Kalisto Entertainment was a French video game development company founded by Nicolas Gaume at age 19. They are mostly known for developing ''

Fury of the Furries ''Fury of the Furries'' is a puzzle-platform game developed by Kalisto and published by Mindscape for Amiga, Amiga CD32, Macintosh, and DOS. It was later relicensed by Namco as ''Pac-In-Time'', replacing the characters to fit the Pac-Man fran ...

'' and the ''

Nightmare Creatures ''Nightmare Creatures'' is a 1997 survival horror video game developed by Kalisto Entertainment for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 64. A sequel, ''Nightmare Creatures II'', was released three years later. A mobile phone version of ' ...

'' series. The company began as Atreid Concept in 1990 and later created the distribution label Kalisto in 1992, which became Kalisto Entertainment's namesake. In late 1993, Atreid Concept became part of Mindscape Inc. as Mindscape Bordeaux. Nicolas Gaume bought Mindscape Bordeaux back in 1996, and renamed the company Kalisto Entertainment. In 2000, it expanded operations when the company acquired Texas-based developer Daylight Productions, and renamed itself to Kalisto Entertainment USA. Kalisto Entertainment declared bankruptcy in 2002 (same time as the

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), and company officials were found without fault by a criminal court in 2006. Employers of the U.S. office went on to start up a new company Big Sky Interactive, which was later blacklisted by THQ and later shut down in 2003. Civil trials are still under way. Nicolas Gaume was condemned to pay 200,000 euros by the French Stock Market Authority for repeated misinformation of his stockholders.

Games

*'' S.C.OUT'' (1992) *''Cogito'' (1992) *''

'' (1993) *'' Pac-In-Time'' (1994) *'' Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing'' (1995) *''

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'' (1997) *''

Ultimate Race Pro ''Ultimate Race Pro'' (stylized as ''Ultim@te Race Pro'') is a racing video game, which was created by Kalisto Entertainment, developed in 1997, and published by MicroProse, and released in 1998. It was bundled with PowerVR boards. Gameplay The ...

'' (1998) *''

The Fifth Element ''The Fifth Element'' is a 1997 English-language French science fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, as well as co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker, and Milla Jov ...

'' (1998) *''

Nightmare Creatures II ''Nightmare Creatures II'' is a survival horror video game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and published by Konami for the PlayStation and Dreamcast. It is the sequel to ''Nightmare Creatures''. Plot In 1934, Adam Crowley, an occultist, an ...

'' (2000) *''

4 Wheel Thunder ''4 Wheel Thunder'' is a racing game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and published by Midway Games. While the game had been in development for some time prior as a separate title, it was eventually decided to rebrand the game into Midway's ''Thu ...

'' (2000) *'' New York Race'' (2001) *''Lucky Luke: Western Fever'' (2001) *''

Castleween ''Castleween'' (''Spirits & Spells'' in North America) is the name of two 2002/2003 platform video games, one developed by Kalisto Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and ported to the GameCube by Wanadoo Edition, and the other developed by Mag ...

'' (2002)

Cancelled

*'' Highlander: The Gathering'' (trailer title)The Game Archaeologist: Highlander Online
/ref> *''Nightmare Creatures III: Angel of Darkness''

References

External links

Kalisto Entertainment SA
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