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Housemarque is a Finnish video game company founded in 1995. It is a fusion of two smaller companies, Terramarque and Bloodhouse. The rise of the PC game market prompted these two companies with a background in Amiga games to change their strategy. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. ...


Games developed as Housemarque

Name Genre Publisher Release date Platform
Super Stardust Arcade shooter Team 17 1995 Amiga 1200, CD32
Super Stardust for PC Arcade shooter Gametek 1996 PC
Alien Incident
(Muukalaisten yö in Finnish)		 Adventure game Gametek 1996 PC
The Reap Arcade shooter Take 2 1997 PC
Supreme Snowboarding Extreme sports Infogrames 1999 PC
Transworld Snowboarding Extreme sports Atari
(a subsidiary of Infogrames)		 2002 Xbox

Stardust is a shoot-em-up computer game for the Amiga 500, released by the Finnish company Bloodhouse in 1993. ... The term Arcade shooter refers to a shooter game which has unrealistic elements that are in place to enhance a players enjoyment. ... Team 17 is a video game company, which grew from 17Bit Software, an Amiga PD/Demo user-group in the late 80s/. Now based in Ossett, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Amiga 1200, or A1200, was Commodore Internationals third-generation Amiga computer, aimed at the home market. ... The Amiga CD32 was a 32-bit CD-ROM based game console. ... Stardust is a shoot-em-up computer game for the Amiga 500, released by the Finnish company Bloodhouse in 1993. ... The term Arcade shooter refers to a shooter game which has unrealistic elements that are in place to enhance a players enjoyment. ... A newer GameTek logotype GameTek () was a leading UK video game developer and publisher, perhaps best known for such games as Frontier: Elite 2 and Humans. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... Adventure is a genre of video game typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ... A newer GameTek logotype GameTek () was a leading UK video game developer and publisher, perhaps best known for such games as Frontier: Elite 2 and Humans. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... The term Arcade shooter refers to a shooter game which has unrealistic elements that are in place to enhance a players enjoyment. ... Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... Extreme sports (now also known as action sports) is a general, somewhat hazily-defined term for a collection of newer sports involving adrenaline-inducing action. ... Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... Transworld Snowboarding is a snowboarding video game for the Xbox video game console. ... Extreme sports (now also known as action sports) is a general, somewhat hazily-defined term for a collection of newer sports involving adrenaline-inducing action. ... For the concept Atari (当たり) in the board game of Go, see Atari (go term). ... Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Microsoft Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America and Puerto Rico, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and later on March 14, 2002 in Europe. ...

Games developed as Terramarque and Bloodhouse

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Name Genre Developer Publisher Release date Platform
Galactic - The Vision Game Shoot-'em-up Terramarque none 1994 Amiga
Stardust Arcade shooter Bloodhouse Bloodhouse 1993 Amiga 500
Elfmania Fighting game Terramarque Renegade 1994 Amiga

Galactic is a rare computer game for the Amiga computer, developed by the Finnish game programmer Stavros Fasoulas in the early 1990s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Scrolling shooter. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. ... Stardust is a shoot-em-up computer game for the Amiga 500, released by the Finnish company Bloodhouse in 1993. ... The term Arcade shooter refers to a shooter game which has unrealistic elements that are in place to enhance a players enjoyment. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Missing image A500 The A500, also known as the Amiga 500, was the first low-end Commodore Amiga 16_bit multimedia home/personal computer model. ... Screenshot of Kung Fu Master (1984, Irem). ... Renegade may refer to: a name given to Christians in medieval times who turned Turk, emigrating to the Ottoman Empire and converting to Islam Command & Conquer: Renegade, a first-person shooter set in the Command & Conquer universe Renegade (BBS), a Bulletin Board System Renegade (video game) Renegade (TV Series), produced... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. ...

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Amiga reviews: Super Stardust (1453 words)
Bloodhouse had taken the good old classic theme of Asteroids and tweaked it beyond belief in the graphic and sound departments.
When System previewed Stardust back in late 1993, we mentioned that Bloodhouse was the only, potential, contender to beat Team 17 for sheer quality.
The latest incarnation of Stardust is being handled by Team 17, which when you look at it, is one of the licence deals of the year.
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