fav game developer/company that died out?

[Richter Belmount]

Quintet I really miss these guys i consider them the king of making great rpgs , but not selling tons grr illusion of gaia was my 1st rpg and i couldnt have picked a better one =P , i had actually took the effort and time to get a english illusion of gaia 2/ terranigma going through all the pal converter crap and actually wrecking a snes trying to mod it to play that pal english cart.

[Ernster]

Umm where there not "gone" as of yet but I do miss the old Rare, when they were making amazing games on N64.

I dont really miss them but I do wish Sunsoft were still around as they were one of the best of the NES developers.

[sabre2922]

SNK but they still live on as SNK/Playmore

I would have to say when Sega dropped out of the console race It was like a death in the family to me and felt as though they were gone forever at first.
Gaming has never been the same since or at least not to me.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I miss Westwood Studios and Origin.

In their original, pre-assimilated-by-EA forms anyway. And no, I'm not going to turn this into an anti-EA rant, just saying that these two companies in particular weren't well served by the association in the end.

[robotriot]

I agree with PDF ... and would like to add Appeal, developers of Outcast for PC. So sad that Outcast 2 didn't happen :(

[GarrettCRW]

I'll go with Technos. Between Double Dragon and the Kunio franchise, they were pretty near the gods of the beat-'em-up genre.

[SkiDragon]

I am going to have to third Westwood. Everyone I know who has played both Command and Conquer and StarCraft likes C&C more. And thats Tiberian Sun. My other friend says StarCraft is better but has never played C&C. Now all C&C is, with Generals, is another copy of StarCraft, like EVERY OTHER RTS game that I have played recently. Rome Total War may have been different, but I only played the demo so I cant be sure. I like the C&C format for RTS way more than StarCraft. I hate having to make little worker/slaves build my buildings. Anyway...

[Arcturius]

Psygonisis they were never the same after getting assimulated by Sony }:(

[felix]

Square..
stupid Ea is going to destroy the world someday.. you can quote me on it when it happens and you see me on CNN explaining how my "EA conspiracy theory" about how they are saving to build a super-nuclear bomb was true afterall..

[THATinkjar]

Probably Bullfrog, I suppose. I also consider the Sonic Team to be pretty much dead. Hmm, someone mentioned Westwood. Hmm. Good in their day, but they are nothing to me now.

[squidblatt]

Microprose was my favorite publisher. Darklands, Sword of the Samurai, X-Com, Civilization, Railroad Tycoon, Pirates!, Tachyon, etc.

[Damon Plus]

I'll go with Technos. Between Double Dragon and the Kunio franchise, they were pretty near the gods of the beat-'em-up genre.

I second that. Technos games are great and original multiplayer games, and River City Ransom is my favorite game of all time.

[AtariBuff]

I miss Infocom's text adventures like Zork

[DeputyMoniker]

Well I havent been keeping up with it but I hope 3DO makes it through. High Heat is the only baseball game I play anymore.
As for SNK, Im glad they "went away". The rebirth is much better. Its like the good guys won.

[GrandAmChandler]

Sierra. LucasArts Old School.

Back in the day I'd buy ANYTHING from Sierra. Highlights I have bought and played and are still somewhere in my house:

Sierra:
King's Quest 1-VII
Gabriel Knight
Space Quest 1-4
Police Quest 1-4
Phantasmagoria
Goblins 1-3
Quest for Glory Series

Lucas Arts:
Maniac Mansion / DOTT
Sam& Max (shame thie 2nd one got canned )
Full Throttle
THE DIG - I LOVED this game. Maybe one of my favorites of all time
Indiana Jones Series
Monkey Island Series
Rebel Assault I & II
Dark Forces I & II

The list goes on with these two companies. I am an adventure game addict!

[GobopopRevisited]

Technos
Quintet
Psygnosis
DMA
Westone (they are dead, aren't they?)

[Teo]

Stand Alone Squareplex

[robotriot]

Heh, this reminds me of The Bitmap Brothers - they haven't done anything good since Z. Technically they're not dead afaik, but certainly they're past their golden years in the beginning of the 90ies :/

[Ackman]

I'll go with Technos. Between Double Dragon and the Kunio franchise, they were pretty near the gods of the beat-'em-up genre.

brings tears to my eyes how such brilliant games Double Dragon nes and Super Double Dragon have to live with the shame of :

that horrible snes fighter
the movie
the horrible american cartoon

at least kunio never got raped x_x

and there'll probably never be another game... sniff :.......(

[syd]

Some great companies already mentioned. I'd like to add to the list the oldschool Apogee (Commander Keen, Bio-Menace, etc.) who now waste their time making Duke Nukem Forever, and Rare classics such as battletoads and snake rattle n roll! I don't think Rare is still alive anyway...