Industry | Video games |
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Founded | 1990 |
Defunct | 2000 |
Fate | Closed |
Headquarters | California, USA |
Key people | Randel B. Reiss |
Products | Zero Tolerance |
Technopop, Inc. was an American video game developer, founded by Randel B. Reiss in 1990. It was the first independent American developer for the Sega Genesis, and responsible for most of the early development tools to that system.[ citation needed ]
Their best known titles are Zero Tolerance for the Genesis, and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin for the Genesis
When the company was dissolved, in 2000, all of its assets were transferred to Reiss, the company's president and single remaining shareholder.
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