32X, Windows Midway Games
1995 Maximum Roadkill2 MS-DOS Take-Two Interactive
1996 Nihilist2 Windows Phillips Media
1999 R-Type DX52 Game Boy Color Nintendo
2000 Warlocked2 Game Boy Color Nintendo of America
2000 Virtual Athlete (VA) PC/Online Gamesmagnet
2001 Lab Rat2 PC/Online Gamesmagnet
2002 Die Hard: Vendetta2 GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox NDA Productions
Sierra Entertainment
(Vivendi Universal Games)
2003 Sega Arcade Gallery2 Game Boy Advance Sega, THQ
2003 Rogue Ops2 GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox Kemco
2005 Constantine2 PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox THQ
2006 Payout Poker & Casino6 PlayStation Portable Namco Bandai Games

Unreleased/cancelled games

Title System
Fido Dido7 Super NES
The Itchy & Scratchy Game2 Mega Drive/Genesis
Jet Force Gemini Game Boy Color
Thieves World Nintendo 64
Riqa8 Nintendo 64
Die Hard 648 Nintendo 64
Wizards2 Game Boy Advance
Jet Riders2 Game Boy Advance
References

References

  1. "Playwize Plc - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2009" (PDF). PlayWize. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  2. "Bits Studios - Softography (ARCHIVE)". Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. "GunForce for SNES". GameSpot.
  4. "No Escape for Genesis". MobyGames.
  5. "R-Type DX for Game Boy Color". MobyGames.
  6. "Payout Poker & Casino for PSP". MobyGames.
  7. Major, Daniel (June 2022). "FIDO DIDO: The Forgotten mascot of the late-Eighties and Nineties who appeared on 7-Up bottles nearly had his own game. Nearly..." Retro Gamer (233): 68–69. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  8. Charnock, Tom (27 February 2017). "Unreleased Nintendo 64 Game 'Die Hard 64' Discovered". Retro Collect. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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