Kalisto Entertainment SA
Overview
In 1990,
Nicolas Gaume created an independent French video game development company under the name
Atreid Concept SA. The company set up its own distribution label in 1992 called
Kalisto and released
The Tinies,
Cogito,
S.C.Out,
Fury of the Furries and
Breakline between 1992 and 1994.
Apple also invested in the company.
A collaboration with the Japanese group
Namco led to the creation of
Pac-in-Time in 1994, on Nintendo and SEGA consoles along the PC and Macintosh versions. In October 1994, the British group
Pearson bought Atreid Concept and
Mindscape, Inc. Atreid joined an international distribution force and became
Mindscape Bordeaux in 1995, releasing
Warriors, and
Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing, which was chosen by
Bill Gates for the promotion of the release of Windows 95.
In 1996, Nicolas Gaume bought back 100% of Mindscape Bordeaux which then became
Kalisto Entertainment. English, American, Japanese and Chinese offices were opened and between 1997 and 1998 the company released
Dark Earth,
Ultim@te Race Pro and
Nightmare Creatures.
In June 2000 the company acquired the US studio
DayLight Productions and renamed it Kalisto Entertainment USA Inc. The company eventually filed for bankruptcy in April 2002. The US division's director
Stretch Williams founded the studio
BigSky Interactive, Inc. in May 2002 and took along the team of 30 people of the former Kalisto US studio.
Contributed by
IJan (1980) on Dec 18, 1999. [
revised by :
B.L. Stryker (19782),
rey_ (256) and
Sciere 
(122026)].
