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Titus
Titus Interactive
12 Rue Enrico Fermi
Cedex, Lagny Sur Marne 77462
France
Year Founded: 1985
Year Defunct: 2005
Titus Interactive SA, previously Titus France SA, was a long-running French software publisher that produced and published video games for various formats over its lifetime.
Its head office was located in Parc de l'Esplanade in Lagny sur Marne in Greater Paris.
At one time, it was instead located in Montfermeil, also in Greater Paris.
Avalon Interactive was a video game distribution company, originally named Virgin Interactive. It was acquired in 1999 by the French publisher Titus Software, and its name was changed to Avalon Interactive on July 1, 2003.
Avalon Interactive was the a subsidiary of Titus Interactive, responsible for the European distribution of the group's games. Avalon has distributed games for multiple platforms (PC, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox). Avalon France was also a subsidiary of Titus
History
Founded by brothers Eric and Hervé Caen in France in 1985, Titus began releasing titles for home computers such as the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and PC before moving on to consoles like the Sega Master System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy and Game Boy Color, Sony PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, then finally publishing titles for the Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox.
Titus designed games such as Virtual Kasparov, Automobili Lamborghini, Virtual Chess 64, Roadsters (the Nintendo 64 version), Incredible Crisis (developed by Polygon Magic), Prehistorik Man and Lamborghini American Challenge, that were given positive reviews.
Titus however was also involved in the creation of games that were notable due to their overwhelmingly negative reception.
Superman for the Nintendo 64 was notorious for its negative status among gamers.
GameTrailers called it the worst game of all time.
It is currently holding an overall ranking of 23% at GameRankings.
Similarly, the 2003 game RoboCop also received overwhelmingly negative reviews.
GameSpot gave it 2.2/10 saying "RoboCop has a bevy of horrible problems that render the game practically unplayable."
Acquisitions
Palace Software (1991)
BlueSky Software (1998)
Digital Integration (1998)
Virgin Interactive - Later renamed Avalon Interactive. (1999)
Interplay (2001).
By 2005, copyright to New Generation Software games was held by 'Titus Games'.
Bankruptcy
Titus filed bankruptcy on January 9, 2005 with €33 million ($43.8 million USD) debt. Titus game rights were transferred to Interplay Entertainment.
Games published
Most games were developed in-house by Titus Software unless otherwise stated.
1988
Crazy Cars
Fire and Forget
Galactic Conqueror
Off Shore Warrior
1989
Crazy Cars 2
Titan
Knight Force
1990
Crime Does not Pay
Dark Century
Dick Tracy
Fire and Forget II
Un Indien dans la ville (Little Indian: An Indian in the city for US release), developed by TF1 Video and Titus
Wild Streets
1991
The Blues Brothers
Prehistorik
1992
Battlestorm
Crazy Cars 3
Titus the Fox (AKA Moktar)
1993
Prehistorik 2
Super Cauldron
1994
Monster Max
Lamborghini American Challenge
Quik the Thunder Rabbit
1996
Virtual Chess
Virtual Chess II
Metal Rage
The Brainies
Incantation
Oscar (SNES version)
1997
Rival Realms
Virtual Chess 64
Superman (Game Boy)
Automobili Lamborghini
1998
Quest for Camelot, published by Nintendo America Inc.
1999
Roadsters
Superman
Evil Zone, developed by YUKE’s Future Media Creators
Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate, developed by Saffire
2000
Incredible Crisis, developed by Polygon Magic
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, developed by Player 1
Carmageddon 64, developed by Software Creations
Blues Brothers 2000, developed by Player 1
Superman (2000 PlayStation video game) (cancelled), developed by BlueSky Software
Kao The Kangaroo, developed by X-Ray Interactive
2001
Top Gun: Combat Zones, developed by Digital Integration
Virtual Kasparov
Top Gun: Firestorm
Worms World Party developed by Team 17
Exhibition of Speed developed by Player 1
X'Treme Roller developed by Microïds and Neko Entertainment (It was meant for release in the US, but was cancelled for unknown reasons)
Sgt. Cruise (cancelled)
Xena Warrior Princess, developed by Factor 5
2002
Barbarian, developed by Saffire
Downforce, developed by SmartDog
2003
RoboCop
Subsidiaries
Titus had several subsidiaries. The United States subsidiary, Titus Software Corporation, had its head office in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. The Japanese subsidiary, Titus Japan K.K., had its head office on the eighth floor of the Kotubuki Dogenzaka Building in Dōgenzaka (JA), Shibuya, Tokyo. The UK subsidiary, Titus Software UK Limited, had its head office in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
12 Rue Enrico Fermi
Cedex, Lagny Sur Marne 77462
France
Year Founded: 1985
Year Defunct: 2005
Titus Interactive SA, previously Titus France SA, was a long-running French software publisher that produced and published video games for various formats over its lifetime.
