Psygnosis

Psygnosis
Founded: 1984
Defunct: 2012
T-series code: T-113
Merged into: Sony (1993)
Headquarters: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

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.

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 consoles 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 ASM68K, for these platforms.

Psygnosis was ultimately bought by Sony Electric Publishing in 1993, as their main cash cow, the Commodore 64, was going under due to financial troubles within the company. Until 1999, the company was still known as Psygnosis, but Sony Computer Entertainment Europe ultimately renamed them to SCE Studio Liverpool, which they developed until their closure by Sony in 2012.

Softography

Master System

• Lemmings (1992)
• Shadow of the Beast (1992)
• Lemmings 2: The Tribes (Unreleased)

Game Gear

• Lemmings (1992)
• Lemmings 2: The Tribes (Unreleased)

Mega Drive

• Shadow of the Beast (1991)
• Lemmings (1992)
• Shadow of the Beast II (1992)
• The Legend of Galahad (1992)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993)
• Puggsy (1993)
• Wiz 'n' Liz (1993)
• 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
• Flink (1994)
• Lemmings 2: The Tribes (1994)
• Mickey Mania (1994)
• No Escape (1994)
• The Second Samurai (1994)
• Toy Story (1996)
• Bill's Tomato Game (unreleased)
• Blood Money (unreleased)
• Globdule (unreleased)
• Hardcore (unreleased)
• Prince of Persia 2 (unreleased)
• ResQ (unreleased)
• Shadow of the Beast III (unreleased)
• Walker (unreleased)
• Whizz (unreleased)

Mega-CD

• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993)
• Microcosm (1993)
• Puggsy (1993)
• Flink (1994)
• Mickey Mania (1994)
• Novastorm (1994)
• Shadow of the Beast II (1994)

Sega Saturn

• Wipeout (1996)
• 3D Lemmings (1996)
• Destruction Derby (1996)
• Discworld (1996)
• Krazy Ivan (КГАZЧ IVAИ) (1997)
• Manx TT Super Bike (1997)
• Wipeout 2097 (1997)
• Assault Rigs (1997)
• Adidas Power Soccer (unreleased)
• Destruction Derby 2 (unreleased)
• G Police (unreleased)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Psygnosis.