Technopop, Inc. was an American

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developer, founded by Randel B. Reiss in 1990. It was the first independent American developer for the

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, and responsible for most of the early development tools to that system. Their best known titles are ''Zero Tolerance'' for the Genesis, and ''The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin'' for the Genesis When the company was dissolved, in 2000, all of its assets were transferred to Reiss, the company's president and single remaining

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Games

* ''

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'' (Genesis 1991) * ''

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'' (Genesis, 1994) * ''Thumbelina'' (

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/ Mac, 1995) * ''The Emperor's New Clothes'' (Windows / Mac, 1995) * ''Point of Impact'' (Windows, 1995) * ''Williams Arcade Classics'' (Windows, 1996) * ''

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'' (Windows / Mac, 1998) localization for US release only

Unreleased

* '' Beyond Zero Tolerance'' (Genesis)

References

External links

Technopop
(memorial site)
Randel Reiss
Defunct video game companies of the United States Video game companies established in 1990 Video game companies disestablished in 2000 Video game development companies 1990 establishments in California 2000 disestablishments in California {{US-videogame-company-stub