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Absolute Entertainment was a video game developer
Video game developer

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 and publisher
Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that Publishing video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
 that produced titles for the Amiga
Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer....
, Atari 2600
Atari 2600

The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridge containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated console hardware with all games built in....
, Atari 7800
Atari 7800

The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a video game console released by Atari Corporation in June 1986. A test market release had occurred two years earlier under Atari, Inc....
, Sega Game Gear
Sega Game Gear

The Sega Game Gear is a handheld game console which was Sega's response to Nintendo's Game Boy. It was the third commercially available color handheld console, after the Atari Lynx and the TurboExpress....
, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Game Boy
Game Boy

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, Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia in . In most of Asia, including Japan , the Philippines, China, Vietnam and Singapore, it was released as the ....
, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES is a History of video game consoles video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993....
 video game console
Video game console

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s, as well as for the PC
Personal computer

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. It also released games for the Sega Master System
Sega Master System

The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986 in video gaming....
 in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. The company was formed in 1986 by former Activision
Activision

Activision Inc. is an United States video game developer and video game publisher. It was founded on October 1, 1979., and was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for video game console....
 employees Dan and Garry Kitchen
Garry Kitchen

Garry Kitchen is a programmer who is perhaps best known as the author of Activision Gamemaker for Commodore 64.He was also the president of Absolute Entertainment throughout the company's life, and then pulled the plug and became the founding president of Skyworks Technologies in 1995, where he is today....
, Alex Demeo, John Van Ryzin and David Crane
David Crane

David Crane may refer to:* David Crane , former Chief Prosecutor for the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for Sierra Leone* David Crane , video game designer, programmer and co-founder of Activision...
. While the company was based in Glen Rock, New Jersey
Glen Rock, New Jersey

Glen Rock is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 11,546....
 (and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Upper Saddle River is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 7,741....
), David Crane worked out of his home on the West Coast
West Coast of the United States

The "West Coast", "Western Seaboard", or "Pacific Coastline" are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. It most often comprises California, Oregon and Washington....
. This company's name was chosen because it had to be a name that was alphabetically above Activision (it was the same strategy that Activision chose when the programmers left Atari
Atari

Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Infogrames ....
, and alphabetically above all the other companies that were founded by former employees of Activision (Accolade and Acclaim
Acclaim

Acclaim may refer to:*Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher*Acclaim Games, an online video game company based in California, USA...
 for example).

The company is probably most notable as having developed the cross-platform Battletank series of games and the original A Boy and His Blob
A Boy and His Blob

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia is a video game developed in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System by David Crane ....
 game for the NES console.

The company saw a number of badly received titles towards 1995 including a game based on the sitcom
Situation comedy

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 Home Improvement
Home Improvement

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.






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Absolute Entertainment was a video game developer
Video game developer

A video game developer is a Computer software Software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers....
 and publisher
Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that Publishing video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
 that produced titles for the Amiga
Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer....
, Atari 2600
Atari 2600

The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridge containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated console hardware with all games built in....
, Atari 7800
Atari 7800

The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a video game console released by Atari Corporation in June 1986. A test market release had occurred two years earlier under Atari, Inc....
, Sega Game Gear
Sega Game Gear

The Sega Game Gear is a handheld game console which was Sega's response to Nintendo's Game Boy. It was the third commercially available color handheld console, after the Atari Lynx and the TurboExpress....
, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Game Boy
Game Boy

The is an 8-bit handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in August , and in Europe in ....
, Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia in . In most of Asia, including Japan , the Philippines, China, Vietnam and Singapore, it was released as the ....
, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES is a History of video game consoles video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993....
 video game console
Video game console

A video game console is an game development that produces a video signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game. The term "video game console" is used to distinguish a machine designed for consumers to buy and use solely for playing video games from a personal computer, which has many other functions, or arcade machi...
s, as well as for the PC
Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
. It also released games for the Sega Master System
Sega Master System

The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986 in video gaming....
 in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. The company was formed in 1986 by former Activision
Activision

Activision Inc. is an United States video game developer and video game publisher. It was founded on October 1, 1979., and was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for video game console....
 employees Dan and Garry Kitchen
Garry Kitchen

Garry Kitchen is a programmer who is perhaps best known as the author of Activision Gamemaker for Commodore 64.He was also the president of Absolute Entertainment throughout the company's life, and then pulled the plug and became the founding president of Skyworks Technologies in 1995, where he is today....
, Alex Demeo, John Van Ryzin and David Crane
David Crane

