Boss Game Studios
Encyclopedia
Boss Game Studio is a defunct video game developer specializing in Nintendo 64
games. The company was formed as an independent offshoot of Boss Film Studios
(a company that created special effects for feature films including Die Hard
and Ghost Busters). The company started work on an Xbox
racing game in 2002
, but disbanded soon thereafter.
Nintendo 64
The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...
games. The company was formed as an independent offshoot of Boss Film Studios
Boss Film Studios
Boss Film Studios is a visual effects company, founded by visual effects veteran Richard Edlund after his departure from Industrial Light and Magic, producing visual effects for over thirty films from 1983 to 1997...
(a company that created special effects for feature films including Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which...
and Ghost Busters). The company started work on an Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
racing game in 2002
2002 in video gaming
The year 2002 in video gaming saw the release of many games to sixth-generation video game consoles, predominately, the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox.-Events:...
, but disbanded soon thereafter.
Games developed
- 3D Tank (Virtual BoyVirtual BoyThe was a video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was the first video game console that was supposed to be capable of displaying "true 3D graphics" out of the box. Whereas most video games use monocular cues to achieve the illusion of three dimensions on a two-dimensional...
) (unreleased) - Top Gear RallyTop Gear RallyTop Gear Rally is a rally game for the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. The Game Boy Color version was released under the name Top Gear Pocket, although the European release uses the original name. It features five tracks. It has a feature that allows the user to give their virtual...
(Nintendo 64) (1997) - Spider: The Video GameSpider: The Video GameSpider: The Garden is a game developed by Boss Game Studios and available on the PlayStation platform. The game was published by Eidos Interactive.-Premise:...
(PlayStationPlayStationThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
) (1997) - Twisted Edge SnowboardingTwisted Edge SnowboardingTwisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding is the third snowboarding game released for the Nintendo 64 after Snowboard Kids then 1080° Snowboarding. It is known in Japan as King Hill 64: Extreme Snowboarding...
(Nintendo 64) (1998) - Boss RallyBoss RallyBoss Rally is a rally game for the PC. It is essentially a modified port of the Nintendo 64 game, Top Gear Rally.- Tracks :In the game there are six tracks, all of which are entirely different. There is Desert, Coastline, Jungle, Strip Mine, Mountain, and Raceway...
(WindowsMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
) (1999) - World Driver ChampionshipWorld Driver ChampionshipWorld Driver Championship is an automobile racing video game. It was developed by Boss Game Studios and published for the Nintendo 64 by Midway Games....
(Nintendo 64) (1999) - Stunt Racer 64Stunt Racer 64Stunt Racer 64 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64, developed by Boss Studios, and published by Midway for a North American release in 2000.-Features:Set in some unspecified time in the future, the gameplay includes more than simple racing...
(Nintendo 64) (2000) - RacerX (XboxXboxThe Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
) (unreleased)