Hi Tech Expressions (later Hi Tech Entertainment) 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 ( ...

headquartered in Lower Manhattan,

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. The company was established in 1986. During the course of its existence, the company published primarily juvenile-oriented games. While it published a few adolescent-oriented games including ''

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'' and '' War in Middle Earth'' (derived from the classic book ''

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'' by

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), it could not shake its reputation for publishing games marketed towards children. It was closed down in 1995.

List of games

Game Boy

* ''

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'' (cancelled) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics'' * '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' * '' Bobby's World'' (cancelled)

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

* ''Baby's Day Out'' (cancelled) * '' Barbie Super Model'' * '' Barbie: Vacation Adventure'' (cancelled) * '' A Dinosaur's Tale'' * '' Tom and Jerry: Frantic Antics''

Nintendo Entertainment System

* ''

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'' * '' The Chessmaster'' * ''

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'' * ''

'' * '' Mickey's Adventures in Numberland'' * '' Mickey's Safari in Letterland'' * '' Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival'' * '' Orb-3D'' * ''

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'' * '' Rollerblade Racer'' * '' Sesame Street: 1-2-3'' * '' Sesame Street: A-B-C'' * '' Sesame Street: A-B-C/1-2-3'' * '' Sesame Street: Big Bird's Hide and Speak'' * '' Sesame Street: Countdown'' * ''

'' * ''

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'' (cancelled) * '' War in Middle Earth'' * ''

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

* ''Baby's Day Out'' (cancelled) * '' Barbie Super Model'' * '' Beethoven: The Ultimate Canine Caper'' * '' Bobby's World'' * '' Harley's Humongous Adventure'' * ''

'' * ''

'' * '' Tom and Jerry 2'' (cancelled) * '' We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' * '' Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?''

DOS

* ''

'' * ''Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet'' * ''Bugs Bunny: The Hare-Brained Adventure'' * '' Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers: Adventures in Nimnul's Castle'' * ''Daffy Duck PI: Case of the Missing Letters'' * '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' * '' Mega Man'' (while officially licensed by Capcom, this game is not related to its

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counterpart) * '' Mega Man III'' (while officially licensed by Capcom, this game is not related to its

counterpart) * ''

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'' (cancelled) * ''

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'' * ''Sesame Street: Grover's Animal Adventures'' * ''Sesame Street Storybook: Me Look for Cookie'' * '' Street Fighter II'' * '' The Flintstones: Dino: Lost in Bedrock'' * '' The Jetsons: By George, in Trouble Again'' * ''Tom and Jerry (and Tuffy)'' * ''Tom and Jerry: Yankee Doodle's CAT-astrophe'' Defunct companies based in New York City Defunct video game companies of the United States {{US-videogame-company-stub