Trecision S.p.A. was an Italian

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founded in 1991 by Pietro Montelatici, Fabrizio Lagorio and Edoardo Gervino. The company's headquarters was in Rapallo (

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). Their first game was ''

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'' developed for

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and PC, followed by a number of titles for different platforms (Amiga, MS-DOS, PC,

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, and mobile phones). Via a publishing agreement with English company ICE, they developed two adventure games,

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and

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but, unhappy with the economic treatment, they decided to switch publisher for Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy, releasing it with Team 17. The adventure was originally designed to be a sequel to

, then Trecision modified it with a different cyberpunk theme. This caused a few issues with ICE since, apparently, they worked on the original concept of the game and thought they owned the license to publish it. In March 2000, Trecision acquired fellow Italian game developer Pixelstorm Games and MotherBrain Entertainment becoming the largest game developer in Italy. Trecision was working on two games for

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when that company declared

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in 2002. Consequently Trecision filed for voluntary liquidation in mid-2003. Trecision accredited Cryo's closure with its own bankruptcy.

List of Trecision games

Developed titles

Cancelled titles

* ''Popeye: Hush Rush for Spinach'' (

) * ''Scooty Racers'' (

, and Xbox) * ''Zidane Football Generation'' (

) * ''Samhain'' (PC)

References

External links

Trecision
on GameSpot
Trecision
on

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Trecision's adventure catalog
on Adventure Gamers (5 adventure entries)
Trecision's adventure catalog
on ScummVM (6 adventure entries. ''Nightlong: UCC'' was the first supported title on ScummVM.)
The Big Italian Adventure: The History Of Dynabyte Software
on The Genesis Temple (January 20, 2021. Brief mentions of developers from Trecision.)
The History of Trecision Software
on The Genesis Temple (history of the software house in three parts) {{Authority control Video game companies established in 1991 Video game companies disestablished in 2003 Defunct video game companies of Italy Video game development companies Italian companies established in 1991 Italian companies disestablished in 2003