RazorSoft

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RazorSoft Inc. was a video game development and publishing company.

They were among the earliest licensees to produce games for the Genesis. However, Sega and RazorSoft soon got involved in a legal clash.

RazorSoft's first two games, Stormlord and Techno Cop, were developed under license, but the cartridges were manufactured by RazorSoft itself. It's speculated that this displeased Sega, who made a good profit from this service, and this lead them to rescind RazorSoft's license. In July 1991, RazorSoft filed court action, alleging that Sega's actions were a violation the Sherman Antitrust Act. Sega soon countersued, alleging that RazorSoft had committed fraud, breach of contract, and unauthorized use of Sega's intellectual property. [1][2]

The two companies ended their lawsuits in a sealed settlement. RazorSoft's subsequent games for the Genesis were manufactured by Sega.[3]

Most of RazorSoft's games were developed by subsidiary Punk Development, located in Sunnyvale, CA. When the two companies ended their partnership in 1991, Punk's founder Jeff Spangenberg started a new studio, composed mostly of former Punk personnel: Iguana Entertainment. [4]