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}} {{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (a.k.a. Artech Digital Entertainment Ltd, Artech Digital Entertainments Inc, Artech Digital Productions) was a video game development   company founded in 1982 in Ontario, Canada by Rick Banks and Paul Butler.
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}} {{sub-stub}}'''Artech Studios Ltd.''', formerly known as '''Artech''', '''Artech Digital Productions''', and '''Artech Digital Entertainment Ltd.''', was a Canadian video game developer notable for creating development hardware for [[Sega of America]].
  
The company developed one of the earliest sound development tools for the [[Mega Drive]], the [[Sega Music Development System]]{{ref|http://hiddenpalace.org/News/Sega_Art_Tool,_Sega_Sound_Tool,_GEMS_2.8_ROM}}, although was very limited, since it did not have a way to control the sound hardware in the [[Mega Drive]] in real time from a second computer running composition software and was later replaced by [[GEMS]] sound driver.The Sega 3D VR Library, Sega DSP and [[Activator]] were also developed by Artech Studios, including various demos used by Sega at [[E3]] and other trade shows.The company was dissolved in 2012.
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Artech Studios was founded in 1982 by Rick Banks and Paul Butler, and opened its first office in Ontario, Canada.
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Artech Studios was contracted by [[Sega of America]] to develop the [[Sega Music Development System]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]], the predecessor to the [[GEMS]] sound driver.{{ref|http://hiddenpalace.org/News/Sega_Art_Tool,_Sega_Sound_Tool,_GEMS_2.8_ROM}}
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The company also developed software libraries for the unreleased [[Sega VR]], created the [[Sega Activator]], and produced much of the software for [[Sega of America]]’s trade show demonstrations .
  
 
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==External links==
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20110707164404/http://www.artechstudios.com/ Official website] (archive)
  
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Artech Studios
Founded: 1982
Defunct: 2011-12-31
Headquarters:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Artech Studios Ltd., formerly known as Artech, Artech Digital Productions, and Artech Digital Entertainment Ltd., was a Canadian video game developer notable for creating development hardware for Sega of America.

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Artech Studios was founded in 1982 by Rick Banks and Paul Butler, and opened its first office in Ontario, Canada.

Artech Studios was contracted by Sega of America to develop the Sega Music Development System for the Sega Mega Drive, the predecessor to the GEMS sound driver.[1]

The company also developed software libraries for the unreleased Sega VR, created the Sega Activator, and produced much of the software for Sega of America’s trade show demonstrations .

Softography

Master System

Mega Drive

32X

Dreamcast

References

External links

References