Cryo Interactive 974336 204416174 2008-04-09T09:38:28Z 78.20.106.158 /* Notable games published or developed */ {{Unreferenced|date=March 2008}} {{Infobox Company | company_name = Cryo Interactive Entertainment | company_logo = [[Image:Cryo Interactive Entertainment logo (1998-2002).jpeg|The Cryo Interactive Entertainment logo.]] | company_type = Unknown | company_slogan = | foundation = [[Paris]], [[France]] (1992) | location = Paris, France | key_people = | num_employees = | industry = [[Computer and video game industry|Computer and video games]] | products = ''[[Dune (computer game)|Dune]]''<br />''[[Lost Eden]]''<br />''[[Atlantis: The Lost Tales]]''<br />''[[Ring (computer game)|Ring]]''<br />''[[Frank Herbert's Dune (video game)|Frank Herbert's Dune]]'' | revenue = | subsid = [[Cryo Studios|Cryo Studios North America]]<br />[[Dreamcatcher Interactive]] | homepage = }} '''Cryo Interactive Entertainment''' was a [[France|French]] [[video game developer|video game development]] and [[video game publisher|publishing]] company founded in [[1992 in video gaming|1992]], but existing unofficially since 1989 as a developer group under the name Cryo. ==History== Cryo was formed by members of [[ERE Informatique]] who left [[Infogrames]] (proprietor of ERE since 1986) — among these were [[Philippe Ulrich]], [[Rémi Herbulot]] and [[Jean-Martial Lefranc]]. The first game developed under the Cryo Interactive moniker was the hit ''[[Dune (video game)|Dune]]'', which granted the newly-formed software company both publicity and funding for further games under [[Virgin Group|Virgin]] until 1996, when Cryo started self-publishing inside the European market, and in North America through then partially-owned Canadian publisher [[DreamCatcher Interactive]]. Cryo made its name mostly through adaptations of already existing [[narrative|stories]] (such as ''[[Riverworld (video game)|Riverworld]]'', based on [[Philip José Farmer]]'s [[Riverworld|novel]] and ''[[Ubik]]'' by [[Philip K. Dick]]) or those based on historical scenarios (like ''[[KGB (computer game)|KGB]]'', a game set days before the [[collapse of the Soviet Union]] and several games based in [[Ancient Egypt]], [[Qing Dynasty]]'s [[China]] and [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]'s [[France]], developed with Cryo's ''Omni3D'' engine). Although most of the post-Virgin games managed to capture and stay true to the original settings, poor interfaces and the lack of worldwide distribution turned little profit from each game. In 2002, not long after ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune (video game)|Frank Herbert's Dune]]'' flopped, Cryo's situation was no longer sustainable, and the company was declared [[bankrupt]]. After much negotiation, most of the assets and development teams of Cryo Interactive were absorbed by [[DreamCatcher Interactive]], forming the base for DreamCatcher Europe. ===Cryo Networks=== A Cryo Interactive subsidiary called Cryo Networks, aimed at developing and publishing online applications exclusively, was established in December 1997. Aside from online [[multiplayer games]] (''[[Deo Gratias (computer game)|Deo Gratias]]'', ''[[FireTeam (computer game)|FireTeam]]'', ''[[Mankind (video game)|Mankind]]'' and ''[[Scotland Yard (computer game)|Scotland Yard]]'' being some of the titles released under this label), Cryo Networks also maintained a proprietary online multimedia development framework named [[SCOL]] (Standard Cryo On Line). Cryo Networks was dismantled in 2002, shortly earlier than its parent company, leaving its then-ongoing project ''[[Dune computer and video games#Dune Generations|Dune Generations]]'' unfinished. The SCOL technology was subsequently released as an [[open source]] project. ==Notable games published or developed== {{main|List of video games by Cryo Interactive}} Below is a selection of video games and series thereof, which were published or developed by Cryo Interactive or Cryo Networks during their lifetime. The list is in chronological order and non-Cryo developers are mentioned where appropriate. * ''[[Extase (computer game)|Extase]]'' (1991) * ''[[Dune (computer game)|Dune]]'' (1992) * ''[[KGB (computer game)|KGB]]'' (1992) * ''[[MegaRace]]'' series (1993-2001) * ''[[Dragon Lore]]'' series (1994-1996) * ''[[Lost Eden]]'' (1994) * ''[[Commander Blood]]'' (1994) * ''[[Versailles 1685|Versailles]]'' series (1997-2002) * ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Tales|Atlantis]]'' series (1997-present) continued by [[The Adventure Company]] * ''[[Mankind (video game)|Mankind]]'' (1998) developed by [[Vibes Online Gaming]] * ''[[Riverworld#Derivative works|Riverworld]]'' (1998) * ''[[Black Moon Chronicles (computer game)|Black Moon Chronicles]]'' (1999) * ''[[The Devil Inside]]'' (2000) developed by [[Gamesquad]] * ''[[Hellboy (game)|Hellboy: Dogs of the Night]]'' (2000) * ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune (video game)|Frank Herbert's Dune]]'' (2001) developed by [[Widescreen Games]] <!