Distinctive Software, Inc. was a Canadian video game developer established in Burnaby, British Columbia, by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember after their success...
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Don Mattrick (section Distinctive Software)
(born February 13, 1964) is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Distinctive Software (DSI) in 1982 in Vancouver at age 17, while graduating from high...
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located in Burnaby, British Columbia. The development studio opened as Distinctive Software in January 1983, and is also Electronic Arts's largest and oldest...
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spin-offs. Distinctive Software developed its 1989 sequel, The Duel: Test Drive II, using several software libraries. Distinctive (as Unlimited Software, Inc...
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Stunts (video game) (category Distinctive Software games)
known as 4D Sports: Driving) is a 3D racing video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Broderbund in 1990. The game places emphasis on...
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Agent 1995 Metropolis Software House Metropolis Software House Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Distinctive Software Ultra Software Corporation Teenage...
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Mission: Impossible (1991 video game) (category Distinctive Software games)
Mission: Impossible is a 1991 adventure video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Konami. Mission: Impossible is a game in which the...
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Wilkinson and Rory Armes previously worked for Distinctive Software during the late 1980s. When Distinctive Software was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1991...
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Top Gun: Guts and Glory (category Distinctive Software games)
Top Gun: Guts and Glory North American cover art Developer(s) Distinctive Software Publisher(s) Konami Producer(s) David E. Davis Designer(s) David E....
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Walt Disney Computer Software. Dick Tracy: The Crime Solving Adventure, for Amiga and MS-DOS, developed by Distinctive Software and also published by...
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Test Drive (1987 video game) (category Distinctive Software games)
Test Drive is a racing video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade, released in 1987 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64,...
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List of video game developers (redirect from Ecole Software)
remainder of Spil Games. GamesIndustry.biz. February 12, 2020. Nippon Ichi Software establishes SystemSoft Beta to succeed SystemSoft Alpha game division....
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Australia on October 24, 1991. Top Gun: Danger Zone, developed by Distinctive Software and published by Konami, was released for PC (DOS) in 1991. The players...
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Columbia and started in the video game industry in the late 1980s at Distinctive Software in Burnaby. His first game was Hardball II released in 1989. Taylor...
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Electronic Arts (category Macintosh software companies)
toward internal game studios, often through acquisitions, such as Distinctive Software becoming EA Canada in 1991. Into the 21st century, EA develops and...
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Hamurabi 1996 HardBall! 1987 Accolade Accolade HardBall II 1989 Distinctive Software Accolade HardBall III 1992 MindSpan Accolade Hardball 4 1994 MindSpan...
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The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing (category Distinctive Software games)
International Grand Prix Racing is a 1989 computer game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade. It has similarities to Grand Prix Circuit...
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Weirdness 1992 Distinctive Software Konami Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants 1991 Imagineering Acclaim Entertainment, Ocean Software Sinbad and the...
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4D Sports Tennis (category Distinctive Software games)
4D Sports Tennis European boxart Developer(s) Distinctive Software Publisher(s) Mindscape Platform(s) MS-DOS, FM Towns, PC-98 Release 1990 Genre(s) Sports...
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Top Gun: Danger Zone (category Distinctive Software games)
Top Gun: Danger Zone is a video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Konami in 1991 for DOS. Danger Zone (Top Gun) is a flight simulator...
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4D Sports Boxing (category Distinctive Software games)
3D boxing video game, with motion capture animation, developed by Distinctive Software and released in 1991 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Macintosh. It is part...
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Accolade's Comics (category Distinctive Software games)
Accolade. It was developed by the co-founders of the Canadian firm Distinctive Software, Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember. The game intersperses action games...
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Power At Sea (category Distinctive Software games)
Power At Sea is a video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade in 1988 for the Commodore 64. Power At Sea is a game in which...
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Origin Systems (redirect from Origin (software company))
Texas offices. By 1992, Origin Systems had sold more than 1.5 million software units worldwide. In September 1992, Electronic Arts acquired the company...
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Resources Investment Corporation Capcom Vancouver Catalena Productions Distinctive Software EA Black Box Foley, Welch and Stewart Future Shop Gaslamp Games HarbourLynx...
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The Duel: Test Drive II (category Distinctive Software games)
The Duel: Test Drive II is a 1989 racing video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Commodore...
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Grand Prix Circuit (video game) (category Distinctive Software games)
Grand Prix Circuit is a racing video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade for MS-DOS compatible operating systems in 1988....
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Retrieved August 23, 2012. Frind, Markus (2007). "Looking for 3 Senior Software Developers". PlentyOfFish Blog. Archived from the original on December...
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