Imagineering, based in Glen Rock,

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, was an American in-house studio of Absolute Entertainment. Many notable

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developed for Absolute include '' A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia'', ''

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'', '' Super Battletank'' and '' The Rescue of Princess Blobette''. They are also best known for their video games developed for third-party

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, such as

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Atari Corporation Atari Corporation was an American manufacturer of computers and video game consoles. It was founded by Jack Tramiel on May 17, 1984, as Tramel Technology, Ltd., but then took on the Atari name less than two months later when Warner Communica ...

Activision Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one ...

Hi Tech Expressions Hi Tech Expressions (later Hi Tech Entertainment) was an American video game publisher headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in 1986. During the course of its existence, the company published primarily juve ...

Gametek GameTek was an American video game publisher based in North Miami Beach, Florida known for publishing video game adaptations of game shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s. GameTek was a trade name for IJE, the owner of electronic publishing rig ...

and

THQ THQ Inc. was an American video game company based in Agoura Hills, California. It was founded in April 1990 by Jack Friedman, originally in Calabasas, and became a public company the following year through a reverse merger takeover. Initi ...

. Imagineering was in existence from 1986 to 1992 before folding into Absolute Entertainment who then handled simultaneously the

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and publishing of video games for its remaining three years.

Lineup of games

1988

* ''

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'' (

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) * ''

Crossbow A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a ''prod'', mounted horizontally on a main frame called a ''tiller'', which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long fire ...

'' ( Commodore 64) * ''

Double Dragon is a beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technōs Japan and released as an arcade game in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals. The origina ...

'' (Atari 2600,

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 ...

) * ''

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'' (

)

1989

* ''

Ikari Warriors ''Ikari Warriors'', known as in Japan, is a vertically-scrolling, run-and-gun shooter arcade video game released by SNK in 1986. It was published in North America by Tradewest. The game was released at the time when there were many ''Commando' ...

'' (Atari 2600, Atari 7800) * '' Stealth ATF'' (

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) * ''

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'' (Atari 7800) * '' Fight Night'' (Atari 7800)

1990

* ''

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'' (Atari 2600, Atari 7800) * ''

Destination Earthstar ''Destination Earthstar'' is a futuristic, first-person and side-scrolling, space shooter game developed by Imagineering and published by Acclaim for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Plot Two hundred years ago, a random number of Earthlings we ...

'' (NES) * '' A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia'' (NES) * '' Ghostbusters II'' (NES) * ''

My Golf My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Market ...

'' (Atari 2600) * '' Heavy Shreddin''' (NES)

1991

* ''

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes ''Attack of the Killer Tomatoes'' is a 1978 American parody film produced by J. Stephen Peace and John DeBello, and directed by John DeBello based upon an original idea by Costa Dillon. The screenplay was written by Dillon, Peace, and DeBello ...

'' (NES) * '' The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants'' (NES) * '' The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World'' (NES) * '' Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly'' (

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 t ...

) * ''

Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson. It features two families who compete to name the most popular answers to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. The show has had three separate runs, th ...

'' (SNES) * '' Flight of the Intruder'' (NES) * '' Jeopardy! Featuring Alex Trebek'' (SNES) * ''

Home Alone ''Home Alone'' is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the ''Home Alone'' franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Hea ...

'' (

SNES The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), commonly shortened to Super NES or Super Nintendo, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in E ...

, Game Boy) * ''

Barbie Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched on March 9, 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration. ...

'' (NES)

1992

* ''

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends'' (commonly referred to as simply ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'') is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the American Broadca ...

'' (Game Boy) * '' The Simpsons: Bart vs. The Juggernauts'' (Game Boy) * '' The Simpsons: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man'' (NES) * '' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (NES, SNES, Game Boy) * ''

Swamp Thing The Swamp Thing is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. A humanoid/plant elemental creature, created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson, the Swamp Thing has had several humanoid or monster incarnations in v ...

'' (NES) * ''

Mouse Trap Hotel ''Mouse Trap Hotel'' is an action video game for the Nintendo Game Boy. It is loosely based on Milton Bradley's board game Mouse Trap. Summary The object of this game is to take Maxie the Mouse as he tries to visit his girlfriend. Unfortunately ...

'' (Game Boy) * '' Ghoul School'' (NES) * '' Barbie: Game Girl'' (Game Boy) * '' The Ren & Stimpy Show: Space Cadet Adventures'' (Game Boy) * '' Jordan vs. Bird: One on One'' (Game Boy) * ''

Race Drivin' ''Race Drivin'' is a driving arcade game that invites players to test drive several high-powered sports cars on stunt and speed courses. The game is the sequel to 1989's ''Hard Drivin and was part of a new generation of games that featured 3D ...

'' (SNES)

1993

* ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends'' (SNES) * '' The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$!'' (NES)

External links

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