BlueSky Software was an American video game developer based in

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. Formed in 1988, BlueSky closed in March 2001 when parent company,

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, was in financial trouble. Titus retained ownership of the BlueSky trademark until their bankruptcy in 2004.

Games

Atari 7800 The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. It can run almost all Atari 2600 cartridges, making it the ...

* '' Basketbrawl'' (1990) * '' Mat Mania Challenge'' (1990) * '' Mean 18'' (1989) * ''Motor Psycho'' (1990) * ''

Ninja Golf ''Ninja Golf'' is an Atari 7800 video game which combines a beat 'em up and golf. It was programmed by David A. Dentt and David R. Sullivan of BlueSky Software and published by Atari Corporation in 1990 as one of the last releases for the consol ...

'' (1990) * ''

Scrapyard Dog ''Scrapyard Dog'' is a scrolling platform game published by Atari Corporation for the Atari 7800 in 1990, followed by an Atari Lynx port in 1991. Plot The player controls Louie whose dog, Scraps, was kidnapped by Mr. Big. The object of the ga ...

'' (1990) * ''

Xenophobe Xenophobia (from (), 'strange, foreign, or alien', and (), 'fear') is the fear or dislike of anything that is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression that is based on the perception that a conflict exists between an in-g ...

'' (1989)

Atari Lynx The Atari Lynx is a Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth-generation handheld game console, hand-held game console released by Atari Corporation in September 1989 in North America and 1990 in Europe and Japan. It was the first handhe ...

* '' Cyberball 2072'' (1991) * ''

NFL Football The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The N ...

'' (1992) * ''

Ninja Gaiden is a media franchise based on action video games by Tecmo featuring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as its protagonist. The series was originally known as in Japan. The word " gaiden" in the North American ''Ninja Gaiden'' title means "side story" in J ...

'' (1990)

Amiga Amiga is a family of personal computers produced by Commodore International, Commodore from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1994, with production by others afterward. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16-b ...

* '' Hare Raising Havoc'' (1991) * '' PGA Tour Golf'' (1990)

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in ...

* ''

Arachnophobia Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions and ticks. The word "arachnophobia" comes from the Greek words arachne and phobia. Signs and symptoms People with arachnophobia tend to feel uneasy in any area they b ...

'' (1991) * '' Avoid the Noid'' (1989)

IBM PC compatible An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent models. Like the original IBM PC, an IBM PC–compatible computer uses an x86-based central p ...
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* ''

'' (1991) * '' ASSASSIN 2015'' (1996) * '' Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant'' (1997) * '' Hare Raising Havoc'' (1991) * '' PC USA'' * '' PC Globe'' (1990) * '' Relativity'' (1998) * '' Total Control Football'' (1996)

Master System The is an 8-bit Third generation of video game consoles, third-generation home video game console manufactured and developed by Sega. It was originally a remodeled export version of the Sega Mark III, the third iteration of the SG-1000 series ...

* ''

Ariel the Little Mermaid ''Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid'', usually shorted to simply ''Ariel the Little Mermaid'', is a 1992 action-adventure video game developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis, Game Gear, and Master System. It is bas ...

'' (1996) * ''

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the '' Detroit Mirror'', and was distributed by the Chicago T ...

'' (1991) * ''

Joe Montana Football ''Joe Montana Football'' is an American football video game published by Sega. While the game does feature Joe Montana as a playable character, Sega did not obtain licenses from either the National Football League or the National Football League ...

'' (1991)

Game Gear The is an 8-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth-generation handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990 in Japan, in April 1991 throughout North America and Europe, and in 1992 in Australia. The Game Gear primarily ...

* ''

'' (1992) * ''

'' (1991) * '' NFL '95'' (1995)

Sega Genesis The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master Sys ...

* ''

'' (1992) * ''

College Football's National Championship College Football's National Championship is a 1994 American football video game that was released exclusively for the North American Sega Genesis video game system. A sequel, '' College Football's National Championship II'', was released in 1995. ...

'' (1994) * '' College Football's National Championship II'' (1995) * '' Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote'' (1995) * '' Joe Montana Football II: Sports Talk Football'' (1991) * ''

Jurassic Park ''Jurassic Park'', later referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton, centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of De-extinction#Cloning, cloned dinosaurs. It bega ...

'' (1993) * '' Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition'' (1994) * '' NFL Sports Talk Football '93'' (1992) * ''

NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana ''NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana'', released as simply ''NFL Football '94'' in Japan, is a 1993 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game. It features realistic running commentary while the player engages in exhibition, regular season, or playoff acti ...

'' (1993) * ''

Shadowrun ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic in fiction, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy, and crime fiction, crime, wit ...

