Cryo Interactive Entertainment was a French video game developing company that appeared in the early 1990s. It was started up by Philippe Ulrich, Rémi Herbulot and Jean-Martial Lefranc, who renamed their former company Exxos in 1992. Under that label, they developed four games: Captain Blood, KULT: The Temple of Flying Saucers, Purple Saturn Day and Teenage Queen. Cryo Interactive logo, cropped screenshot from Dune Mega CD This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video or computer games. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... KULT: The Temple of Flying Saucers is a graphical adventure game, released in 1989 by Exxos. ...

The first game developed as Cryo was the hit Dune, which granted the newly-formed software company both publicity and funding for further games under Virgin until 1996, when Cryo started self-publishing (usually never venturing outside the European market). Dune, by Cryo was the first attempt of making a commercial game based on Frank Herberts Dune universe. ... The Virgin Group is the group of companies using the Virgin brand of British celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Cryo made their name mostly on adaptations of already existing stories (such as Riverworld, based on Philip José Farmer's novel and Ubik by Philip K. Dick) or those based on historical scenarios (like KGB, a game set days before the collapse of the Soviet Union and several games based on Ancient Egypt, Qing Dynasty's China and Louis XIV's France, developed with Cryo's Omni3D engine). Although most of the post-Virgin games managed to capture and stay true to the original settings, poor interfaces and the lack of worldwide distribution turned little profit from each game. In 2002, not long after Frank Herbert's Dune flopped, Cryo's situation was no longer sustainable, and the company was declared bankrupt. Story has several different meaning as outlined below. ... Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... Riverworld is a fictional universe and the setting for a series of science fiction books written by Philip José Farmer. ... Ubik is a novel by Philip K. Dick, published in 1969 and considered to be one of his stranger works. ... Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982), often known by his initials PKD, or by the pen name Richard Phillips, was an American science fiction writer and novelist who changed the genre profoundly. ... KGB is a computer game released for IBM PC Compatible and Amiga computers in 1994. ... The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ... Map of Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt as a general historical term broadly refers to the civilization of the LowerNile Valley, between the First Cataract and the mouths of the Nile Delta, from circa 3300 BC until the conquest of Alexander the Great in 332 BC. As a civilization based on... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: qÄ«ng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ...

Published titles

• Dune
• Mystical
• KGB
• Extase
• Lost Eden
• Commander Blood and its sequel Big bug bang
• Atlantis: The Lost Tales
• Ubik
• Dragon Lore
• Ring
• Versailles
• Hellboy
• Curse of Atlantis: Thorgal's Quest
• Salammbo: Battle for Carthage
• Frank Herbert's Dune

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Former company subsidiaries

• Cryo Studios North America
• Dreamcatcher Interactive