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{{sub-stub}}'''Appaloosa Interactive''', known as '''Novotrade''' until the mid-1990s, was a computer and console game developer spanning a wide variety of genres and subjects, but they are best known for [[Sega]]'s ''Ecco the Dolphin'' series and various computer games. They appear to have disappeared sometime after mid-2006. Novotrade was founded in 1983 by the Hungarian government as a way to get hold of foreign currency, of which the supply was always low in the eastern bloc; however, the company set up office in Palo Alto, Calif., in the early 1990s after Hungary reverted to being a republic.
 
{{sub-stub}}'''Appaloosa Interactive''', known as '''Novotrade''' until the mid-1990s, was a computer and console game developer spanning a wide variety of genres and subjects, but they are best known for [[Sega]]'s ''Ecco the Dolphin'' series and various computer games. They appear to have disappeared sometime after mid-2006. Novotrade was founded in 1983 by the Hungarian government as a way to get hold of foreign currency, of which the supply was always low in the eastern bloc; however, the company set up office in Palo Alto, Calif., in the early 1990s after Hungary reverted to being a republic.
  
 
Their former website, http://www.appaloosacorp.com/, has about a decade's worth of updates on the Internet Archive, but most, if not all, are incomplete (the domain is presently held by a squatter). They also maintained a website for the ''Ecco the Dolphin'' Dreamcast game, http://www.eccothedolphin.com/, but nowadays it redirects to a still image of a dolphin.
 
Their former website, http://www.appaloosacorp.com/, has about a decade's worth of updates on the Internet Archive, but most, if not all, are incomplete (the domain is presently held by a squatter). They also maintained a website for the ''Ecco the Dolphin'' Dreamcast game, http://www.eccothedolphin.com/, but nowadays it redirects to a still image of a dolphin.
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There was also [[Novotrade 2C]] which was a distribution arm in Hungary.
  
 
==Softography==
 
==Softography==
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===[[Master System]]===
 
* ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Ecco: The Tides of Time]]'' (1994)
 
 
 
===[[Sega Mega Drive|Mega Drive]]===
 
* ''[[California Games]]'' (1991) (porting)
 
* ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' (1992)
 
* ''[[World Trophy Soccer]]'' (1992)
 
* ''[[Cyborg Justice]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Richard Scarry's Busytown]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Ecco: The Tides of Time]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Ecco Jr.]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Exo Squad]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Crossroads of Time]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)|The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' (1997)
 
 
 
===[[Mega CD]]===
 
* ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Ecco: The Tides of Time]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Ecco the Dolphin CD]]'' (1995)
 
===[[Game Gear]]===
 
* ''[[Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing (Game Gear)|Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing]]'' (1992)
 
* ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' (1993)
 
* ''[[Ecco: The Tides of Time]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[The Adventures of Batman & Robin]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Garfield: Caught in the Act]]'' (1995)
 
 
 
===[[32X]]===
 
* ''[[Kolibri]]'' (1995)
 
 
 
===[[Sega Pico|Pico]]===
 
*''[[A Year at Pooh Corner]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Tails and the Music Maker]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Sesame Street: Alphabet Avenue]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Storyware Sampler]]'' (1996)
 
 
 
===[[Sega Saturn|Saturn]]===
 
*''[[Contra: Legacy of War]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Three Dirty Dwarves]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Saturn)|The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Sky Target]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Sega Ages Galaxy Force II]]'' (1998)
 
 
 
===[[Sega Dreamcast|Dreamcast]]===
 
*''[[Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future]]'' (2001)
 
  
===[[PlayStation 2]]===
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==References==
*''[[Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future]]'' (2002)
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Appaloosa Interactive
Founded: 1983[1]
Headquarters:
Palo Alto, California, United States

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Appaloosa Interactive, known as Novotrade until the mid-1990s, was a computer and console game developer spanning a wide variety of genres and subjects, but they are best known for Sega's Ecco the Dolphin series and various computer games. They appear to have disappeared sometime after mid-2006. Novotrade was founded in 1983 by the Hungarian government as a way to get hold of foreign currency, of which the supply was always low in the eastern bloc; however, the company set up office in Palo Alto, Calif., in the early 1990s after Hungary reverted to being a republic.

Their former website, http://www.appaloosacorp.com/, has about a decade's worth of updates on the Internet Archive, but most, if not all, are incomplete (the domain is presently held by a squatter). They also maintained a website for the Ecco the Dolphin Dreamcast game, http://www.eccothedolphin.com/, but nowadays it redirects to a still image of a dolphin.

There was also Novotrade 2C which was a distribution arm in Hungary.

Softography

Master System

Mega Drive

Game Gear

Mega-CD

32X

Saturn

Dreamcast

Pico

PlayStation 2

Windows PC

References

  1. http://www.appaloosacorp.com/who/who.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-10-18 08:16)