Edge of Reality, Ltd. was an American

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founded in 1998 and based in

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that developed

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s for the

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and

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game consoles. It also had games in development for

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and

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games consoles. It was best-known for developing Nintendo 64 ports of the first three '' Tony Hawk's'' games. The company had two development teams, one of which worked on licenses and established franchises while the other worked on completely original games. The company only developed two games at a time, one with each studio, feeling that "anything more than that would jeopardize our focus, and therefore the quality of our studio".

History

Edge of Reality was founded in 1998 by Rob Cohen, the lead programmer of '' Turok: Dinosaur Hunter'' at

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and Mike Panoff from

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. The company started by developing Nintendo 64

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of successful games on other systems, including the ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'' series. Following the stability provided by the success of the ports, the company then branched out into developing its own original games on multiple platforms, including '' Pitfall: The Lost Expedition'' and ''

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''.

Games developed

Ports

References

External links

Official website
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