Bits Studios

Bits Studios was a British video game developer. The company has had over 30 titles published over the United States, Europe and Asia on multiple platforms. Bits Studios' parent company, PlayWize, sold off all assets and technologies held by the group in 2008, due to poor trading results. As a result, the company no longer has any trading operations.^[1]

Bits Studios

Industry	Video games
Founder	Foo Katan
Headquarters	London , UK

Games developed

Year	Title	System	Publisher
1990	Chase H.Q.[2]	Game Boy	Taito
1990	Loopz[2]	NES	Mindscape
1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves[2]	Game Boy	Virgin Games
1991	Terminator 2: Judgment Day[2]	Game Boy	LJN
1991	R-Type[2]	Game Boy	IREM
1992	The Amazing Spider-Man 2[2]	Game Boy	LJN
1992	Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin[2]	Game Gear	Sega
1992	Castelian[2]	NES, Game Boy	Triffix
1992	GunForce[3]	Super NES	Irem
1992	Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six[2]	Master System, NES	Flying Edge, LJN
1992	R-Type II[2]	Game Boy	IREM
1992	Space Football: One on One[2]	Super NES	Triffix
1993	Alien3[2]	Game Boy	LJN
1993	The Amazing Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers[2]	Game Boy	LJN
1993	Terminator 2: Judgment Day[2]	Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES	Flying Edge, LJN
1993	Saigo no Nindou: Ninja Spirit[2]	Game Boy	Irem
1994	Last Action Hero[2]	Game Boy, Game Gear, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES	Sony Imagesoft
1994	Dream TV[2]	Super NES	Triffix
1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein[2]	Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES	Sony Imagesoft
1994	No Escape[4][2]	Mega Drive/Genesis	Psygnosis
1994	Wolverine: Adamantium Rage[2]	Super NES	LJN
1994	Genocide 2	Super NES	Kemco
1995	The Itchy & Scratchy Game[2]	Super NES, Game Gear	Acclaim Entertainment
1995	T-Mek[2]	32X, Windows	Midway Games
1995	Maximum Roadkill[2]	DOS	Take-Two Interactive
1996	Nihilist[2]	Windows	Phillips Media
1999	R-Type DX[5][2]	Game Boy Color	Nintendo
2000	Warlocked[2]	Game Boy Color	Nintendo
2000	Virtual Athlete (VA)	PC/Online	Gamesmagnet
2001	Lab Rat[2]	PC/Online	Gamesmagnet
2002	Die Hard: Vendetta[2]	GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox	NDA Productions Sierra Entertainment (Vivendi Universal Games)
2003	Sega Arcade Gallery[2]	Game Boy Advance	Sega
2003	Rogue Ops[2]	GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox	Kemco
2005	Constantine[2]	PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox	THQ
2006	Payout Poker & Casino[6]	PlayStation Portable	Namco Bandai Games

Unreleased/Cancelled Games

Title	System
Fido Dido[7]	Super NES
The Itchy & Scratchy Game[2]	Mega Drive/Genesis
Jet Force Gemini	Game Boy Color
Thieves World	Nintendo 64
Riqa[8]	Nintendo 64
Die Hard 64[8]	Nintendo 64
Wizards[2]	Game Boy Advance
Jet Riders[2]	Game Boy Advance

References

1. "Playwize Plc - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2009" (PDF). PlayWize. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
2. "Bits Studios - Softography (ARCHIVE)". Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
3. "GunForce for SNES". GameSpot.
4. "No Escape for Genesis". MobyGames.
5. "R-Type DX for Game Boy Color". MobyGames.
6. "Payout Poker & Casino for PSP". MobyGames.
7. Major, Daniel (June 2022). "FIDO DIDO: The Forgotten mascot of the late-Eighties and Nineties who appeared on 7-Up bottles nearly had his own game. Nearly..." Retro Gamer (233): 68–69. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
8. Charnock, Tom (27 February 2017). "Unreleased Nintendo 64 Game 'Die Hard 64' Discovered". Retro Collect. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

External links

• "Bits Studios official website". Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
• Bits Studios at MobyGames