BlueSky Software was an American video game developer based in
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
. Formed in 1988, BlueSky closed in March 2001, when parent company
was in financial trouble. The BlueSky trademark continued to be owned by
until their bankruptcy in 2004.
Games
Atari 7800
The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. It can run almost all Atari 2600 cartridges, making it one o ...
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Basketbrawl'' (1990)
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Mat Mania Challenge'' (1990)
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Mean 18
''Mean 18'' is a golf video game designed by Rex Bradford with graphics by George Karalias, both of Microsmiths, and released by Accolade (company), Accolade for MS-DOS compatible operating systems in 1986. It was ported to the Commodore 64, Am ...
'' (1989)
* ''Motor Psycho'' (1990)
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Ninja Golf
''Ninja Golf'' is an Atari 7800
The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. It can run almost all Ata ...
'' (1990)
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Scrapyard Dog'' (1990)
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Xenophobe'' (1989)
Atari Lynx
The Atari Lynx is a hybrid 8/16-bit fourth generation handheld game console released by Atari Corporation in September 1989 in North America and 1990 in Europe and Japan. It was the first handheld game console with a color liquid-crystal disp ...
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Cyberball 2072'' (1991)
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NFL Football
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...
'' (1992)
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Ninja Gaiden
is a series of action video games by Tecmo featuring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as its protagonist. The series was originally known as in Japan. The word "gaiden" in the North American ''Ninja Gaiden'' title means "side story" in Japanese. The o ...
'' (1990)
Amiga
Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16- or 32-bit processors, 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphi ...
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Hare Raising Havoc
''Hare Raising Havoc'' is a side-scrolling adventure game developed by BlueSky Software for the Amiga and MS-DOS compatible operating systems. It was published by Disney Software in 1991. The game is a spin-off of the 1988 Disney/Amblin film, '' ...
'' (1991)
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PGA Tour Golf
''PGA Tour Golf'' is a golf video game and the first in the ''PGA Tour'' game series. It was developed by Sterling Silver Software and released in 1990, for MS-DOS. It was initially published by Electronic Arts, which subsequently released version ...
'' (1990)
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in the Guinness ...
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Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia is a specific phobia brought about by the irrational fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions.
Signs and symptoms
People with arachnophobia tend to feel uneasy in any area they believe could harbour spiders or that h ...
'' (1991)
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Avoid the Noid'' (1989)
IBM PC compatible
IBM PC compatible computers are similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards. Such computers were referred to as PC clones, IBM clones or IBM PC clones. ...
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Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia is a specific phobia brought about by the irrational fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions.
Signs and symptoms
People with arachnophobia tend to feel uneasy in any area they believe could harbour spiders or that h ...
'' (1991)
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ASSASSIN 2015
Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not hav ...
'' (1996)
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Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant'' (1997)
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Hare Raising Havoc
''Hare Raising Havoc'' is a side-scrolling adventure game developed by BlueSky Software for the Amiga and MS-DOS compatible operating systems. It was published by Disney Software in 1991. The game is a spin-off of the 1988 Disney/Amblin film, '' ...
'' (1991)
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PC USA
PC or pc may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Player character or playable character, a fictional character controlled by a human player, usually in role-playing games or computer games
* ''Port Charles'', an American daytime TV soap opera
* ...
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PC Globe
PC Globe is an atlas for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh and Atari ST, first released in 1987 by Comwell Systems Inc. It offered information on 177 countries and dependencies.
The minimum system requirements of the initial PC version ...
'' (1990)
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Relativity'' (1998)
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Total Control Football
Total may refer to:
Mathematics
* Total, the summation of a set of numbers
* Total order, a partial order without incomparable pairs
* Total relation, which may also mean
** connected relation (a binary relation in which any two elements are comp ...
'' (1996)
Master System
The is an 8-bit
third-generation home video game console manufactured by Sega. It was originally a remodeled export version of the Sega Mark III, the third iteration of the SG-1000 series of consoles, which was released in Japan in 1985 and ...
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Dick Tracy
''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the ''Detroit Mirror'', and it ...
'' (1990)
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Joe Montana Football
''Joe Montana Football'' is an American football video game developed by Electronic Arts, and published by Sega for the Genesis in 1991. Although the game does feature Joe Montana (as the title respectively says) as a playable character, since Seg ...
'' (1990)
Game Gear
The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990, in Japan, in April 1991 throughout North America and Europe, and during 1992 in Australia. The Game Gear primarily competed with Nintendo's Game Boy, ...
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Ariel the Little Mermaid
''Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid'', usually shorted to simply ''Ariel the Little Mermaid'', is a 1992 video game developed by Blue Sky Software for the Sega Genesis, Game Gear and Master System, based on the 1989 film ''The Little Mermaid.''
