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{{sub-stub}}'''Alexandria, Inc.''' was an American video game developer founded by [[Ken Balthaser]], Neil Balthaser, and Eric Yiskis. Originally started as a [[wikipedia:California|California]] [[wikipedia:general partnership|general partnership]] called '''Visions Unlimited''', the company produced a number of [[Sega]] games throughout the mid 1990s, mostly for the [[Sega Mega Drive]].
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{{stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}, Inc.''', formally known as '''Visions Unlimited'''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230912211630/https://groups.google.com/g/misc.jobs.contract/c/Bfko5N0BKFY}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230106184253/http://www.secinfo.com/dUgwf.9fp.htm#akk}}, was an American video game developer founded in July 1992 by [[Ken Balthaser]], Neil Balthaser, and Eric Yiskis, and headquartered in [[wikipedia:Los Osos, California|Los Osos, California]]. The company produced a number of video games throughout the mid 1990s (mostly for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]) before lackluster sales and financial issues with its parent company resulted in the studio's closure in November 1995.{{ref|http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Alexandria}}
  
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The company was acquired by [[Creative Programming and Technology Ventures]] in November 1994, and ceased operations in November 1995. A number of employees migrated to nearby developer [[wikipedia:Oddworld Inhabitants|Oddworld Inhabitants]]{{ref|http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Kevin_Seghetti}} (a former [[CPTV]] subsidiary){{ref|1=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427022034/http://awakengames.com/?p=717}}, who had moved to [[wikipedia:San Luis Obispo|San Luis Obispo]] one year earlier.{{ref|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddworld_Inhabitants#Founding}}
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==Company==
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In November 1994, Alexandria was acquired by the American media company '''Creative Programming and Technology Ventures''' ('''CPTV''') in November 1994{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230106184253/http://www.secinfo.com/dUgwf.9fp.htm#akk}}, and one year later ceased operations in November 1995. A number of employees migrated to nearby developer and former CPTV subsidiary{{ref|1=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427022034/http://awakengames.com/?p=717}} [[wikipedia:Oddworld Inhabitants|Oddworld Inhabitants]]{{ref|http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Kevin_Seghetti}}, which had moved to [[wikipedia:Los Osos, California|Los Osos]] one year earlier.{{ref|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddworld_Inhabitants#Founding}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 03:44, 19 October 2023

For the unreleased Mega-CD game, see Alexandria (Mega-CD).

https://segaretro.org/images/a/a6/Alexandria_logo.png

Alexandria logo.png
Alexandria
Founded: 1992-07-02[1]
Defunct: 1995-11[2]
Merged into: Creative Programming and Technology Ventures (1994)
Headquarters:
Los Osos, California, United States[3][4]

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Alexandria, Inc., formally known as Visions Unlimited[5][1], was an American video game developer founded in July 1992 by Ken Balthaser, Neil Balthaser, and Eric Yiskis, and headquartered in Los Osos, California. The company produced a number of video games throughout the mid 1990s (mostly for the Sega Mega Drive) before lackluster sales and financial issues with its parent company resulted in the studio's closure in November 1995.[2]

Company

In November 1994, Alexandria was acquired by the American media company Creative Programming and Technology Ventures (CPTV) in November 1994[1], and one year later ceased operations in November 1995. A number of employees migrated to nearby developer and former CPTV subsidiary[6] Oddworld Inhabitants[7], which had moved to Los Osos one year earlier.[8]

Softography

Mega Drive

Mega-CD

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.secinfo.com/dUgwf.9fp.htm#akk (Wayback Machine: 2023-01-06 18:42)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Alexandria
  3. ↑ http://www.biohack.net/cv/ (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-12 06:59)
  4. ↑ https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/the-road-my-journey-from-programmer-to-producer (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-12 07:11)
  5. ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/misc.jobs.contract/c/Bfko5N0BKFY (Wayback Machine: 2023-09-12 21:16)
  6. ↑ http://awakengames.com/?p=717 (Wayback Machine: 2014-04-27 02:20)
  7. ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Kevin_Seghetti
  8. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddworld_Inhabitants#Founding
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