-- ===Developed and published=== * ''[[360: Three Sixty]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[PlayStation]]) * ''[[The 3rd Millennium]]'' ([[1997 in video gaming|1997]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Black Moon Chronicles (computer game)|Black Moon Chronicles]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Deo Gratias (computer game)|Deo Gratias]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Dreams: to Reality]]'' ([[1997 in video gaming|1997]]) ([[MS-DOS]], [[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh]]'' ([[1997 in video gaming|1997]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy]]'' ([[2000 in video gaming|2000]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Foot Quiz Challenge]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[The Guardians of Darkness]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Hellboy (game)|Hellboy: Dogs of the Night]]'' ([[2000 in video gaming|2000]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[The New Adventures of the Time Machine]]'' ([[2000 in video gaming|2000]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Pax Corpus]]'' ([[1997 in video gaming|1997]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Persian Wars (computer game)|Persian Wars]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Riverworld#Derivative works|Riverworld]]'' ([[1998 in video gaming|1998]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[The Sacred Amulet]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) also known as ''Aztec'' * ''[[Saga: Rage of the Vikings]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Ubik (computer game)|Ubik]]'' ([[1998 in video gaming|1998]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Virus: It Is Aware]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[PlayStation]]) * ''[[ZeroZone|Zero Zone]]'' ([[1998 in video gaming|1998]]) ([[Windows]]) ===Developed only=== * ''[[Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure]]'' ([[1995 in video gaming|1995]]) ([[MS-DOS]]) * ''[[Arthur's Knights: Tales of Chivalry]]'' ([[2000 in video gaming|2000]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Arthur's Knights II: The Secret of Merlin]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Tales]]'' ([[1997 in video gaming|1997]]) ([[MS-DOS]], [[PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn]]) * ''[[Atlantis II]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]], [[Windows]]) known as ''Beyond Atlantis'' in North America * ''[[Atlantis III: The New World]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[PlayStation 2]], [[Windows]]) known as ''Beyond Atlantis 2'' in North America * ''[[Captain Blood (video game)#Sequels|Big Bug Bang]]'' ([[1996 in video gaming|1996]]) ([[MS-DOS]]) sequel to ''[[Commander Blood]]'' * ''[[China: The Forbidden City]]'' ([[1998 in video gaming|1998]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Commander Blood]]'' ([[1994 in video gaming|1994]]) ([[MS-DOS]]) sequel to ''[[Captain Blood (video game)|Captain Blood]]'' * ''[[Curse of Atlantis: Thorgal's Quest]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Dragon Lore]]'' ([[1994 in video gaming|1994]]) ([[3DO]], [[MS-DOS]]) * ''[[Dragon Lore II]]'' ([[1996 in video gaming|1996]]) ([[MS-DOS]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Dune (computer game)|Dune]]'' ([[1992 in video gaming|1992]]) ([[Amiga]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Sega CD]]) * ''[[Extase (computer game)|Extase]]'' ([[1991 in video gaming|1991]]) ([[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[MS-DOS]]) * ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune (video game)|Frank Herbert's Dune]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[PlayStation 2]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Hard Boiled (video game)|Hard Boiled]]'' ([[1998 in video gaming|1998]]) ([[PlayStation]]) * ''[[Hardline (computer game)|Hardline]]'' ([[1996 in video gaming|1996]]) ([[MS-DOS]]) * ''[[Jekyll and Hyde (computer game)|Jekyll and Hyde]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[KGB (computer game)|KGB]]'' ([[1992 in video gaming|1992]]) ([[Amiga]], [[MS-DOS]]) released