History
Novotrade International was founded by Andras Csaszar and Stephen J. Friedman. Csaszar served as the company's president, while Friedman served as chief executive officer. Novotrade began operating branches in the United States in 1989, and was renamed Appaloosa Interactive (after the horse breed of the Appaloosa, same name) in November 1996. That month, the company unveiled its 10-month-old Internet technologies division, Appaloosa Online. The company's headquarters were in Mountain View, California. Appaloosa was the parent company and owner of two software development companies in Budapest, Hungary. Appaloosa was known for its ''Ecco the Dolphin (series), Ecco the Dolphin'' game series for Sega. Appaloosa also developed two ''Contra (series), Contra'' games on the PlayStation (console), PlayStation and Sega Saturn for Konami. Appaloosa had 100 employees as of January 2001, and had produced over 150 video games up to that point, many of which were released in Europe. At that time, Friedman said, "In all the years we have been in business, we have only failed to complete a project because of our own inability once or twice." Appaloosa's final game was ''Jaws Unleashed'', released in 2006, and based on the ''Jaws (film), Jaws'' series of films. The company ceased operations in 2006.Games developed
*''The Adventures of Batman and Robin (video game), The Adventures of Batman and Robin'' (Game Gear) *''Airball (video game), Airball'' (Nintendo Entertainment System, NES, unreleased) *''Alternative World Games'' *''Around The World In 80 Days (1994 video game), Around The World In 80 Days'' *''Bloodliners'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis, unreleased) *''California Games'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis) *''California Pro Golf'' *''Castlevania'' (Amiga) *''Catch a Thief'' *''Circus Games'' *''Contra: Legacy of War'' (PlayStation (console), PlayStation, Sega Saturn) *''The Contra Adventure'' (PlayStation (console), PlayStation) *''Cyborg Justice'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis) *''Ecco the Dolphin'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega CD, Mega CD/Sega CD, Master System, Game Gear) *''Ecco: The Tides of Time'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega CD, Mega CD/Sega CD, Game Gear) *''Ecco Jr.'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis) *''Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future'' (Dreamcast, PlayStation 2) *''Exosquad (video game), Exosquad'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis) *''Galaxy Force II'' (Sega Saturn) *''Garfield: Caught in the Act'' (Game Gear) *''Golf Construction Set'' *''Grossology (video game), Grossology'' *''Holyfield Boxing'' *''How Things Work in Busytown'' *''Impossible Mission II'' (Commodore Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, PC MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo Entertainment System, NES) *''The Jungle Book (1995 video game), The Jungle Book'' *''Jaws Unleashed'' (PlayStation 2, Xbox (console), Xbox, Microsoft Windows, PC Windows) *''Karateka (video game), Karateka'' *''King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!'' (Nintendo Entertainment System, NES) *''Kolibri (video game), Kolibri'' (32X) *''The Magic School Bus (video games)#Sega Genesis, The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis) *''Museum Madness'' *''Peter Pan: A Story Painting Adventure'' (MS-DOS, PC MS-DOS) *''Power Rangers Jigsaw Puzzles'' *''Power Rangers PowerActive Math'' *''Power Rangers PowerActive Words'' *''Power Rangers Print Kit'' *''R.B.I. Baseball (series), R.B.I. Baseball 2'' *''Richard Scarry's Busytown'' (DOS, Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis) *''Qix'' (NES) *''Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic'' *''Sky Target'' (Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, PC Windows) *''South Park (video game), South Park'' (PlayStation (console), PlayStation) *''Starship Andromeda'' *''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Crossroads of Time'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES) *''Sub Battle Simulator'' *''Super Action Football'' *''Tails and the Music Maker'' (Sega Pico, Pico) *''The Busy World of Busytown'' *''The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Sega game), The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis) *''The Lost World: Jurassic Park (console game), The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (Sega Saturn) *''The Simpsons (video game), The Simpsons: Arcade Game'' (Commodore 64, MS-DOS, PC MS-DOS) *''Three Dirty Dwarves'' (Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, Windows PC) *''Tiny Tank'' (PlayStation (console), PlayStation) *''Tiny Toon Adventures Cartoon Workshop'' (Nintendo Entertainment System, NES) *''Tomcat Alley'' (Microsoft Windows, Windows PC) *''USS Stinger'' (MS-DOS) *''Wacky Races (2000 video game), Wacky Races'' (Microsoft Windows, Windows PC, PlayStation (console), PlayStation) *''Water Polo'' *''Wild West'' *''Wilson Pro Staff Golf'' *''International Karate, World Karate Championship'' *''European Club Soccer, World Trophy Soccer'' (Sega Genesis, Mega Drive/Genesis)References
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