Flying Tiger Development, also known as Flying Tiger Entertainment, Flying Tiger Mobile, and FTEGames is an American Developer, publisher, and distributor or video games headquartered in Fullerton, California, US. Founded and incorporated on June 9, 1998 by Johnny Brandstetter, also known as
Johnny Turbo
Johnny Turbo is a superhero character created to advertise the Turbo Duo, a hybrid of the Turbografx-16 console and its add-on, the TurboGrafx CD, in North America. The character was conceived by Turbo Technologies Inc. (a venture of NEC and Huds ...
from the
Turbo Grafx.
Flying Tiger Development is currently developing and publishing games under Flying Tiger Entertainment, and FTEGames.
Flying Tiger also did several interactive DVD gold release menus and mini-games with VIZ EFX a wholly owned subsidiary of FTE, fo
Disneyin 2000 - 2004;
Sleeping Beauty
''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...
,
The Black Cauldron,
The Wind in the Willows
''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and gets ...
, Cinderella, and
Dumbo
''Dumbo'' is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, a ...
while at their old office on Universal Lot.
Relationship with Hudson
John Brandstetter, aka Johnny Turbo
/sup> CEO of Flying Tiger Entertainment /sup>was the original brand manager of the TurboGrafx16 /sup> and Turbo Duo /sup> back when the console launched in the United States in 1989. He was the character they created for the launch of the brand and was featured in many advertisements.
Flying Tiger worked with Hudson Soft Japan directly in 2001, when they entered a joint venture agreement to bring Hudson games to the US mobile market and revive the struggling brand.
During this time, they also established their relationships with Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Cricket, Nextel, Tracphone, IUSACELL, EEGASO, Pelephone, O2, Vodafone
Vodafone Group Public limited company, plc () is a British Multinational corporation, multinational Telephone company, telecommunications company. Its registered office and Headquarters, global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It ...
, Softbank, Virgin, and many other carriers worldwide.
Hudson Soft
was a Japanese video game company that released numerous games for video game consoles, home computers and mobile phones, mainly from the 1980s to the 2000s. It was headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ...
was run out of Flying Tigers office from 2003 - 2005. bringing success back to Hudson Soft
was a Japanese video game company that released numerous games for video game consoles, home computers and mobile phones, mainly from the 1980s to the 2000s. It was headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ...
, so in 2006 they parted ways and Hudson opened an office in San Mateo.
The Flying Tiger and Hudson Soft joint venture started with 25 titles, as noted in their Press Release /sup> some of the titles published were, Ys Book 1 & 2: The Vanished Omens, Military Madness, Bomberman, Nuts and Milk, Adventure Island, Bomberland: Battles, Bomberman Special, Lode Runner, Lode Runner 2, Star Soldier, BurgerTime, BurgerTime 2, Nutty's Tale, Tennis Challenge, Planet Bowling, Blazing Lazers, Star Soldier, All-Star Baseball, Cannon Ball, Klondike Solitaire, Mouse Track, Nikkis Cubie, Pinball, Powerful vBall girls, Super Darts, World Cycling, Blue Flame, Putter Golf, Pyramid Crash, Radar Fleet, Space Blast, Hamster Paradise, Goblin's Lair, Horse Race, Beach Volleyball, Free Cell, Power Billiards, The Source Music Hip Hop. and Combat Chess.
Flying Tiger produced and created well known titles over the years including several engines that are still in use today;
Game development
PC
* Kerbal Space Program- (Co-development with Squad for Turbo Charged Edition)
* Real Heroes: Firefighter - (Co-developed with Open-2)
Xbox One
The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third base console in the Xbox series of video game consoles. It was first released in North America, parts of ...
* Kerbal Space Program
''Kerbal Space Program'' (''KSP'') is a space flight simulation video game developed by Mexican developer Squad for Microsoft Windows, macOS
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system de ...
(Created all original console functionality with Squad)
PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013 in ...
* Kerbal Space Program
''Kerbal Space Program'' (''KSP'') is a space flight simulation video game developed by Mexican developer Squad for Microsoft Windows, macOS
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system de ...
(Squad)
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...
* Growlanser Generations
''Growlanser Generations'' is both a collection of '' Growlanser II'' and '' Growlanser III'' and the sole North American release of both games. The North American localizations of both games were produced by Working Designs. This is also the las ...
Hudson Soft
was a Japanese video game company that released numerous games for video game consoles, home computers and mobile phones, mainly from the 1980s to the 2000s. It was headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo ...
(Flying Tiger did motion capture)
PC
* Heavy Gear 2
''Heavy Gear II'' is a mecha based first-person shooter video game. Set in Dream Pod 9's Heavy Gear universe, the game was developed and published by Activision in 1999 for Microsoft Windows; it was ported to Linux in 2000 by Loki Software. It ...
(Activision)
* Interstate '82
''Interstate '82'' is a Vehicular combat game, vehicular combat video game developed and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows in November 1999.
Setting
The game is set in the Southwestern United States in an alternate version of the yea ...
(Activision)
* King of the Hill Block Party (Fox Interactive)
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 ...
* Time Crisis: Project Titan (Namco)
* Sports Car GT
''Sports Car GT'' is a 1999 racing sim game based on GT racing. It was published by Electronic Arts (EA) and developed by Image Space Incorporated for Microsoft Windows, and Point of View for PlayStation. Both editions of the game feature co-d ...
