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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Defunct | 2002 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Stanley Liu |
| Products | Fear Effect series |
Kronos Digital Entertainment was an American video game developer, founded by Stan Liu in 1992. It developed original properties, beginning with the visually appealing [1] early 3D fighting games Criticom , Dark Rift and Cardinal Syn (called the "Trilogy of Terror" by one gaming journalist). [2]
Kronos gained greater critical and commercial success for its later Fear Effect series with Eidos, [2] and retained all rights to the franchise. [3] It was developing the third Fear installment, Fear Effect Inferno, when Eidos discontinued funding following a major budget restructuring. The developer then shopped the game around to other publishers before failing to secure a deal and finish it. [4] It dissolved soon after, finally releasing Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix . Outside of video games, they provided computer animation to Spider Man on Fox Kids.
| Year | Game | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Criticom | PlayStation, Sega Saturn |
| 1997 | Meat Puppet | Microsoft Windows |
| Dark Rift | Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows | |
| 1998 | Cardinal Syn | PlayStation |
| 2000 | Fear Effect | |
| 2001 | Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix |
| Year | Television | Original network(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Spider-Man | Fox Kids |