Kalisto Entertainment was a French video game development company founded by

Nicolas Gaume Nicolas Gaume (born 7 February 1971) is a French entrepreneur and video games creator. In May 2009 he became the CEO of Mimesis Republic and president of the French National Union of Video Games. He is also known for being the founder of Kalis ...

at age 19. They are mostly known for developing '' Fury of the Furries'' and the ''

Nightmare Creatures ''Nightmare Creatures'' is a 1997 survival horror video game developed by Kalisto Entertainment for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 64. A sequel, ''Nightmare Creatures II'', was released three years later. A mobile phone version of ...

'' series. The company began as Atreid Concept in 1990 and later created the distribution label Kalisto in 1992, which became Kalisto Entertainment's namesake. In late 1993, Atreid Concept became part of Mindscape Inc. as Mindscape Bordeaux. Nicolas Gaume bought Mindscape Bordeaux back in 1996, and renamed the company Kalisto Entertainment. In 2000, it expanded operations when the company acquired Texas-based developer Daylight Productions, and renamed itself to Kalisto Entertainment USA. Kalisto Entertainment declared bankruptcy in 2002 (same time as the

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), and company officials were found without fault by a criminal court in 2006. Employers of the U.S. office went on to start up a new company Big Sky Interactive, which was later blacklisted by THQ and later shut down in 2003. Civil trials are still under way. Nicolas Gaume was condemned to pay 200,000 euros by the French Stock Market Authority for repeated misinformation of his stockholders.

Games

*'' S.C.OUT'' (1992) *''Cogito'' (1992) *'' Fury of the Furries'' (1993) *''

Pac-In-Time is a platform game developed by Kalisto and published by Namco, featuring the arcade character Pac-Man. It was released in 1995 for MS-DOS, Macintosh, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Game Boy. This game was an offshoot from the norma ...

'' (1994) *''

Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing ''Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing'' is a racing computer video game for the Windows and Mac OS operating systems, released in 1995 by French publisher Mindscape and developed by its subsidiary, Mindscape Bordeaux. Gameplay The game allows a selectio ...

'' (1995) *'' Dark Earth'' (1997) *''

'' (1997) *'' Ultimate Race Pro'' (1998) *'' The Fifth Element'' (1998) *'' Nightmare Creatures II'' (2000) *'' 4 Wheel Thunder'' (2000) *''

New York Race ''NYR: New York Race'', also known as ''New York Race'', is a science fiction racing game based on the film ''The Fifth Element'' directed by Luc Besson released in 2001. Many of the characters from the film are playable, including characters tha ...

'' (2001) *''Lucky Luke: Western Fever'' (2001) *''

Castleween ''Castleween'' (''Spirits & Spells'' in North America) is the name of two 2002/2003 platform video games, one developed by Kalisto Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and ported to the GameCube by Wanadoo Edition, and the other developed by Mag ...

'' (2002)

Cancelled

*'' Highlander: The Gathering'' (trailer title)The Game Archaeologist: Highlander Online
/ref> *''Nightmare Creatures III: Angel of Darkness''

References

External links

Kalisto Entertainment SA
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