Sphere, Inc.

Moby ID: 689

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Sphere, Inc. was formed when Nexa Corporation merged with Spectrum Holobyte in 1987. Both companies were listed as divisions of Sphere, Inc. until late 1991.

Sphere, Inc. was 89% owned by Robert Maxwell, the UK media baron. When Maxwell died in November 1991 (presumed to have fallen overboard from his luxury yacht), chaos ensued for all of the Maxwell companies, including Sphere.

Gilman Louie, who founded Nexa Corporation, kept the company afloat after the Maxwell turmoil and changed the name to Spectrum Holobyte in September 1992.

Credited on 14 Games from 1987 to 1993

Tetris Gold (1993 on DOS, Windows 3.x, Macintosh)
Falcon 3.0 (1991 on DOS)
Super Tetris (1991 on DOS, Windows 3.x, Amiga...)
Wordtris (1991 on DOS, Game Boy, SNES...)
Faces ...tris III (1990 on DOS, Amiga, Macintosh)
Stunt Driver (1990 on DOS)
Tank: The M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Simulation (1989 on DOS, Windows, Linux)
Vette! (1989 on DOS, Macintosh, PC-98)
Welltris (1989 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...)
Falcon A.T. (1988 on DOS, Windows)
Tetris (1988 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...)
Falcon (1987 on DOS, Amiga, Atari ST...)
Orbiter (1986 on DOS, Atari ST, Macintosh)
GATO (1984 on DOS, Atari ST, Apple II...)

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