Adeline Software International was a

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founded in February 1993 as a subsidiary company of

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, and based in

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. The team mostly came from

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, another French video game company, after a disagreement about sequels of the ''

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'' bestseller.

History

The company employed 21 people including graphic artists, developers and musicians. Five members made up the core of the team:

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(creative director), Yaël Barroz (computer artist in charge of scenery), Didier Chanfray (artistic director), Serge Plagnol (technical director), and Laurent Salmeron (resource manager). After the release of ''

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'' in 1997, the company slowly went quiet, and in July, the core team was sold to

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, becoming

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and leaving Adeline as an empty group within Delphine. Years after the apparent demise of Adeline, the brand was revived in 2002 by Delphine, and put it in charge of the development of '' Moto Racer Advance'', released for the

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. However, no members from the original Adeline staff were involved in the development. This new team at Adeline was also tasked with developing the game '' Flashback Legend'', a sequel to the '' Flashback'' series which ended up being cancelled during 2003. The liquidation of Delphine in July 2004 marked the definite death of Adeline. A third Little Big Adventure game has been a talking topic since 2000.

Games

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Little Big Adventure ''Little Big Adventure'' is a 1994 action-adventure game developed by Adeline Software International. It was published in Europe by Electronic Arts, and by Activision in North America, Asia and Oceania under the name ''Relentless: Twinsen's Adven ...

'' (1994) *''

Time Commando ''Time Commando'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Adeline Software and published by Electronic Arts in Europe, Activision in America (United States and Brazil), and Virgin Interactive Entertainment (IBM PC compatible and PlayStati ...

'' (1996) *''

'' (1997) *'' Moto Racer Advance'' (2002) *'' Flashback Legend'' (cancelled)

References

{{Authority control Defunct video game companies of France Video game companies established in 1993 Video game companies disestablished in 2004 Companies based in Lyon