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'' (1992)
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Joe Montana Football
''Joe Montana Football'' is an American football video game developed by Electronic Arts, and published by Sega for the Genesis in 1991. Although the game does feature Joe Montana (as the title respectively says) as a playable character, since Seg ...
'' (1991)
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NFL '95
''NFL '95'' is the sixth video game in the ''Joe Montana Football''/''NFL'' series. It is the last Sega football game to feature Joe Montana. Its sequel, '' Prime Time NFL Football'', featured Deion Sanders.
Summary
This video game is similar ...
'' (1995)
Sega Genesis
The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master Syst ...
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Ariel the Little Mermaid
''Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid'', usually shorted to simply ''Ariel the Little Mermaid'', is a 1992 video game developed by Blue Sky Software for the Sega Genesis, Game Gear and Master System, based on the 1989 film ''The Little Mermaid.''
...
'' (1992)
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College Football's National Championship'' (1994)
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College Football's National Championship II'' (1995)
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Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote'' (1995)
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Joe Montana Football II: Sports Talk Football'' (1991)
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Jurassic Park
''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton and centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when ...
'' (1993)
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Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition'' (1994)
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NFL Sports Talk Football '93
''NFL Sports Talk Football '93'' is an American football video game featuring Joe Montana, released in 1992. It is the third in the series, and the first to be licensed by the National Football League.
Overview
* Being officially licensed by bot ...
'' (1992)
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NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
''NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana'', released as simply ''NFL Football '94'' in Japan, is a 1993 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game. It features realistic running commentary while the player engages in exhibition, regular season, or playoff actio ...
'' (1993)
* ''
Shadowrun
''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime, with occasional elements of conspir ...
'' (1994)
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Starflight
''Starflight'' is a space exploration, combat, and trading role-playing video game created by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts in 1986. Originally developed for IBM PC compatibles, it was later ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, ...
'' (1991)
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The Ren & Stimpy Show: Stimpy's Invention'' (1993)
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Vectorman
''Vectorman'' is a 2D action platformer developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega. The game was released for the Sega Genesis in late 1995 in North America and Europe. It was considered a critical and commercial success, achieving its ...
'' (1995)
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Vectorman 2
''Vectorman 2'' is a 2D action platformer developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega. Released just a year after the original ''Vectorman'', the game retains the game's core gameplay while expanding its mechanics. While multiple sequels ...
'' (1996)
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World Series Baseball'' (1994)
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World Series Baseball '95
''World Series Baseball '95'' is a traditional baseball simulation video game by Sega. It was released in 1995 for the Game Gear and Sega Genesis, as well as a 32X version sold as ''World Series Baseball starring Deion Sanders''. In Japan, the ...
'' (1995)
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World Series Baseball '96 ''World Series Baseball '96'' is a video game developed by Blue Sky Software and published by Sega for the Genesis in 1996.
Gameplay
''World Series Baseball '96'' is a baseball game featuring Blue Sky's engine with updates for the players.
Recep ...
'' (1996)
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World Series Baseball '98
''World Series Baseball '98'' is a traditional baseball simulation video game by Sega, released in North America and South Korea for the Sega Saturn and Sega Genesis as a sequel to '' World Series Baseball II''.
The game was first released in J ...
'' (1997)
32X
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Spider-Man: Web of Fire'' (1996)
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World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders'' (1995)
PlayStation
is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a divisi ...
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Evil Zone'' (1999, US and Europe port)
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KazMania'' (1997)
Java applet
Java applets were small applications written in the Java programming language, or another programming language that compiles to Java bytecode, and delivered to users in the form of Java bytecode. The user launched the Java applet from a ...
s
* ''Destroyer'' (2000)
* ''Flam'' (2000)
* ''Hole in one'' (2000)
* ''Power Grid'' (2000)
* ''Sky Battle'' (2000)
Unreleased
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Mat Mania Challenge'' (1989, Atari 8-bit family)
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Xenophobe'' (1989, Atari 8-bit family)
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Ninja Golf
''Ninja Golf'' is an Atari 7800
The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. It can run almost all Ata ...
'' (1989, Atari 8-bit family)
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Klax'' (1992, Atari 8-bit family)
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Superman
Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and publi ...
'' (2000, PlayStation)
See also
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References
External links
BlueSky Software Homepage (ARCHIVED)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bluesky Software
Video game development companies
Video game companies established in 1988
Video game companies disestablished in 2001
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles
Companies based in Orange County, California
Video game companies based in California
Technology companies based in Greater Los Angeles
1988 establishments in California
2001 disestablishments in California