Sintax

Taiwan

Sintax Technology Co., Ltd (新特奇科技有限公司) is a company that produced games mostly for the Game Boy Color and some for the Game Boy Advance. It was founded in Taichung, Taiwan, and originally developed educational PC software, and established operations in China at some point in the early 2000s. Some of its earliest games are credited to BBD on the title screen, but Sintax appears to have moved to internal development later on. BBD credits are often removed in the non-Chinese releases.

Sintax at a Glance

Sintax is a publisher and developer from Taiwan that operated between 1998 and 2006. The company has 20 games listed on PlayPile, with 16 released under their publishing arm and 14 developed in-house. Their catalog shows a very clear focus on the Game Boy Color platform, which holds 13 of their titles. They also released seven games for the Game Boy Advance and only one for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The genre data reveals that Sintax specialized heavily in platformers, accounting for 15 of their 20 games. The remaining five titles split between role-playing games, hack and slash or beat 'em up styles, and a single adventure game. This output was not spread evenly across time. You will find only one game from the 1990s in their history. The vast majority of their work came during the 2000s, where they released 14 titles. Their early releases sometimes carried credits for BBD on the title screen. This practice changed as they moved toward internal development. Non-Chinese versions of these older games often removed the BBD credits entirely. Later in their run, the company focused heavily on licensed properties and sequels. Recent releases from 2004 to 2006 include The Incredibles, Super Mario DX, Spider-Man 3, Rock Hero EXE 5, and Crash Advance IV. These titles suggest a strategy of leveraging popular franchises for handheld systems. Quality trends in their library are difficult to gauge without specific review scores, but the nature of their later output implies a focus on quick cash-ins rather than deep original content. The prevalence of game over sequels like Rock Hero EXE 5 and Spider-Man 3 during a period when many developers were struggling with hardware limitations points to a volume-based approach. Sintax established operations in China in the early 2000s after starting as an educational PC software company in Taichung. They stopped releasing games in 2006, leaving behind a small but distinct catalog defined by handheld platformers and licensed action titles.

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1998

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2006

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