David Crane may refer to:* David Crane , former Chief Prosecutor for the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for Sierra Leone* David Crane , video game designer, programmer and co-founder of Activision...
. While the company was based in Glen Rock, New Jersey
Glen Rock, New Jersey

Glen Rock is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 11,546....
 (and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Upper Saddle River is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 7,741....
), David Crane worked out of his home on the West Coast
West Coast of the United States

The "West Coast", "Western Seaboard", or "Pacific Coastline" are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. It most often comprises California, Oregon and Washington....
. This company's name was chosen because it had to be a name that was alphabetically above Activision (it was the same strategy that Activision chose when the programmers left Atari
Atari

Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Infogrames ....
, and alphabetically above all the other companies that were founded by former employees of Activision (Accolade and Acclaim
Acclaim

Acclaim may refer to:*Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher*Acclaim Games, an online video game company based in California, USA...
 for example).

The company is probably most notable as having developed the cross-platform Battletank series of games and the original A Boy and His Blob
A Boy and His Blob

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia is a video game developed in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System by David Crane ....
 game for the NES console.

The company saw a number of badly received titles towards 1995 including a game based on the sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 Home Improvement
Home Improvement

Home Improvement is an situation comedy starring Tim Allen, which aired 1991 to 1999. The show was created by Matt Williams , Carmen Finestra and David MacFadzean....
. After a series of failures in video game sales, the founding fathers finally pulled the plug on Absolute Entertainment in 1995 in order to devote their time to the creation of a new company called Skyworks Technologies
Skyworks Technologies

Skyworks Interactive, Inc., formerly known as Skyworks Technologies, Inc. is a video game developer most known for their work in advergaming. It was founded in 1995 by Garry Kitchen and David Crane , industry veterans formerly from Activision and Absolute Entertainment....
. The company's holdings are now owned by Activision
Activision

Activision Inc. is an United States video game developer and video game publisher. It was founded on October 1, 1979., and was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for video game console....
, as indicated by the inclusion of Absolute Entertainment's Atari 2600
Atari 2600

The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridge containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated console hardware with all games built in....
 games on the Activision Anthology
Activision Anthology

Activision Anthology is a compilation of most of the Atari 2600 games by Activision for various systems. It also includes some games originally released by Absolute Entertainment and Imagic, as well as some Homebrew games....
 collections.

Games

  • A/X-101
    A/X-101

    A/X-101 is a 1994 Space simulation/FMV video game for the Sega CD.References ...
  • A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
    A Boy and His Blob

    A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia is a video game developed in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System by David Crane ....
  • F-18 Hornet
  • Home Improvement
    Home Improvement (video game)

    Home Improvement is an action/platforming video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System loosely based on the hit sitcom Home Improvement....
  • Kung Fu Master (Atari 7800)
    Kung Fu Master

    Kung-Fu Master is a 1984 in video gaming arcade game developed by the Japanese company Irem . It was manufactured under license in the United States by Data East....
  • Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors
    Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors

    Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors is an unreleased video game planned for release initially on the Sega CD in April 1995 and to be followed by IBM PC compatible, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer versions later that year....
  • Pete Rose Baseball
    Pete Rose Baseball

    Pete Rose Baseball is a video game published in 1989 in video gaming by Absolute Entertainment for the Atari 2600. An additional version was also made for the Atari 7800....
  • Skate Boardin'
  • Space Shuttle
    Space Shuttle Project

    Space Shuttle Project is a Nintendo game released in 1991 by Absolute Entertainment. The object of the game is to successfully launch and fly a space shuttle....
  • Super Battletank
    Super Battletank

    Super Battletank takes place during Operation Desert Storm. The player controls an M1 Abrams main battle tank for the United Nations....
  • Super Skateboardin'
  • Title Match Pro Wrestling
  • Tomcat: The F-14 Fighter Simulator
  • Toys: Let the Toy Wars Begin!
    Toys: Let the Toy Wars begin!

    Toys: Let the Toy Wars Begin is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis action game based on the 1992 in film Toys starring Robin Williams, where chaos has been spread at a toy factory....


External links

  • at MobyGames
    MobyGames

    MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging Video game, both past and present. The site contains an extensive database of video game information....