No Cliché was a French

France

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-based game development company

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 who created games for the Dreamcast, lead up by notable French developer Frédérick Raynal

Frédérick Raynal

Frédérick Raynal is a French video game designer and programmer, notable for his game developments in Infogrames, Adeline Software International and No Cliché. He is married to Yaël Barroz, a fellow game designer, with whom he has two children....

. The core team was previously established in Adeline Software International

Adeline Software International

Adeline Software International was a video game developer founded in February 1993 as a subsidiary company of Delphine Software International, and based in Lyon, France...

, before being bought by Sega

Sega

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.

No Cliché was best known for its first Dreamcast title, Toy Commander

Toy Commander

Toy Commander is an action game for the Dreamcast made by No Cliché and published by Sega.-Plot:...

, released in 1999.

In 2000, it produced a multiplayer racing extension under the name of Toy Racer

Toy Racer

Toy Racer is a racing game for the Dreamcast made by No Cliché and published by Sega.The game is an extension of Toy Commander racing sections, designed exclusively for both offline and online multiplayer modes for up to four players...

, and helped Raster Productions into coding localisation for the European release of its Dreamcast Quake III Arena

Quake III Arena

Quake III Arena , is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game released on December 2, 1999. The game was developed by id Software and featured music composed by Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly...

port.

In 2001, Sega

Sega

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 Europe

Europe

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 eventually decided to stop development of many Dreamcast European games, causing the company to cease development on its current project at the time, Agartha, a horror

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/adventure game

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.

No Cliché remained together for a little while after the cancellation, attempting to create a PC

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 port of Toy Commander. However, the group split before it could be finished.

No Cliché went quiet, but Adeline Software continued to remain active until they were shut down in 2004. Raynal went on to found a new developer, F4 Toys, which went defunct during the development of their first title, Trium Planeta. He then founded Ludoid, and has also begun working with Ubisoft.

Dreamcast

• Toy Commander
  Toy Commander
  Toy Commander is an action game for the Dreamcast made by No Cliché and published by Sega.-Plot:...
  
  (1999)
• Quake III Arena
  Quake III Arena
  Quake III Arena , is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game released on December 2, 1999. The game was developed by id Software and featured music composed by Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly...
  
  (2000) (European release coding localisation)
• Toy Racer
  Toy Racer
  Toy Racer is a racing game for the Dreamcast made by No Cliché and published by Sega.The game is an extension of Toy Commander racing sections, designed exclusively for both offline and online multiplayer modes for up to four players...
  
  (2000)
• Agartha (cancelled)