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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. | ||
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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 distributed Sega consoles in Hungary.
Contents
Softography
Master System
- Ecco the Dolphin (1993) (as Novotrade)
Mega Drive
- California Games (1991) (as Novotrade)
- Ecco the Dolphin (1992) (as Novotrade)
- Cyborg Justice (1993) (as Novotrade)
- Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994) (as Novotrade)
- Richard Scarry's Busytown (1994) (as Novotrade)
- Ecco Jr. (1995) (as Novotrade Interactive)
- Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game (1995) (as Novotrade Interactive)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Crossroads of Time (1995) (as Novotrade International)
- ExoSquad (1995) (as Novotrade International)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Game Gear
- Ecco the Dolphin (1993) (as Novotrade)
- Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing (1993) (as Novotrade)
- Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994) (as Novotrade)
- Garfield: Caught in the Act (1995) (as Novotrade International)
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995) (as Novotrade)
Mega-CD
- Ecco the Dolphin (1993) (as Novotrade)
- Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994) (as Novotrade)
- Ecco the Dolphin CD (1995) (as Novotrade)
32X
- Kolibri (1995) (as Novotrade International)
- Ecco the Dolphin (unreleased) (as Novotrade)
Saturn
- Three Dirty Dwarves (1996)
- Sky Target (1997)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Contra: Legacy of War (1997)
- Sega Ages Galaxy Force II (1998)
- Ecco the Dolphin (unreleased) (as Novotrade)
Dreamcast
- Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (2000)
- Ecco II: Sentinels of the Universe (unreleased)
- The Smurfs (unreleased)
Pico
- A Year at Pooh Corner (1994) (as Novotrade)
- Ecco Jr. and the Great Ocean Treasure Hunt! (1994) (as Novotrade)
- Mickey's Blast into the Past (1994) (as Novotrade)
- Tails and the Music Maker (1994) (as Novotrade)
- Crayola Crayons: Create a World (1995) (as Novotrade)
- Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Going Places (1995) (as Novotrade)
- Storyware Sampler (1996) (as Novotrade)
- Smart Alex and Smart Alice: Curious Kids (1996) (as Novotrade)
- Math Antics with Disney's 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- Sesame Street: Alphabet Avenue (1997)
PlayStation 2
Windows PC
- Tomcat Alley (1995) (as Novotrade)
- Three Dirty Dwarves (1996)
- Sky Target (1997)
References
- ↑ http://www.appaloosacorp.com/who/who.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-10-18 08:16)