Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd. (stylized as ARTECH studios) was a

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formed in 1982 in

Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...

, Canada. Also known as Artech Studios, the company developed games such as '' Raze's Hell'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Wheel of Fortune'', and a remake of

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. The company has developed games for the

ColecoVision ColecoVision is a second-generation home video-game console developed by Coleco and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released a year later in Europe by CBS Electronics as the CBS ColecoVision. The console offered a closer expe ...

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, Atari computers,

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, PC, and the

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. They have also developed a series of interactive games designed for standard

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. Artech Studios closed its doors in December 2011.

Game titles

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* ''Zot!'' * ''Wiztype'' * ''MacBeth'' * ''Skiing!'' * ''Astro Lander'' * ''BC Matchup''

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* '' Ace of Aces'' * ''

BC's Quest for Tires ''B.C.'s Quest for Tires'' is a horizontally scrolling video game designed by Rick Banks and Michael Bate and published by Sierra On-Line in 1983. Versions were released for the Commodore 64, IBM PC, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, ZX Spec ...

'' * '' B.C. II: Grog's Revenge'' * ''Wiz Math'' * '' The Dam Busters'' * '' Fight Night'' * '' Desert Fox'' * '' Killed Until Dead'' * ''Deceptor'' * '' The Train: Escape to Normandy'' * '' Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon'' * '' Mean 18'' * '' Rack 'Em'' * ''Mental Blocks''

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* ''

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* '' B.C. II: Grog's Revenge''

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* ''Heat Wave'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''Megafortress: The Flight of the Old Dog'' * '' Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation'' * '' Blue Max'' * ''

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'' * ''Mental Blocks''

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* ''

Dark Castle ''Dark Castle'' is a 1986 platform game for Macintosh, originally published by Silicon Beach Software. The game was designed and animated by Mark Pierce and programmed by Jonathan Gay, with Real Sound provided by Eric Zocher. In ''Dark Castle'', ...

'' * '' Motocross Championship'' (

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) * '' Crystal's Pony Tale''

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* ''

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* ''

'' * ''

'' * '' U.F.O.s''

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* ''Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing'' * '' Fight Night'' * '' The Train: Escape to Normandy'' * '' Mean 18'' * '' Rack 'Em'' * ''Serve and Volley'' * ''

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'' * ''Mental Blocks'' * '' Blue Max: Aces of the Great War'' * ''

'' * '' Megafortress'' * ''

'' * ''

'' * ''Wild Science Arcade'' * '' Mystery at the Museums'' * ''Rock and Bach'' * ''Director's Lab'' * ''Wild Board Games'' * ''Wild Card Games'' * ''Adventures with Edison'' * ''Play Math'' * ''Wild Ride'' * ''Super Putt'' * ''UFOs - Gnap'' * ''Medieval Times'' * ''Moto Extreme'' * ''Monopoly Star Wars'' * ''Celtica'' * ''Thunder Chrome'' * ''ARA'' * ''Star Wars Playset'' * '' Wheel of Fortune'' * ''

'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''Wheel of Fortune 2nd Edition'' * ''Jeopardy 2nd Edition'' * ''Stanley's Tiger Tales'' * ''Music Mix Studio'' * ''Cinderella's Castle Builder''

Windows PC

* ''Arcade Mania'' * ''Super Putt'' * ''

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'' * ''

'' * '' My Little Pony: Friendship Gardens'' * '' Trivial Pursuit Unhinged'' * '' Friends: The One with All the Trivia'' * ''

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'' * '' Aces of the Galaxy'' * ''I Spy Fun House'' * '' U.F.O.s'' * ''Jeopardy 2003'' * ''Wheel of Fortune 2003'' * ''Hello Kitty Cutie World'' * ''Stanley Wild for Sharks'' * ''Stanley Tiger Tales'' * ''Tonka Search and Rescue 2'' * ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm''

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* '' Wheel of Fortune'' * ''

'' * ''

'' * ''Wheel of Fortune 2nd Edition'' * ''Jeopardy 2nd Edition''

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* ''Wheel of Fortune PS2'' * ''Jeopardy PS2'' * '' Trivial Pursuit Unhinged'' * '' Friends: The One with All the Trivia''

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* '' Trivial Pursuit Unhinged'' * '' Raze's Hell''

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* ''Show Me the Wild'' * ''Time Troopers'' * ''Trivial Pursuit: Lord of the Rings'' * ''Scholastic Read with Me DVD!' * ''Clue'' * ''Candyland'' * ''Clifford/Goosebumps/I-Spy'' * ''Twister Dance'' * ''Monopoly Tropical Tycoon''

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* '' Boogie Bunnies'' * '' Aces of the Galaxy'' * ''

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* ''

References

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