Monte Cristo (company)

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Monte Cristo
Industry Video games
Founded1995
FoundersJean-Marc de Fety
Jean-Cristophe Marquis
Defunct2010
Fate Bankruptcy
Headquarters,
Revenue1,000,000 Euro (2009)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
−2,820,000 Euro (2009)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website www.montecristogames.com

Monte Cristo was a French computer game developer and publisher, based in Paris. It was established in 1995 by former Credit Suisse First Boston vice-president Jean-Marc de Fety and former Mars & Co strategy senior consultant Jean-Cristophe Marquis. The company was led by Jean-Christophe Marquis and Jérome Gastaldi since 2002. Monte Cristo declared bankruptcy in May 2010 following poor sales of Cities XL . [1]

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The first training program was followed by Wall Street Trader, which was named "best educational software" by the European Commission, among others, for its accurate simulation of international stock market conditions, and is one of the most successful games in this genre. [2] Next, the company developed Start Up 2000, which allows players to realistically start and run their own business. [3]

Games developed and published

TitleYear
Airline Tycoon 1998
Wall Street Trader 981998
Wall Street Trader 991999
Wall Street Trader 2000 2000
Start - Up 2000
Starpeace , published by Oceanus Communications2000
Stardom: Your Quest For Fame, also known as TV Star2000
TV Star2001
Wall Street Trader 20012001
Crazy Factory2001
Economic War2001
Dino Island 2002
Platoon 2002
Micro Commandos 2002
Emergency Fire Response (aka Fire Department in Europe and Fire Chief in UK)2003
Medieval Lords : Build, Defend, Expand 2004
Desert Rats vs.Afrika Korps 2004
D - Day 2004
Fire Department 2 (aka Fire Captain)2004
Pop Life2005
Moscow to Berlin : Red Siege 2005
City Trader2005
7 Sins 2005
1944 Battle of the Bulge2005
Fire Department : Episode 32006
Th3 Plan 2006
War on Terror2006
City Life , published by cdv Software Entertainment 2006
KAZooK, published by Xplosiv 2007
Silverfall 2007
Cities XL , originally known as Cities Unlimited2009

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