Voyager Company, The
Moby ID: 2072
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Voyager was a privately held company with approximately 50 employees working in Manhattan and Irvington, New York. The sales, marketing, editorial, production operations, customer service, and tech support took place in SoHo.
Voyager Japan, a sister company, distributed Voyager titles in Japan, and also develops their own projects in Japanese.
Credited on 14 Games from 1991 to 1997
| Sophie's World (1997 on Windows, Windows 3.x, Macintosh) |
| Laurie Anderson's Puppet Motel (1995 on Windows, Macintosh) |
| Morton Subotnick's Making Music (1995 on Macintosh, Windows, Windows 3.x) |
| With Open Eyes (1995 on Windows 3.x, Pippin, Macintosh) |
| Baseball's Greatest Hits (1994 on Windows 3.x) |
| Circus! (1994 on Windows 3.x, Macintosh, Pippin) |
| Count Down (1994 on Windows 3.x, Macintosh) |
| Dazzeloids (1994 on Macintosh, Windows 3.x) |
| Exotic Japan (1994 on Windows 3.x, Macintosh) |
| Microsoft Multimedia Mozart (1994 on Windows 3.x) |
| Planetary Taxi (1994 on Macintosh, Windows 3.x) |
| The Residents: Freak Show (1994 on Macintosh, Windows 3.x) |
| Microsoft Multimedia Schubert: The Trout Quintet (1993 on Windows 3.x) |
| AmandaStories (1991 on Macintosh, Windows 3.x) |
History +
- 1993
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Company moves central operations from California to New York, opening offices in SoHo and Irvington.
- 1987
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The company releases its first computer-controlled interactive discs.
- 1985
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Voyager founded.
Trivia +
The company was named after the unmanned Voyager space probes launched by NASA in the late 1970s.
One of Voyager's unreleased products was a CD-ROM game based after the cult comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000. The game was partially completed; but was never released due to setbacks.
Locations in 1996:
Voyager
578 Broadway, Suite. 406
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 431-5199 - Fax: (212) 431-5799
Voyager
1 Bridge Street
Irvington, NY 10533
Phone: (914) 591-5500 - Fax: (914) 591-6484
Related Web Sites +
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The Teachings of Bob Stein (Wired)
An (archived) article from Wired magazine by Amy Virshup which details the history of the company with a particular focus on its principal founder, Bob Stein, and his vision for the company (July, 1996).
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 2 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 2 games with Earwax Productions
- 2 games with PixelMagic Ltd
- 1 game with MultiMedia Corporation plc, The
- 1 game with Sentient Software (Sheldon, Vermont)
- 1 game with Voyager Japan, Inc.
- 1 game with MediaRight Technology, Inc.
- 1 game with Apple Multimedia Lab
- 1 game with Center of Advanced Whimsy
- 1 game with Pixonix Inc.
- 6 games with Jane Wheeler
- 4 games with Todd Fahrner
- 4 games with Andrea Marks
- 3 games with Rex C. Arthur
- 3 games with Lissa Cobetto
- 3 games with Sandra Benedetto
- 3 games with William Nelson
- 3 games with Chris Burke
- 3 games with Reid Sherline
- 2 games with Mark Coniglio
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