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'''Adrenalin Entertainment''' was the name of '''Western Technologies, Inc.''''s software division for much of the 1990s. Western Technologies also designed and developed electronic toys and consumer electronic products. Video game hardware designed by Western includes the Vectrex game system, the Menacer gun, and the SegaDev board used for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis development. [http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=71777]
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For much of the 1990s, '''Adrenalin Entertainment''' was the name of '''Western Technologies, Inc.'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s software division. Western also designed and developed electronic toys and consumer electronics products. Video game hardware designed by Western includes the Vectrex game system, the Menacer gun, and the SegaDev board used for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis development. [http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=71777]
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In February 1997, Western Technologies and certain assets and liabilities of sole proprietorship Smith Engineering were acquired by Wanderlust Interactive, Inc. Wanderlust was renamed Adrenalin Interactive, Inc. on May 14, 1998. In December 1999, Adrenalin Interactive acquired McGlen Micro, Inc. through a reverse merger, forming McGlen Internet Group, Inc.
  
 
Western Technologies operated a Florida office that was involved in the development of video games and robotic toys, moving into industrial automation after the Crash. Through a buyout by employees and a real estate developer, it broke off and became Western Technologies Automation in 1985. [http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-03-13/news/0020360225_1_smart-machine-robotic-technology-automated-assembly]
 
Western Technologies operated a Florida office that was involved in the development of video games and robotic toys, moving into industrial automation after the Crash. Through a buyout by employees and a real estate developer, it broke off and became Western Technologies Automation in 1985. [http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-03-13/news/0020360225_1_smart-machine-robotic-technology-automated-assembly]

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For much of the 1990s, Adrenalin Entertainment was the name of Western Technologies, Inc.'s software division. Western also designed and developed electronic toys and consumer electronics products. Video game hardware designed by Western includes the Vectrex game system, the Menacer gun, and the SegaDev board used for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis development. [1]

In February 1997, Western Technologies and certain assets and liabilities of sole proprietorship Smith Engineering were acquired by Wanderlust Interactive, Inc. Wanderlust was renamed Adrenalin Interactive, Inc. on May 14, 1998. In December 1999, Adrenalin Interactive acquired McGlen Micro, Inc. through a reverse merger, forming McGlen Internet Group, Inc.

Western Technologies operated a Florida office that was involved in the development of video games and robotic toys, moving into industrial automation after the Crash. Through a buyout by employees and a real estate developer, it broke off and became Western Technologies Automation in 1985. [2]

As Western Technologies

2600

  • Androman on the Moon (unreleased) (Atari)
  • Clue (unreleased) (Parker Brothers)
  • Entombed (US Publisher: U.S. Games) [3]
  • The Incredible Hulk (unreleased) (Parker Brothers)
  • James Bond 007: Octopussy (unreleased) (Parker Brothers)
  • Picnic (US Publisher: U.S. Games) [4]
  • Piece O' Cake (US Publisher: U.S. Games)
  • Q*bert (US Publisher: Parker Brothers, Atari) [5]
  • Raft Rider (US Publisher: U.S. Games)
  • Towering Inferno (US Publisher: U.S. Games) [6]

5200

  • Popeye (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [7] [8]
  • Q*bert (US Publisher: Parker Brothers)

Atari 8-bit

  • Popeye (US/EU Publisher: Parker Brothers) [9] [10]
  • Q*bert (US/CA/EU Publisher: Parker Brothers)
  • Tree Surgeon (unreleased) (Western Technologies)

ColecoVision

  • Q*bert (US/CA Publisher: Parker Brothers)

Famicom/NES

  • Videomation (US Publisher: THQ)

Game Boy

  • Robosaurus (unreleased) [11]

Macintosh

  • Trivial Pursuit Interactive Multimedia Game (US Publisher: Parker Brothers)

Mega CD/Sega CD

  • Trivial Pursuit Interactive Multimedia Game (US Publisher: Parker Brothers)

Mega Drive/Genesis

  • Art Alive (US/EU/JP Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
  • Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football / Joe Montana Football II (speech, music, sounds) (US/EU/JP Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
Developer: BlueSky Software; Speech Compression: Electronic Speech Systems?
  • Math Blaster: Episode I (production) (US Publisher: Davidson & Associates)
Development: Spidersoft
  • Menacer 6-Game Cartridge / Menacer 6-em-1 (US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
"Ready, Aim, Tomatoes!": Johnson-Voorsanger Productions
  • NFL Sports Talk Football '93 Starring Joe Montana (speech) (US/EU Publisher: Sega)
Developer: BlueSky Software; Speech Compression: Electronic Speech Systems?
  • Outback Joey (US Publisher: HeartBeat)
  • Spider-Man: The Animated Series (US/EU Publisher: Acclaim; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
  • Sports Talk Baseball (speech, sound) (US Publisher: Sega)
Speech Compression: Electronic Speech Systems
  • World Series Baseball (speech, sound effects) (US Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)
Developer: BlueSky Software; Speech Compression: Electronic Speech Systems
  • X-Men (US/EU Publisher: Sega; BR Publisher: Tec Toy)

Super Famicom/Super NES

  • Math Blaster: Episode I (production) (US Publisher: Davidson & Associates)
Development: Spidersoft
  • Spider-Man: The Animated Series (US Publisher: LJN)

TI-99/4A

  • Ghost Spell [E.T. the Extra Terrestrial] (unreleased) (Texas Instruments)
  • Super Demon Attack (US Publisher: Texas Instruments) [12]

Vectrex

  • Berzerk (US Publisher: GCE; CA/EU Publisher: Milton Bradley; JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • Hyperchase (US Publisher: GCE; CA/EU Publisher: Milton Bradley; JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • Scramble / Scramble Wars (US Publisher: GCE; CA/EU Publisher: Milton Bradley; JP Publisher: Bandai)
  • Star Castle (US Publisher: GCE; CA/EU Publisher: Milton Bradley)
  • Web Wars / Web Warp (US Publisher: GCE; CA/EU Publisher: Milton Bradley)

VIC-20

  • Tutankham (US Publisher: Parker Brothers) [13]

Windows

  • Trivial Pursuit Interactive Multimedia Game (US Publisher: Parker Brothers)

As Adrenalin Entertainment

DOS

  • Into the Void (US Publisher: Playmates Interactive Entertainment)
  • Vampire: The Masquerade (unreleased) (GT Interactive)

Mega Drive/Genesis

  • Doom Troopers: Mutant Chronicles (US Publisher: Playmates Interactive Entertainment)

PC

  • Colliderz (unreleased) (ASC Games)

Playstation

  • Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling (US/EU Publisher: THQ)
  • Colliderz (unreleased) (ASC Games)
  • Hellcatraz / Alcatraz: Escape from the Rock (unreleased)
  • Ten Pin Alley (US/EU Publisher: ASC Games)
  • Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf (US/EU/JP Publisher: Electronic Arts)

Saturn

  • Colliderz (unreleased) (ASC Games)
  • Ten Pin Alley (US Publisher: ASC Games)

Super Famicom/Super NES

  • Doom Troopers: Mutant Chronicles (US Publisher: Playmates Interactive Entertainment)

Windows

  • Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling (US Publisher: THQ)
  • The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling (US Publisher: SouthPeak Interactive)
  • Ten Pin Alley (US Publisher: ASC Games; EU Publisher: Dice Multimedia)
  • Trivial Pursuit: CD-ROM Edition (US/DE Publisher: Hasbro Interactive)