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 (1985 on DOS, Atari ST, Macintosh) |
| GATO (1984 on DOS, Atari ST, Apple II...) |
Related Web Sites +
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Entrepreneur's Wild Ride .. Game Firm Emerges From the Maxwell Nightmare
Los Angeles Times article (Sept. 24, 1992)
Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 14 games with MicroProse (Alameda)
- 3 games with Valve Corporation
- 3 games with Retroism
- 3 games with MicroProse-Spectrum HoloByte UK-Europe
- 3 games with Tommo Inc.
- 2 games with Rowan Software Ltd.
- 2 games with MicroProse Software Pty Ltd
- 2 games with Brasoft Produtos de Informática Ltda.
- 2 games with Mirrorsoft Ltd.
- 1 game with Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City
- 10 games with Gilman Louie
- 9 games with Daniel L. Guerra
- 9 games with Marisa Ong
- 8 games with Kuswara Pranawahadi
- 7 games with Anthony Chiang
- 7 games with Matt Carlström
- 6 games with Chuck Butler
- 6 games with Mike Nebeker
- 6 games with Ann McCue
- 6 games with Ed Bogas
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