External links
- lankhor.net: an unofficial tribute site (in French)
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Jean-Luc Langlois and Kilkhor |
| Defunct | October 2, 2002 |
| Headquarters | , France |
Key people | Jean-Luc Langlois, Daniel Macre |
| Revenue | 345'075'848 (1998) |
| 388'116'196 (1992) |
Lankhor was a French video game developer based in Clamart, France. The company was founded in 1987 by Jean-Luc Langlois and Kyilkohr. Lankhor was known for developing Mortville Manor , the first video game to feature speech synthesis during gameplay. [1]
In 1998, the company won the award for the Best French Company by the magazine Génération 4. [2]
Lankhor was founded in 1987 as a result of the merger between Kyilkohr creations and Béatrice & Jean-Luc Langlois. Lankhor gained fame with productions such as the arcade game Wanderer (1987) by the Langlois siblings and, above all, the adventure games Mortville Manor and Maupiti Island . Mortevielle by Gourier and Bernard Grélaud was published for the first time in 1986 on the Sinclair QL platform, but in the refreshed version of Lankhor (with a new title board and speech synthesizer) was successful a significant commercial success, repeated by Maupiti Island. [3] [4] Another commercial success for Lankhor was the racing game Vroom , simulating the competition during Formula 1. [5] [6] Mortevielle, Maupiti Island and Vroom were awarded Tilt d'Or statuettes, awarded by the industry magazine Tilt. [4] [5]
From 1994, the company abandoned its publishing activities to devote itself solely to development. At the beginning of 1996, Daniel Macré having joined Jean-Luc Langlois in the company management, signed a development contract for Formula 1 games under FIA license with the British publisher Eidos Interactive. In 2000, Lankhor was developing video games for Microïds including Ski Park Manager which was released in 2002. [7] The company however experienced a difficult financial situation which started at the end of the same year; this situation led the company to cancel its contract with Video System, a Japanese video game distribution house. At the end of 2001, Lankhor announced its closure which came to pass on October 3, 2002. [3]
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Mortville Manor |
| 1987 | No (Never Outside!) |
| 1987 | Wanderer |
| 1988 | Elemental |
| 1988 | G.Nius |
| 1988 | Killdozers |
| 1988 | Rody & Mastico |
| 1988 | Troubadours |
| 1990 | Maupiti Island |
| 1990 | Raiders |
| 1990 | Saga |
| 1990 | Sdaw |
| 1990 | La Secte Noire |
| 1991 | Alive |
| 1991 | Alcantor |
| 1991 | Burglar |
| 1991 | Fugitif |
| 1991 | Infernal House |
| 1991 | La Crypte Des Maudits |
| 1991 | La Malédiction |
| 1991 | Le Trésor D'Ali Gator |
| 1991 | Mokowe |
| 1991 | Outzone |
| 1991 | Vroom |
| 1992 | Silva |
| 1992 | Survivre |
| 1993 | Black Sect |
| 1993 | F1 |
| 1995 | Kawasaki Superbike |
| 1998 | New Order Liberation |
| 1999 | Official Formula One Racing |
| 2000 | F-1 World Grand Prix |
| 2000 | Warm Up! |
| 2002 | Ski Park Manager |
