R&P Electronic Media

Moby ID: 4514

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R&P electronic media was founded in August 1991 by brothers Robert de Wit (1964-2012), and Peter de Wit (1969). The brothers started the company with dealerships and distribution of computer hardware and delivered networking solutions to companies in the Netherlands. Robert, a gifted computer programmer, was asked to create a a slot machine for his brother (for personal fun), and with this they started to develop cd ROM software in 1994 soon followed by computer games. Until 2001 the company released many games, Notably Fort Boyard, Atlantis, Egypt, Tank Racer, Roland Garros, Starship Titanic, Star Trek, etc. All games have been available in Dutch, English and most also in French. The company also developed and released one of the first content management systems, MediaBase and was involved in one of the first RSA encrypted rights management systems in the world together with Aegissoft in the United States. In 2001 R&P ceased their game development and publishing activities. The other activities continued under the flag of RPL Interactive.

Credited on 16 Games from 1997 to 2000

The Longest Journey (1999 on Windows, iPhone, iPad)
Starship Titanic (1998 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh)
China: The Forbidden City (1998 on Windows, PlayStation, Macintosh)
Ubik (1998 on Windows, PlayStation)
Zero Zone (1998 on Windows)
Atlantis: The Lost Tales (1997 on DOS, Windows, PlayStation...)
Pax Corpus (1997 on Windows, PlayStation)
Dreams to Reality (1997 on DOS, Windows)
Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh (1997 on Windows, PlayStation, Macintosh)
Rising Lands (1997 on Windows)
Roland Garros 97 (1997 on DOS, Windows)
Saban's Iznogoud (1997 on DOS, Windows, PlayStation)
The 3rd Millennium (1997 on Windows)
Ar'Kritz the Intruder (1996 on DOS)
Evidence: The Last Report (1996 on DOS, Windows, PlayStation)
Slam Tilt (1996 on Windows, Amiga)

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February 4, 2000

R&P Electronic Media issues a summon against Sony DADC over their failing SecuROM copy protection. They claim that SecuROM offers practically no protection against illegal copying and holds Sony DADC liable for all damages.

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