Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.

Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. at a Glance

Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. operated as a United States based publisher and developer from 1990 to 2002. The company changed its name from Virgin Games in 1993 and continued under this title until it went defunct in 2003 following an acquisition by Titus Software. PlayPile currently lists eleven titles for the entity, with the company acting as the publisher on all of them and developing one game itself. Their output was heavily concentrated in the 1990s where they released nine games, while only two titles appeared in the 2000s before operations ceased. The catalog shows a strong preference for older hardware, with six games built for DOS and four for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. They also released content for PC, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Mac, Game Boy Color, Super Famicom, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Linux, and Atari ST/STE. Genre variety was broad but lean on major action or role-playing categories. Sport titles made up the largest group with four releases, followed by three strategy games. The remaining slots included adventure, card and board game, shooter, point-and-click, tactical, pinball, simulator, and turn-based strategy entries. Quality trends appear generally positive for the few games with recorded scores. Three titles have an average IGDB rating of 77.4 out of 100. One title falls into the great category with a score over 80, while two others are rated good between 60 and 79. No mixed or poor ratings exist in the current dataset. Cannon Fodder from 1993 holds the highest rating at 81/100. Smash Tennis released the same year scored 79.8, and Lost Eden from 1995 sits at 71.5. Later releases like Hyper 3-D Pinball in 1995 and NeoHunter in 1996 did not reach the peak scores of their early catalog. By the time they released 3D Pocket Pool in March 2001 and 3D Pool All Stars in September 2002, the company was nearing its end. The data suggests a steady but limited presence that focused on sports and strategy formats across multiple generations of consoles and computers.

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