'' (1994) * ''

Starflight ''Starflight'' is a space exploration, combat, and trading role-playing video game created by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts in 1986. Originally developed for IBM PC compatibles, it was later ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, Mac, ...

'' (1991) * '' The Ren & Stimpy Show: Stimpy's Invention'' (1993) * ''

Vectorman ''Vectorman'' is a 1995 platform game developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was considered a critical and commercial success, achieving its dual goal of retaining interest in the aging Sega Genesis platform ...

'' (1995) * ''

Vectorman 2 ''Vectorman 2'' is a 2D computer graphics, 2D Action game, action platform game, platformer developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega. Released one year after the original ''Vectorman'', the game retains the game's core gameplay while e ...

'' (1996) * '' World Series Baseball'' (1994) * ''

World Series Baseball '95 ''World Series Baseball '95'' is a traditional baseball simulation video game by Sega. It was released in 1995 for the Game Gear and Sega Genesis, as well as a 32X version sold as ''World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders''. Gameplay The g ...

'' (1995) * ''

World Series Baseball '96 ''World Series Baseball '96'' is a video game developed by Blue Sky Software and published by Sega for the Genesis in 1996. Gameplay ''World Series Baseball '96'' is a baseball game featuring Blue Sky's engine with updates for the players. Rece ...

'' (1996) * ''

World Series Baseball '98 ''World Series Baseball '98'' is a traditional baseball simulation video game by Sega, released in North America and South Korea for the Sega Saturn and Sega Genesis as a sequel to '' World Series Baseball II''. The game was first released in J ...

'' (1997)

32X The 32X is an video game accessory, add-on for the Sega Genesis video game console. Codenamed "Project Mars", it was designed to expand the power of the Genesis and serve as a transitional console into the History of video game consoles (fifth ...

* '' Spider-Man: Web of Fire'' (1996) * '' World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders'' (1995)

PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists ...

* '' KazMania'' (1997)

Java applet Java applets were applet, small applications written in the Java (programming language), Java programming language, or another programming language that Compiled language, compiles to Java bytecode, and delivered to users in the form of Ja ...
s

* ''Destroyer'' (2000) * ''Flam'' (2000) * ''Hole in one'' (2000) * ''Power Grid'' (2000) * ''Sky Battle'' (2000)

Unreleased

* '' Mat Mania Challenge'' (1989, Atari 8-bit) * ''

'' (1989, Atari 8-bit) * ''

'' (1989, Atari 8-bit) * '' Klax'' (1992, Atari 8-bit) * ''

Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...

'' (2000, PlayStation) * ''

Vectorman 3 ''Vectorman 3'' is a cancelled third entry in the '' Vectorman'' series of video games published by Sega. At least three separate attempts have been made public; ''Vectorman 3''/''Vectorman Ultra'' for the Sega Saturn, ''Vectorman Neo'' for the Se ...

'' (

Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times that of Earth. It has an eighth the average density of Earth, but is over 95 tim ...

)

References

External links

BlueSky Software Homepage (ARCHIVED)
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Games

Atari 7800 The Atari 7800 ProSystem, or simply the Atari 7800, is a home video game console officially released by Atari Corporation in 1986 as the successor to both the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. It can run almost all Atari 2600 cartridges, making it the ...

Atari Lynx The Atari Lynx is a Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth-generation handheld game console, hand-held game console released by Atari Corporation in September 1989 in North America and 1990 in Europe and Japan. It was the first handhe ...

Amiga Amiga is a family of personal computers produced by Commodore International, Commodore from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1994, with production by others afterward. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16-b ...

Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in ...

IBM PC compatible An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent models. Like the original IBM PC, an IBM PC–compatible computer uses an x86-based central p ...s

Master System The is an 8-bit Third generation of video game consoles, third-generation home video game console manufactured and developed by Sega. It was originally a remodeled export version of the Sega Mark III, the third iteration of the SG-1000 series ...

Game Gear The is an 8-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth-generation handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990 in Japan, in April 1991 throughout North America and Europe, and in 1992 in Australia. The Game Gear primarily ...

Sega Genesis The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master Sys ...

32X The 32X is an video game accessory, add-on for the Sega Genesis video game console. Codenamed "Project Mars", it was designed to expand the power of the Genesis and serve as a transitional console into the History of video game consoles (fifth ...

PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists ...

Java applet Java applets were applet, small applications written in the Java (programming language), Java programming language, or another programming language that Compiled language, compiles to Java bytecode, and delivered to users in the form of Ja ...s

Unreleased

See also

References

External links

IBM PC compatible An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent models. Like the original IBM PC, an IBM PC–compatible computer uses an x86-based central p ...
s

Java applet Java applets were applet, small applications written in the Java (programming language), Java programming language, or another programming language that Compiled language, compiles to Java bytecode, and delivered to users in the form of Ja ...
s