Sculptured Software

Sculptured Software Inc.

Industry	Video game industry Interactive entertainment
Founded	1984
Defunct	2002
Headquarters	Salt Lake City, Utah
Key people	Bryan Brandenburg George Metos Peter Adams
Parent	Independent (1984–1995) Acclaim Entertainment (1995–2002)

Sculptured Software Inc. was a video game developer in the Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan area. They specialized in porting games to different platforms, especially from arcade games to home console games.

History

Sculptured Software Inc. was founded by Bryan Brandenburg, George Metos and Peter Adams in 1984. Paul Webb was usually the in-house composer.

Sculptured Software Inc. was acquired (in an all-stock transaction) by Acclaim Entertainment in October 1995.^[1] The Company was renamed Iguana West in 1997 and then Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City in 1999. The studio was closed in December 2002 due to Acclaim's financial problems and the remaining operations were transferred to Acclaim Studios Austin.

Notable figures

• Bryan Brandenburg, president (1984–1986?)

Other notable relationships

• Avalanche Software was founded by four former Sculptured developers in October 1995.
• Kodiak Interactive was founded by George Metos (Sculptured co-founder) in 1997.
• Hal Rushton became president of Saffire Corporation, (Sculptured manager, programmer, 1985–1994).
• Software Arts International was founded by Bryan Brandenburg (Sculptured co-founder).

List of games

1985

• Beach-Head (Bryan Brandenburg, with Peter Adams and Hal Rushton for Access Software, Apple II series)
• Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back (Peter Adams, with Bryan Brandenburg and Hal Rushton for Access Software, Apple II series)
• Raid Over Moscow (Hal Rushton, with Peter Adams and Bryan Brandenburg for Access software, Apple II series)

1986

• Kikstart (Peter Adams, for Mastertronic, Atari 8-bit family)
• L.A. SWAT (Randy Platt, for Mastertronic, Atari 8-bit family)
• Ninja (Steve Coleman, for Mastertronic, Atari 8-bit family, and Commodore 64)
• Ninja (Bryan Brandenburg, for Mastertronic, PC)
• Raid Over Moscow (Steve Coleman, for Access, Atari 8-bit family)
• Speed King (Hal Rushton, for Mastertronic, Atari 8-bit family)
• Vegas Jackpot (Hal Rushton, for Mastertronic, Atari 8-bit family)

1987

• Panther (Peter Adams/Chuck Peavey, for Mastertronic, Atari 8-bit family)
• Intergalactic Cage Match (Hal Rushton, for Mastertronic, for Commodore 64, Sinclair Spectrum)
• Patton Versus Rommel, for Commodore 64, DOS

1988

• Destroyer, for Epyx (Amiga port by Craig Conder et al.)
• Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf, for Accolade (developed by Ned Martin (IBM PC), Amiga port by Craig Conder et al.)
• Mario Bros. (Atari 8-bit family)
• S.D.I. (Amiga and Atari ST)

1989

• BMX Air Master (Atari 2600)
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Amiga)

1990

• Fatal Run (Atari 2600, Atari 7800)

1991

• Day Dreamin' Davey (NES) – (Second quarter)^[2]
• Eliminator Boat Duel (NES) – (November 17)
• Metal Mech (NES)
• Monopoly (NES) – (Second quarter)
• Pac-Mania (Mega Drive/Genesis) (based on the 1987 version) – (June 11)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (NES), for Virgin
• Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball (NES), for LJN Ltd.
• T&C Surf Designs: Thrilla's Surfari (NES) – (July 13)
• Tecmo Bowl (Game Boy) – (September)

1992

• NCAA Basketball (SNES) – (June 19)
• Captain Novolin (SNES) – (July 13)
• Clue (Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES)
• Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition, for Accolade (IBM PC, Amiga)
• Kingdom Crusade (Game Boy) – (November)
• Monopoly (Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES)
• The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare (SNES)
• Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston (NES) – (May 29)
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (for JVC Musical Industries, NES) – (September 24)
• Super Star Wars (SNES)
• WWF Super WrestleMania (Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES)
• WWF Superstars 2 (Game Boy)
• WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (NES)

1993

• Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer (SNES) – (February 25)
• Boxing Legends of the Ring (Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES)
• Chavez 2 (Mega Drive/Genesis) – (June 9)
• Mortal Kombat (SNES) – (September 13)
• NHL Stanley Cup (SNES) – (June 1)
• Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (SNES) – (October)
• The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare (Mega Drive/Genesis version) – (November 9)
• WWF Royal Rumble (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES)

1994

• Mortal Kombat II (SNES) – (April 26)
• Risk (Mega Drive/Genesis) – (April 2)
• Virtual Bart (Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES) – (May 4)
• SeaQuest DSV (Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES) – (June 6)
• The Punisher (Mega Drive/Genesis) – (June 1)
• Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (SNES) – (October)
• The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp (SNES) – (November)
• WWF Raw (Mega Drive/Genesis, 32X, SNES, Game Boy)

1995

• Chavez 2 (SNES) – (May 5)
• Dirt Trax FX (SNES)
• Looney Tunes B-Ball (SNES) – (February)
• Mortal Kombat 3 (Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES, PC) – (October)
• WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (Mega Drive/Genesis, 32X, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, SNES)

1996

• Doom (SNES)
• Space Jam (PC, Sega Saturn, PlayStation) – (October 31)
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES) – (October) (developed by Avalanche Software using Mortal Kombat 3 base code)
• WWF In Your House (DOS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation) – (November 21)
• NBA Jam Extreme (PlayStation) - (December 10)

1997

• NBA Jam Extreme (Windows) – (January 31)
• NHL Breakaway '98 (Nintendo 64, PlayStation) – (September 30)

1998

• WWF War Zone (PlayStation) – (July 29) (Nintendo 64) – (August 11)
• NHL Breakaway '99 (Nintendo 64, Windows) – (August 25)
• NBA Jam '99 (Nintendo 64) - (December 4)

1999

• WWF Attitude (Nintendo 64, PlayStation) - (July 31) (Dreamcast) - (November 10)
• NBA Jam 2000 (Nintendo 64) - (November 10)

2000

• ECW Hardcore Revolution (Nintendo 64, PlayStation) - (February 1) (Dreamcast) - (February 29)
• Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 (Nintendo 64) - (February 29) (PlayStation) - (July 14) (Dreamcast) - (September 29)
• ECW Anarchy Rulz (PlayStation) - (August 18) (Dreamcast) - (December 30)

2001

• Jeremy McGrath Supercross World (PlayStation 2) - (November 15)
• Legends of Wrestling (PlayStation 2) - (December 3)

2002

• Jeremy McGrath Supercross World (GameCube) - (February 27)
• Legends of Wrestling (GameCube, Xbox) - (May 27)
• Legends of Wrestling II (GameCube, PlayStation 2) - (November 26) (Xbox) (December 5)

Cancelled

• High Stakes (Game Boy)
• Metal Flame Psybuster (NES)

References

1. Sherman, Christopher (January 1996). "Acclaim Acquires Probe and Sculptured, Bolsters Talent Pool". Next Generation. Imagine Media (13): 25.
2. Nintendo Power. Nintendo of America (25). June 1991. Missing or empty |title= (help)

• Macris v. Sculptured Software, Inc., 2001 UT 43, 24 P.3d 984

External links

• Sculptured Software game list from MobyGames