as ''Conspiracy'' in its MS-DOS CD-ROM version * ''[[Lost Eden]]'' ([[1995 in video gaming|1995]]) ([[3DO]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]], [[CD-i]], [[MS-DOS]]) * ''[[MegaRace]]'' ([[1993 in video gaming|1993]]) ([[3DO]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Sega CD]]) * ''[[MegaRace 2]]'' ([[1996 in video gaming|1996]]) ([[MS-DOS]]) * ''[[MegaRace#Legacy|MegaRace: MR3 - Nanotech Disaster]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[PlayStation 2]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Monsterville]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[The Mystery of the Nautilus]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[The Pink Panther#Video Games|Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[Game Boy Advance]], [[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[The Raven Project]]'' ([[1995 in video gaming|1995]]) ([[MS-DOS]], [[PlayStation]]) * ''[[Salammbo: Battle for Carthage]]'' ([[2003 in video gaming|2003]]) ([[Windows]]) completed posthumously * ''[[Timecop]]'' ([[1995 in video gaming|1995]]) ([[SNES]]) * ''[[Treasure Hunter (computer game)|Treasure Hunter]]'' ([[1997 in video gaming|1997]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Versailles 1685]]'' ([[1997 in video gaming|1997]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Versailles II]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[PlayStation 2]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[PlayStation 2]], [[Windows]]) ===Published only=== * ''[[Agassi Tennis Generation]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[PlayStation 2]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (video game)|Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[The Devil Inside]]'' ([[2000 in video gaming|2000]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Egypte Kids]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[FireTeam (computer game)|FireTeam]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[From Dusk Till Dawn (video game)|From Dusk Till Dawn]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[The Gift (computer game)|The Gift]]'' ([[2000 in video gaming|2000]]) ([[PlayStation 2]], [[Windows]]) also known as ''Gifty'' * ''[[Hopkins FBI]]'' ([[1998 in video gaming|1998]]) ([[Windows]]), French release only * ''[[Jerusalem: The Three Roads to the Holy Land]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Mankind (video game)|Mankind]]'' ([[1998 in video gaming|1998]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Millennium Racer: Y2K Fighters]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Money Mad (computer game)|Money Mad]]'' ([[2000 in video gaming|2000]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Ring (computer game)|Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen]]'' ([[1999 in video gaming|1999]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Roland Garros French Open 2000]]'' ([[2000 in video gaming|2000]]) ([[Game Boy Color]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Roland Garros French Open 2001]]'' ([[2001 in video gaming|2001]]) ([[PlayStation]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Scotland Yard (computer game)|Scotland Yard]]'' ([[1998 in video gaming|1998]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[The Shadow of Zorro]]'' ([[2003 in video gaming|2003]]) ([[PlayStation 2]], [[Windows]]) * ''[[Stealth Combat]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[Windows]]) * ''[[Timescape: Journey to Pompeii]]'' ([[2002 in video gaming|2002]]) ([[Windows]]) also known as ''Pompei: The Legend of Vesuvius'' ===Unreleased=== * ''[[Dune computer and video games#Dune Generations|Dune Generations]]'' * ''[[Zidane Football Generation]]'' (was released independently as ''Calcio 2003'' by developer [[Trecision]] after the demise of Cryo [http://www.pcgames.it/scheda.asp?id=582][http://www.games.it/articolo.php?id=20010823084934]) --> ==See also== * [[List of video games by Cryo Interactive]] * [[Lists of video games]] ==External links== * [http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,223 Interview with Ghislain Pages, Commercial Director for DreamCatcher Europe] at [[Adventure Gamers]] (2003-03-07) *[http://www.mobygames.com/company/cryo-interactive-entertainment ''Cryo Interactive''] profile on [[MobyGames]] *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/scol ''SCOL''] at [[SourceForge]] [[Category:French video game companies]] [[Category:Defunct video game companies]] [[de:Cryo Interactive Entertainment]] [[fr:Cryo Interactive]] [[ru:Cryo Interactive]]