Psygnosis
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| Psygnosis | ||
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| Founded: 1984 | ||
| Defunct: 2012 | ||
| T-series code: T-113 | ||
| Merged into: Sony (1993) | ||
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Psygnosis (rebranded SCE Studio Liverpool in 1999) was a prominent development studio who developed many games on the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD and Sega Saturn.
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History
Born from the ashes of Imagine Software, an 8-bit game company, in 1984, Psygnosis was far ahead of its competitors. The company started developing games on several M68000 systems far before 16-bit became the norm (likely why their expertise was second to Sega in the Mega Drive and Saturn age). Psygnosis even produced its own development tools, such as the command-line assembler ASM68K for the Motorola 68000, part of the PSY-Q development environment co-developed with SN Systems for these platforms.
Psygnosis was bought by Sony Electronic Publishing, then a multi-platform publisher in 1993, but soon found itself developing titles exclusively for the upcoming PlayStation. However, the company continued to enjoy a degree of freedom, and later chose to release video games for the rival Sega Saturn[2] and Nintendo 64 platforms.
In 1999, Psygnosis was consoldated into Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, becoming SCE Studio Liverpool. The company continued to develop games for PlayStation platforms until their closure in 2012.
Development hardware/tools produced
- PSY-Q Development System (Mega Drive)
- PSY-Q Development System (Mega CD)
- PSY-Q CD Emulation System (Mega-CD)
- PSY-Q Development System (32X)
- PSY-Q Development System (Saturn)
Promotional material
PSY-Q Development System Brochure
Softography
Master System
- Shadow of the Beast (1991)
- Lemmings (1992)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993)
- Lemmings 2: The Tribes (unreleased)
Mega Drive
- Shadow of the Beast (1991)
- Galahad (1992)
- Lemmings (1992)
- Shadow of the Beast II (1992)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993)
- Puggsy (1993)
- Lemmings 2: The Tribes (1994)
- Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (1994)
- No Escape (1994)
- The Misadventures of Flink (1994)
- The Second Samurai (1994)
- 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Benefactor (unreleased)
- Bill's Tomato Game (unreleased)
- Globdule (unreleased)
- Hardcore (unreleased)
- Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (unreleased)
- ResQ (unreleased)
- Shadow of the Beast III (unreleased)
- Walker (unreleased)
- Whizz (unreleased)
Game Gear
- Lemmings (1992)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993)
- Lemmings 2: The Tribes (unreleased)
Mega-CD
- Puggsy (1993)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993)
- Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (1994)
- Microcosm (1994)
- Shadow of the Beast II (1994)
- The Misadventures of Flink (1994)
- Sensible Soccer (1994)
- Novastorm (1994)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein / Bram Stoker's Dracula (1994)
- Ultraverse Prime / Microcosm (1994)
- Hardcore (unreleased)
- Novastorm (unreleased)
Saturn
- 3D Lemmings (1996)
- Destruction Derby (1996)
- Discworld (1996)
- Wipeout (1996)
- Krazy Ivan (1997)
- Manx TT Super Bike (1997)
- Wipeout 2097 (1997)
- Wipeout 2097 Demo (1997)
- Assault Rigs (1997)
- Adidas Power Soccer (unreleased)
- Destruction Derby 2 (unreleased)
- Formula 1 (unreleased)
- G Police (unreleased)
- Novastorm (unreleased)
- Sentient (unreleased)
- Tenka (unreleased)
- The City of Lost Children (unreleased)
Dreamcast
- Drakan (unreleased)
Windows PC
- Manx TT Super Bike (1997)
References
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