Industry | Video games |
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Founded | 1985 |
Founders | Chris Gray |
Defunct | 1997 |
Headquarters | Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
Number of employees | 75 (1995) [1] |
Gray Matter Inc. was a Canadian video game developer based in Oakville, Ontario. It was established by Chris Gray in 1985 and disbanded in 1997.
Gray Matter was founded by Chris Gray in Oakville, Ontario in 1985. [1] [2] At its peak in 1995, the studio had approximately 75 employees. [1] Gray wound down the company in 1997 due to a lack of funding. [1] [3]
Title | Release date | Platform(s) |
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Whirlinurd | 1985 | Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit |
Infiltrator | 1986 | Commodore 64, Apple II |
Infiltrator II | 1987 | Commodore 64, Apple II, MS-DOS (1988), NES (1989) |
Captain Planet and The Planeteers | 1991 | NES |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 1992 | NES |
Title | Release date | Platform(s) |
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Techno Cop | 1988 | Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amiga (1989), Sega Genesis (1990) |
Road Raider | 1988 | Amiga, Atari ST |
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o' Fun | 1989 | Amiga |
The Ultimate Ride | 1990 | Amiga |
Mad Max | July 1990 | NES |
Dirty Harry | Dec 14, 1990 | NES |
James Bond Jr. | Oct 1992 | SNES |
The Incredible Crash Dummies | Oct 1993 | SNES |
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin | Nov 3, 1993 | Sega CD (additional graphics) |
B.O.B. | June 1993 | SNES |
WWF King of the Ring | Sep 1993 | NES |
Foes of Ali | 1995 | 3DO |
Phoenix 3 | 1995 | 3DO |
The Terminator | April 1993 | SNES |
The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! | Oct 1993 | SNES |
Wayne's World | Feb 18, 1993 | SNES |
NHL All-Star Hockey | 1995 | Sega Saturn, Game Gear |
Super R.B.I. Baseball | June 1995 | SNES |
NBA Action | 1996 | Sega Saturn |
Perfect Weapon | November 21, 1996 | PlayStation, MS-DOS |
The Crow: City of Angels | February 28, 1997 | PlayStation, Sega Saturn, MS-DOS |
The Condemned [4] | unreleased | PC |
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