Factor 5 GmbH

Moby ID: 214

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May 2009: The US division Factor 5, Inc. is closed down.
October 2002: After completing a MPEG4 playback toolkit for the Nintendo Gamecube, Factor 5 and DivXNetworks team up to bring DVD-quality video to game consoles.
2000: MusyX for Game Boy Advance and Nintendo Gamecube becomes available for licensed Nintendo developers.
1999: MusyX is finished for Game Boy Color. Nintendo and Factor 5 enter a multi-year licensing agreement for MusyX to become the official sound and music system for Nintendo platforms. The initial design and development of MusyX for Nintendo´s next generation platforms Game Boy Advance and Nintendo Gamecube are started.
1998: The MusyX sound-system is finished for the N64 and PC platforms, a program used to ease the integration of sound in games.
1997: Work is started on the Nintendo 64. Factor 5 develops proprietary speech compression and sound tools for the N64. Based on these efforts, Nintendo grants access to highly proprietary Microcode information and development environment.
May 1996: Company moves to San Rafael, California.
1991: After working as a small team for a few years, the members decide to give up their studies and officially "open" the company.
1987: Company founded in Germany.