Morning Star Multimedia was an American video game company founded in May 1995 by Dan Kitchen. It was acquired by the Telegen Corporation in 1996 as a wholly owned

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. It was known for releasing ''

Frogger is a 1981 arcade action game developed by Konami and published by Sega. In North America, it was distributed by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct five frogs to their homes by dodging traffic on a busy road, then crossing a ri ...

'' for the

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when Majesco rereleased the console in 1998 (known as the Genesis 3). Its last game was released in 2000, so it is unknown whether it is still in the video game industry today. Employees of the company left to form two gaming studios. Half of them went to the Majesco-led Pipe Dream Interactive, while the other half went to OutLook Entertainment, Inc. which developed three games for

Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advanc ...

Games released

PC

* ''Weight Trackers Plan and Track'' (1997, developed) * ''Kristi Yamaguchi Fantasy Ice Skating'' (1998, developed) * '' Casper: The Interactive Adventure'' (1998, developed)

Sega Genesis

* ''

'' (1998, developed)

SNES

* ''

'' (1998, developed)

Game Boy Color

* ''Super Breakout'' (1998, developed) * ''

'' (1998, developed) * ''

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'' (1998, published) * ''Monopoly'' (1999, published) * ''Black Bass: Lure Fishing'' (1999, developed) * '' 10 Pin Bowling'' (1999, developed) * ''Tom and Jerry'' (1999, developed) * ''Battleship'' (1999, developed) * ''Missile Command'' (1999, developed) * ''Deer Hunter'' (1999, developed) * '' Tonka Raceway'' (1999, developed) * ''Pong: The Next Level'' (1999, developed) * '' NASCAR Challenge'' (1999, developed) * '' F-18 Thunder Strike'' (2000, developed) * ''NFL Blitz 2001'' (2000, developed) * '' Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge'' (2000, developed) * '' Ultimate Paintball'' (2000, developed)

Game Boy

* ''

'' (1998, published) * ''

Super Breakout ''Super Breakout'' is a sequel to the 1976 video game '' Breakout'' released in arcades in September 1978 by Atari, Inc. It was written by Ed Rotberg. The game uses the same mechanics as ''Breakout'', but allows the selection of three distinct ...

'' (1998, developed) * ''10 Pin Bowling'' (1998, unpublished)

Game Gear

* ''Frogger'' (unpublished) * ''Ten-Pin Bowling'' (unpublished)

References

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/19981111184228/http://mstarmedia.com/ (Archived) Video game companies established in 1995 Video game companies disestablished in 2000 Defunct video game companies of the United States