Bullfrog Productions was a British computer game developer, founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux.[1]The company achieved recognition in 1989 for their third release, Populous.[2]
At the time of the company's founding, Edgar and Molyneux were already involved in an enterprise called Taurus Impact Systems.[1] Bullfrog's name was derived from "Taurus" (the Latin word for bull) and Edgar's daughter's love of frogs.[citation needed]
Electronic Arts, Bullfrog's publisher, acquired the studio in January 1995.[3] Molyneux had become an Electronic Arts vice-president and consultant in 1994, after EA purchased a significant share of Bullfrog. Molyneux's last project with Bullfrog was Dungeon Keeper and he left the company in August 1997 to found Lionhead Studios.[4] Other members of the studio founded Mucky Foot Productions in 1998.[5] The last titles to bear the Bullfrog logo were published in 2001. Bullfrog cancelled many projects, such as Theme Resort, Creation, B.C., The Indestructibles,Unity and Milo and Kate, to mention some.[6] In 2004, Bullfrog Productions was merged with EA UK, effectively closing the studio. Les Edgar became EA's Vice President of European Studios.[2]
In August 2009, Electronics Arts was considering revising some of Bullfrog's games for modern-day systems,[7] and in 2011 they signed a deal with Good Old Games in order to do this.[citation needed]
Games[edit]
- Fusion (1988)
- Populous (1989) 上帝也疯狂
- Flood (1990)
- Powermonger (1990)
- Populous II (1991) 上帝也疯狂 II
- Syndicate (1993) 暴力辛迪加/极道枭雄
- Magic Carpet (1994) 魔毯
- Theme Park (1994) 主题公园
- Syndicate: American Revolt (1994)
- Tube (1994)
- Hi-Octane (1995)
- Magic Carpet 2 (1995) 魔毯2
- Genewars (1996) 基因战争
- Syndicate Wars (1996)
- Dungeon Keeper (1997) 地下城守护者
- Theme Hospital (1997) 主题医院
- Populous: The Beginning (1998) 上帝也疯狂III
- Theme Aquarium (1998)
- Dungeon Keeper 2 (1999) 地下城守护者II
- Theme Park World (SimTheme Park in the United States and Brazil) (1999) 主题公园
- Theme Park Inc (SimCoaster in the United States) (2001)
补充说明：
- Lionhead proper was working on three games: Fable（神鬼寓言）, B&W2 (Black & White 黑与白) and The Movies（电影大亨）
- Over their lifetime Mucky Foot went on to release three titles: Urban Chaos（混乱都市）, Startopia（模拟星球）, and Blade II（仅PlayStation 2, Xbox平台）.
