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Futurescape Productions

Founded: 1992-10-01^[1]

Defunct: 1994^[2]

Headquarters:

3130 La Selva Drive, #104, San Mateo, California 94403, United States^[1]^[3]

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Futurescape Productions was an American video game developer most known for providing software for dedicated peripherals, such as the unreleased Sega VR game Nuclear Rush.

Company

Co-founded by former Electronic Arts technical director Kevin McGrath^[4] and programmer Kenneth Hurley in October 1992^[1], FutureScape Productions served as a third-party game developer for publishers such as Sega, Electronic Arts, Crystal Dynamics^[3], and Accolade. The company consisted of about 9 people, including four artists, three programmers, one business manager, and a CEO^[5], with up to four additional contracted employees.^[4] According to Hurley, his (and likely most of FutureScape's games) were coded in C, C++, and assembly language. Importantly, the company was located just a few minutes' drive from Sega of America's headquarters, allowing quick and local access to the company's resources.

Sometime in 1994^[2] (either that February^[6] or August^[5]), Futurescape Productions appears to have gone out of business.

Softography

Mega Drive

Ballz 3D (1994) (some programming)
Chameleon (unreleased)
Monster Hunter (unreleased)
Relentless (unreleased)
Sid & Al's Incredible Toons (unreleased)
Nuclear Rush (unreleased)

Mega-CD

Carnage (unreleased)
Sid & Al's Incredible Toons (unreleased)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C1825862 (Wayback Machine: 2021-05-09 22:23)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrath/
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://www.drawrick.com/videogamegraphics2D3D.html (Wayback Machine: 2021-05-09 22:29)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrath/details/experience/
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/klhurley/details/experience/
↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-lucey-336a9720/details/experience/

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-Co-founded by former [[Electronic Arts]] technical director [[Kevin McGrath]] and programmer [[Kenneth Hurley]] in October 1992{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20210509222319/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C1825862}}, FutureScape Productions served as a third-party game developer for publishers such as [[Sega]], [[Electronic Arts]], [[Crystal Dynamics]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210509222952/http://www.drawrick.com/videogamegraphics2D3D.html}}, and [[Accolade]]. The company consisted of about 9 people, including four artists, three programmers, one business manager, and a CEO.{{ref|https://www.linkedin.com/in/klhurley/details/experience/}} According to Hurley, his (and likely most of FutureScape's games) were coded in [[wikipedia:C (programming language)|C]], [[wikipedia:C++|C++]], and [[wikipedia:Assembly language|assembly language]]. Importantly, the company was located just a few minutes' drive from [[Sega of America]]'s headquarters, allowing quick and local access to the company's resources.
+Co-founded by former [[Electronic Arts]] technical director [[Kevin McGrath]]{{ref|https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrath/details/experience/}} and programmer [[Kenneth Hurley]] in October 1992{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20210509222319/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C1825862}}, FutureScape Productions served as a third-party game developer for publishers such as [[Sega]], [[Electronic Arts]], [[Crystal Dynamics]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210509222952/http://www.drawrick.com/videogamegraphics2D3D.html}}, and [[Accolade]]. The company consisted of about 9 people, including four artists, three programmers, one business manager, and a CEO{{ref|https://www.linkedin.com/in/klhurley/details/experience/}}, with up to four additional contracted employees.{{ref|https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrath/details/experience/}} According to Hurley, his (and likely most of FutureScape's games) were coded in [[wikipedia:C (programming language)|C]], [[wikipedia:C++|C++]], and [[wikipedia:Assembly language|assembly language]]. Importantly, the company was located just a few minutes' drive from [[Sega of America]]'s headquarters, allowing quick and local access to the company's resources.
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