Flashpoint Productions

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Flashpoint Productions, Inc.
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded1992
Founder Brent Erickson
DefunctUnknown
Headquarters
Olympia, Washington
,
US
Number of employees
9 (1998)
Parent Bethesda Softworks (from 1995)

Flashpoint Productions, Inc. was a video game developer based in Olympia, Washington.

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History

Founded by Brent Erickson in Utah in 1992. [1] [2] In July 1994, the company moved from Utah to Lacey and at the time had 18 employees. [3] The firm produced musical scores used in network broadcast news shows and Entertainment Tonight. [4]

Bethesda Softworks acquired Flashpoint in July 1995 and rebranded it Media Technology West. [2] [5] The studio was also referred to as MediaTech West and Bethesda West. [6] [7] Erickson felt Bethesda shared his philosophy and subsequently became the company's development director. [1] [8] [9]

Under Bethesda, the studio developed the IHRA Drag Racing games. [7]

Games developed or Co-developed

YearTitlePlatform(s)Publisher
1994 Noctropolis MS-DOS, Windows, Linux, macOS Electronic Arts, Night Dive Studios
1995 Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples 32X Sega
1995 PBA Bowling [1] Windows Bethesda Softworks
1996 The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall [1] MS-DOS Bethesda Softworks
1996 Skynet [10] [11] MS-DOS Bethesda Softworks
1997 XCar: Experimental Racing DOS Bethesda Softworks
1998 Burnout Championship Drag Racing MS-DOS Bethesda Softworks

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