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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | Palo Alto, CA, United States (1995) |
| Headquarters | Santa Clara, CA, United States |
Key people | John Brooks, President Doug Snyder, Lead Programmer Jeff King (author), C.O.O. |
| Products | MLB Slugfest 2006 World Series Baseball World Series Baseball 2K3 ESPN Baseball 2K4 MTV Sports: T.J. Lavin's Ultimate BMX Hydro Thunder Running Wild Toxic Grind |
Number of employees | 30+ |
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Blue Shift is an independent computer game developer.
A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programming, design, art, testing, etc. Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games.
Blue Shift or BSI, was founded in 1995 by John Brooks, Doug Snyder, John Salwitz, Will Noble, Bob Flanagan and Dave Ralston. Since that time BSI has worked on or been the sole developer on over 20 different titles. BSI's core focus is on console game development, and has done titles on the Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Xbox 360 and PS3. BSI is best known for their sports titles.
The Dreamcast is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998 in Japan, September 9, 1999 in North America, and October 14, 1999 in Europe. It was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox. The Dreamcast was Sega's final home console, marking the end of the company's 18 years in the console market.
The Xbox is a home video game console and the first installment in the Xbox series of consoles manufactured by Microsoft. It was released as Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market on November 15, 2001, in North America, followed by Australia, Europe and Japan in 2002. It is classified as a sixth generation console, competing with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube. It was also the first console produced by an American company since the Atari Jaguar ceased production in 1996.
The Nintendo GameCube is a home video game console released by Nintendo in Japan and North America in 2001 and Europe and Australia in 2002. The sixth generation console is the successor to the Nintendo 64, designed to compete with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox.
