Adeline Software International was a

video game developer A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...

founded in February 1993 as a subsidiary company of

Delphine Software International Delphine Software International was a French video game developer. They were famous for publishing '' Another World'' and creating the cinematic platform game '' Flashback'', which bore a similarity to ''Prince of Persia'', both in gameplay an ...

, and based in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. The team mostly came from

Infogrames Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA) is a French video game holding company headquartered in Paris. Its subsidiaries include Atari Interactive and Atari, Inc. It is the current owner of the Atari brand through Atari Interactive. Bec ...

, another French video game company, after a disagreement about sequels of the '' Alone in the Dark'' bestseller.

History

The company employed 21 people including graphic artists, developers and musicians. Five members made up the core of the team: Frédérick Raynal (creative director), Yaël Barroz (computer artist in charge of scenery), Didier Chanfray (artistic director), Serge Plagnol (technical director), and Laurent Salmeron (resource manager). After the release of ''

Little Big Adventure 2 ''Little Big Adventure 2'' is a 1997 adventure game developed by Adeline Software International and published by Electronic Arts. It was later re-released by Activision in June 1997 in North America under the name ''Twinsen's Odyssey''. In Jul ...

'' in 1997, the company slowly went quiet, and in July, the core team was sold to

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, becoming

No Cliché ''Toy Commander'' is an action game for the Dreamcast developed by No Cliché and published by Sega. A Microsoft Windows version was planned for release in 2001, but despite being almost completed, it was ultimately cancelled, due to No Cliché ...

and leaving Adeline as an empty group within Delphine. Years after the apparent demise of Adeline, the brand was revived in 2002 by Delphine, and put it in charge of the development of ''

Moto Racer Advance ''Moto Racer Advance'' is a motocross racing game developed by Adeline Software International, produced by Delphine Software International and published by Ubisoft for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in 2002 in PAL regions on October 4 a ...

'', released for the

Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...

. However, no members from the original Adeline staff were involved in the development. This new team at Adeline was also tasked with developing the game ''

Flashback Legend ''Fade to Black'' is a 1995 action-adventure game developed by Delphine Software International and published by Electronic Arts Studios. It is the sequel to the 1992 video game '' Flashback''. The game was released for MS-DOS with full Gouraud- ...

'', a sequel to the '' Flashback'' series which ended up being cancelled during 2003. The liquidation of Delphine in July 2004 marked the definite death of Adeline. A third Little Big Adventure game has been a talking topic since 2000.

Games

*''

Little Big Adventure ''Little Big Adventure'' is a 1994 action-adventure game developed by Adeline Software International. It was published in Europe by Electronic Arts, and by Activision in North America, Asia and Oceania under the name ''Relentless: Twinsen's Adv ...

'' (1994) *''

Time Commando ''Time Commando'' is an action-adventure computer and video game developed by Adeline Software and published by Electronic Arts in Europe, Activision in America (United States and Brazil), and Virgin Interactive (PlayStation version) and Acclaim ...

'' (1996) *''

'' (1997) *''

'' (2002) *''

'' (cancelled)

References

{{Authority control Defunct video game companies of France Video game companies established in 1993 Video game companies disestablished in 2004 Companies based in Lyon