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dojindog
05-14-2006, 05:00 PM
Once upon a time there was a gaming company called Bullfrog it was a very good gaming company indeed they made some great games such as the Dungeon Keeper games does anyone know what happened to them they haven't put anything out in a very long time does anyone have any information on their demise and/or not demise?
Meister
05-14-2006, 05:53 PM
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dojindog, this is a comma. Comma, this is dojindog. I hope you'll get along well since I'd like for you two to work together in the future.

That said, I remember the name. Wasn't Molyneux involved with them? *checks teh wikipedia*

Hey, they made Magic Carpet, Syndicate and Theme Park. I knew I'd heard the name. Anyway, says here Electronic Arts bought them (go figure) and there hasn't been an explicitly Bullfrog-ade game since 2001.
MuMu
05-14-2006, 07:09 PM
They also made Theme Hospital that was kickass. Haven't heard of them anymore though...
The Wandering God
05-14-2006, 08:51 PM
Man, I played Magic Carpet on the PS1. (This was fairly early in the PS1 game life.)

That game was uber difficult. Some of the later missions seemed impossibly hard. And I remember being unable to save. (Though this could have been due to a lack of memory card, can't remember.)

The Wandering God
dojindog
05-14-2006, 10:31 PM
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dojindog, this is a comma. Comma, this is dojindog. I hope you'll get along well since I'd like for you two to work together in the future.


Yeah me and Mr. Comma used to do business, but we've drifted apart in the past few years. :(

...now back on topic didn't the vice-pres of Bullfrog leave and start Lionhead I think I remember reading that somewhere can't remember where though... did they cancel the production of Dungeon Keeper 3 when EA bought them, if they did it's a shame they already had really cool screenshots and everything on the site and all.
gurusloth
05-15-2006, 03:01 AM
Yeah, Bullfrog used to be the company that Peter Molyneux was head of, it was purchased by EA, and Molyneux was promoted to VP. He decided he didn't like being a VP, because it didn't allow him to work on any games, so he quit and started Lionhead Studios, which made such games as Black & White and Fable.