Pacific SoftScape
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| Pacific SoftScape | ||
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| Founded: 1993-05-05[1] | ||
| Defunct: 1996-05-03[2][3] | ||
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Pacific SoftScape, Inc. was an American software developer which assisted Sega of America with development of the Sega Channel. Founded in May 1993 and headquartered in Mission Viejo, California,[1] the studio only ever produced a single game of their own (the 1994 cinematic platformer Generations Lost) before closing their doors only two years later in May 1996.[2]
History
Pacific SoftScape was founded on May 5th, 1993 by former Western Technologies programmers Raymond Frericks Jr., Jeff Fort, and Bruce Straley - a team best known for creating X-Men - with Frericks assuming the role of company president. The studio would go on to work with Sega of America on the development of the Sega Channel (such as the Sega Channel Game File Editor), with company programmer Dave Castelnuovo creating the BIOS used in the system's physical adapters.[4]
During the troubled 1995 development of Zono's Mr. Bones, the game's producer Ed Annunziata began looking for another company to finish development. Ed Zobrist of Pacific SoftScape reached out to Annunziata about filling that role, which resulted in the game being largely finished by Pacific SoftScape staff. This also resulted in a number of SoftScape staff migrating to Zono.[5] This would seemingly be the last project for the studio, as they would close their doors the following May.[2][3]
Softography
Mega Drive
- Generations Lost (1994)
Saturn
- Mr. Bones (1996)
Windows PC
- Sega Channel Game File Editor (unreleased)
- Sega Channel Menu Maker (unreleased)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:Pacific SoftScape Inc. Registration 1993-05-05 (California Secretary of State).pdf
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 File:Pacific SoftScape Inc. Election to Dissolve 1996-05-03 (California Secretary of State).pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:Pacific SoftScape Inc. Dissolution 1996-05-03 (California Secretary of State).pdf
- ↑ K Horowitz (2016). Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games
- ↑ K Horowitz (2016). Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games