GameTek was an American

video game publisher A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer. They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer ( ...

based in

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known for publishing video game adaptations of

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s in the late 1980s and early 1990s. GameTek was a trade name for IJE, the owner of electronic publishing rights to ''

Jeopardy! ''Jeopardy!'' is an American game show created by Merv Griffin. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given genera ...

'' and ''

Wheel of Fortune The Wheel of Fortune or ''Rota Fortunae'' has been a concept and metaphor since ancient times referring to the capricious nature of Fate. Wheel of Fortune may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Art * ''The Wheel of Fortune'' (Burne-Jo ...

''. Originally IJE licensed these titles to ShareData of

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; however, when IJE saw ShareData's success with the titles, IJE decided to publish the titles themselves, resulting in the founding of GameTek. After establishing distribution for the game show titles, GameTek branched out by licensing European titles for the North American market, including '' Frontier: Elite II'' and '' The Humans''. In 1991, they attempted to launch the InfoGenius Systems franchise for the

Game Boy The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America later the same year, and in Europe in late 1990. It was designed by the same ...

. In 1996 GameTek scaled down its publishing activities, turning most of that aspect of its business over to

Philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...

. GameTek filed for

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in December 1997, citing development delays and disappointing sales, and went out of business in July 1998. Most of the company's assets were acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 1997.

Games

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'' *'' Wheel of Fortune arcade game'' (1989, Developed by

Incredible Technologies Incredible Technologies (IT) (formerly Free Radical Software (FRS)) is an American designer and manufacturer of coin-operated video games and Class III casino games, based in Vernon Hills, Illinois. The company's most widely used product is the ...

) *'' Double Dare'' *'' Hollywood Squares'' *''

'' *'' Jeopardy! Sports Edition'' *''

Press Your Luck ''Press Your Luck'' is an American television game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack. It premiered on CBS daytime on September 19, 1983, and ended on September 26, 1986. The format is a retooling of an earlier Carruthers productio ...

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'' *''Quarantine II: Road Warrior'' *'' Family Feud'' *'' American Gladiators'' (Developed by Incredible Technologies) *'' Frontier: Elite II'' *'' Alien Incident'' (European Version) * '' Cyberbykes: Shadow Racer VR'' *'' The Humans'' *'' Brutal: Paws of Fury'' *'' Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw'' *'' Star Crusader'' (European version) *''

Valkyrie In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ("chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters"Orchard (1997:36) ...

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Nomad A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the popu ...

'' *'' Robotech: Crystal Dreams'' (Cancelled) *'' Super Password'' *''

Super Street Fighter II Turbo ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' is a fighting game released for the arcade game, arcades by Capcom in Japan on February 23, 1994, in North America on February 23 and March 26, 1994 (beta) and in Europe in March 1994 (beta). It is the fifth ins ...

'' (MS-DOS Version) *'' Frontier: First Encounters'' *'' Frantic Flea'' *'' NET:Zone'' *''Daemon's Gate: Volume One, Dorovan's Key *'' Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle'' *''

Classic Concentration ''Concentration'' is an American television game show based on the Concentration (game), children's memory game of the same name. It was created by Jack Barry (game show host), Jack Barry and Dan Enright. The show featured contestants matching pr ...

'' *'' The Price Is Right'' *''

Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing ''Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing'' is an arcade-style Formula One racing video game developed by Gremlin Graphics and released for various systems. The game was largely successful on Amiga and DOS platforms, and was consequently porte ...

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Now You See It Now You See It may refer to: * Now You See It (American game show), ''Now You See It'' (American game show), a 1974–1975 game show, resurrected in 1989 * Now You See It (Australian game show), ''Now You See It'' (Australian game show), a 1985–1 ...

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Race Days ''Race Days'' is a 1994 racing video game, racing video game for the Game Boy, which is essentially a compilation of the video games ''Dirty Racing'' (Japan-exclusive) and ''Jeep Jamboree: Off Road Adventure'' (North America-exclusive); albeit wit ...

'' *'' Yogi Bear's Gold Rush'' (Cancelled for Game Gear) *'' Full Throttle: All-American Racing'' *''

Zool ''Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension'' is a platform game written for the Amiga by Gremlin Graphics and published in 1992. It was marketed as a rival to Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. ''Zool'' was ported to other platforms and followed by ''Zoo ...

'' (Console & Handheld Versions) *'' Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament'' (MS-DOS Version) *''

Pinball Dreams ''Pinball Dreams'' is a pinball simulation video game developed by Digital Illusions and originally released for the Amiga in 1992. It spawned several sequels, including ''Pinball Fantasies'' and ''Pinball Illusions''. The MS-DOS port was digital ...

'' (SNES, Game Boy and Game Gear Versions) *''

Pinball Fantasies ''Pinball Fantasies'' is a 1992 pinball video game originally developed by Digital Illusions and published by 21st Century Entertainment in Europe for the Amiga home computers. It is the sequel to ''Pinball Dreams'', which was released earlier i ...

'' (SNES and Game Boy Versions) *''

Pinball Mania ''Pinball Dreams'' is a pinball simulation video game developed by Digital Illusions and originally released for the Amiga in 1992. It spawned several sequels, including ''Pinball Fantasies'' and ''Pinball Illusions''. The MS-DOS port was digital ...

'' (Game Boy Version Exclusive to Europe)

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