About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 171. Not illustrated. Chapters: Atari, Infogrames Entertainment, Sa, Ubisoft, Gameloft, Cryo Interactive, Microids, Focus Home Interactive, Boonty, Funpause, Ere Informatique, Titus Software, Ageod, Ankama Games, Quantic Dream, White Birds, Atari, Sa, Delphine Software International, Adeline Software International, Coktel Vision, Monte Cristo, Nadeo, Cyanide, Anuman, Kheops Studio, Arkane Studios, Haiku Studios, Kalisto Entertainment, Darkworks, Clickteam, Eden Games, No Cliche, Silmarils, Etranges Libellules, Eugen Systems, Pam Development, Lankhor, F4, Magic Pockets, Computer's Dream, Hydravision Entertainment, Kylotonn, Yullaby, Loriciels, Bigben Interactive, Toka, Nekeme Prod, Load Inc., Arcade Zone, Nice Ideas, Visiware. Excerpt: Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) was an international French holding company headquartered in Villeurbanne, Lyon, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory computer book. Through its subsidiaries, Infogrames produced, published and distributed interactive games for all major video game consoles and computer game platforms. The founders wanted to christen the company Zboub Systeme, but were dissuaded by their legal counsel. According to Bonnell in a TV interview, they then used a mix-and-match computer program to suggest other names, one of which was "Infogramme" a portmanteau of the French words "informatique" (information technology) and "programme" (a computer program). The final choice, "Infogrames," was a slightly modified version of that suggestion, and is pronounced in English. The company logo is an armadillo (tatou in French), chosen when the company was moved to Villeurbanne. Bonnell commented: "This dinosaur is our symbol. The armadill...