Its head office was located in Parc de l'Esplanade in Lagny sur Marne in Greater Paris.
At one time, it was instead located in Montfermeil, also in Greater Paris.
Avalon Interactive was a video game distribution company, originally named Virgin Interactive. It was acquired in 1999 by the French publisher Titus Software, and its name was changed to Avalon Interactive on July 1, 2003.
Avalon Interactive was the a subsidiary of Titus Interactive, responsible for the European distribution of the group's games. Avalon has distributed games for multiple platforms (PC, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox). Avalon France was also a subsidiary of Titus
History
Founded by brothers Eric and Hervé Caen in France in 1985, Titus began releasing titles for home computers such as the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and PC before moving on to consoles like the Sega Master System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy and Game Boy Color, Sony PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, then finally publishing titles for the Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox.
Titus designed games such as Virtual Kasparov, Automobili Lamborghini, Virtual Chess 64, Roadsters (the Nintendo 64 version), Incredible Crisis (developed by Polygon Magic), Prehistorik Man and Lamborghini American Challenge, that were given positive reviews.
Titus however was also involved in the creation of games that were notable due to their overwhelmingly negative reception.
Superman for the Nintendo 64 was notorious for its negative status among gamers.
GameTrailers called it the worst game of all time.
It is currently holding an overall ranking of 23% at GameRankings.
Similarly, the 2003 game RoboCop also received overwhelmingly negative reviews.
GameSpot gave it 2.2/10 saying "RoboCop has a bevy of horrible problems that render the game practically unplayable."
Acquisitions
Palace Software (1991)
BlueSky Software (1998)
Digital Integration (1998)
Virgin Interactive - Later renamed Avalon Interactive. (1999)
Interplay (2001).
By 2005, copyright to New Generation Software games was held by 'Titus Games'.
Bankruptcy
Titus filed bankruptcy on January 9, 2005 with €33 million ($43.8 million USD) debt. Titus game rights were transferred to Interplay Entertainment.
Games published
Most games were developed in-house by Titus Software unless otherwise stated.
1988
Crazy Cars
Fire and Forget
Galactic Conqueror
Off Shore Warrior
1989
Crazy Cars 2
Titan
Knight Force
1990
Crime Does not Pay
Dark Century
Dick Tracy
Fire and Forget II
Un Indien dans la ville (Little Indian: An Indian in the city for US release), developed by TF1 Video and Titus
Wild Streets
1991
The Blues Brothers
Prehistorik
1992
Battlestorm
Crazy Cars 3
Titus the Fox (AKA Moktar)
1993
Prehistorik 2
Super Cauldron
1994
Monster Max
Lamborghini American Challenge
Quik the Thunder Rabbit
1996
Virtual Chess
Virtual Chess II
Metal Rage
The Brainies
Incantation
Oscar (SNES version)
1997
Rival Realms
Virtual Chess 64
Superman (Game Boy)
Automobili Lamborghini
1998
Quest for Camelot, published by Nintendo America Inc.
1999
Roadsters
Superman
Evil Zone, developed by YUKE’s Future Media Creators
Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate, developed by Saffire
2000
Incredible Crisis, developed by Polygon Magic
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, developed by Player 1
Carmageddon 64, developed by Software Creations
Blues Brothers 2000, developed by Player 1
Superman (2000 PlayStation video game) (cancelled), developed by BlueSky Software
Kao The Kangaroo, developed by X-Ray Interactive
2001
Top Gun: Combat Zones, developed by Digital Integration
Virtual Kasparov
Top Gun: Firestorm
Worms World Party developed by Team 17
Exhibition of Speed developed by Player 1
X'Treme Roller developed by Microïds and Neko Entertainment (It was meant for release in the US, but was cancelled for unknown reasons)
Sgt. Cruise (cancelled)
Xena Warrior Princess, developed by Factor 5
2002
Barbarian, developed by Saffire
Downforce, developed by SmartDog
2003
RoboCop
Subsidiaries
Titus had several subsidiaries. The United States subsidiary, Titus Software Corporation, had its head office in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. The Japanese subsidiary, Titus Japan K.K., had its head office on the eighth floor of the Kotubuki Dogenzaka Building in Dōgenzaka (JA), Shibuya, Tokyo. The UK subsidiary, Titus Software UK Limited, had its head office in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.