(EA)
* Command & Conquer: Renegade (Westwood)
* Digimon World
is a video game by Bandai on the PlayStation, released in 1999, about the Digimon virtual pets. It was followed by various sequels released for the PlayStation and other platforms. The story focuses on a human brought to File City on File Islan ...
(Bandai)
Arcade
Arcade most often refers to:
* Arcade game, a coin-operated game machine
** Arcade cabinet, housing which holds an arcade game's hardware
** Arcade system board, a standardized printed circuit board
* Amusement arcade, a place with arcade games
* ...
* Marlboro Racing
Marlboro (, ) is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the United States and by Philip Morris International (now separate from Altria) outside the US. The largest Ma ...
(Media Partners 2003)
Xbox
Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. The brand consists of five video game consoles, as well as applications (games), streaming services, an online service by the name of Xbox network, and the development arm by the na ...
Arcade
* Arcade Super Track Racing (Media Partners)
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 ...
* The Three Stooges (Komar)
* M&M’s Party (Majesco)
* Ultimate Book of Spells
''Ultimate Book of Spells'' is a 2001-2002 Canadian children's animated television series produced by BKN International. It ran for 26 episodes.
Inspired by the popular ''Harry Potter'' book and movie series, the show presents a trio of " wizard ...
(TDK Mediaactive)
* No Rules: Get Phat (TDK)
Zeebo
The Zeebo is a 3G-enabled entertainment and education system from Zeebo Inc. It enabled users to play video games, and also connect to the Internet, communicate online and run educational applications. The Zeebo was targeted at developing ma ...
* Toy Raid 2010 (Zeebo)
* Shootin' Gallery
Brew
* Air Raid (FTE)
* Air Raid 2 (FTE)
* Air Raid Plus (FTE)
* Toy Raid Strikers (FTE)
* Toy Raid Elite Forces (FTE/Google)
* Shootin’ Gallery (FTE)
* Shootin’ Gallery 2 (FTE)
* Mobislide (FTE)
* Aurora Base (FTE)
* Ball Frenzy (FTE)
* Ball Buster (FTE)
* Loteria (FTE)
* Rascal Roundup (FTE)
* Hook-Ups Wallpapers (FTE/Hook-Ups)
* Zoo-Cube (FTE/Nalin)
* The Three Stooges
Flying Tiger - Disney Relationship
* Pirates of the Caribbean
''Pirates of the Caribbean'' is a Disney media franchise encompassing numerous theme park rides, a series of films, and spin-off novels, as well as a number of related video games and other media publications. The franchise originated with th ...
(FTE/Disney)
* Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (FTE/ Disney)
* National Treasures (FTE/Disney)
* The Incredibles
''The Incredibles'' is a 2004 American computer-animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it stars the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah V ...
(FTE/ Disney)
Flying Tiger - Hudson Relationship
* Military Madness
''Military Madness'' is a 1989 turn-based strategy video game originally developed and published by Hudson Soft in Japan and NEC in North America for the TurboGrafx-16. It is the first entry in the '' Nectaris'' series. Set in the year 2089, pla ...
(FTE/Hudson)
* Bomberman
is a video game franchise originally developed by Hudson Soft and currently owned by Konami. The original game, also known as ''Bakudan Otoko'' (''爆弾男''), was released in Japan in July 1983 and has since spawned multiple sequels and sp ...
( FTE/Hudson)
* Nutty’s Tale (FTE/Hudson)
* Lode Runner
''Lode Runner'' is a 2D puzzle-platform game, developed by Doug Smith and published by Broderbund in 1983. Its gameplay mechanics are similar to ''Space Panic'' from 1980. The player controls a character who must collect all the gold pieces in a ...
(FTE/Hudson)
* Lode Runner 2
''Lode Runner 2'' is a puzzle-platform game released in 1998 in video gaming, 1998 for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. It is a sequel to ''Lode Runner'' and its remakes. Like the earlier ''Lode Runner's Rescue'', ''Lode Runner 2'' has isometric proj ...
(FTE/Hudson)
* Burger Time
Burger Time is a regional chain of drive-through fast food restaurants that is headquartered in West Fargo, North Dakota. Its original restaurant was founded in Fargo, North Dakota in 1987, and it currently has nine locations in North Dakota, Mi ...
(FTE/Hudson)
* Y’s Book 1 (FTE/Hudson)
* Ys Book 2 (FTE/Hudson)
* Star Soldier
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth ma ...
(FTE/Hudson)
* Planet Bowling (FTE/Hudson)
* Bomberman Special (FTE/Hudson)
* All-Star Baseball
''All-Star Baseball'' is a series of baseball video games that was developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The series began in 1997 with the release of '' All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas'', the successor to ''Frank Thomas B ...
(FTE-Hudson)
* Tennis Challenge (FTE/Hudson)
* World Cycling (FTE/Hudson)
* Putter Golf (FTE/Hudson)
* FreeCell (FTE/Hudson)
* Pyramid Crash (FTE/Hudson)
* Nikki’s Cubie (FTE/Hudson)
* Radar Fleet (FTE/Hudson)
* Adventure Island (FTE/Hudson)
* Power Billiards (FTE/Hudson)
* V-Power VolleyBall (FTE/Hudson)
* Cannon Ball (FTE/Hudson)
* The Source Music Hip Hop (FTE/Hudson)
* Nice Darts (FTE/Hudson)
* All-Star Baseball (FTE/Hudson)
* Barbarian's Quest (FTE/ Hudson)
References
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Video game publishers
Video game companies established in 1998
Video game companies of the United States