Absolute Entertainment

Absolute Entertainment at a Glance

Absolute Entertainment operated as a United States publisher and developer from 1987 until 2011. The company was founded by former Activision employees before eventually closing its doors, with many staff members moving to Skyworks Technologies after the shutdown. Their catalog on PlayPile contains 27 games, split between 21 titles released as a publisher and 11 developed in-house. The bulk of their work appeared in the 1990s with 17 releases, followed by eight games in the 1980s and only one entry in the 2010s. Their library shows a heavy preference for specific genres. They published 12 simulator titles and six sports games, along with five shooters and four platformers. This focus is reflected in their platform choices. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega CD each received six releases from the company. They also targeted older hardware like the Atari 7800 with five games and the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis with another five. Smaller numbers of titles appeared on the Atari 2600, NES, Game Boy, and Game Gear, while two games reached the Arcade and Commodore systems. Quality across their portfolio is inconsistent. The average rating for seven rated titles sits at 50.7 out of 100. There are no great titles in their history, defined as scores above 80. Only one game reached the good range between 60 and 79. Five titles fall into the mixed category, and one is rated poor. The highest rated title is A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia from 1990, which holds a score of 69.5. Star Trek: The Next Generation follows with 59, while Turn and Burn and Rise of the Robots sit in the mid-50s. Later entries show a decline, such as Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit! at 43.3. Recent activity was minimal. A single game appeared in the 2010s, Desert Bus, released in November 2011. Other later releases include Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! in December 1994, Casper in March 1997, and Star Trek: Generations - Beyond the Nexus in December 1995, which scored a low 36. The company produced a steady stream of licensed trivia and sports games during their run, but they never established a reputation for high-quality masterpieces. Their output slowed to a halt by the early 2010s, leaving a catalog that mostly consists of average or below-average titles from the SNES and Sega CD eras.

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