Difference between revisions of "Nice Ideas"
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| + | Based in le parc international d'activités de Valbonne Sophia Antipolis, a technology park near the south coast of France, '''Nice Ideas''' was originally started in February 1983 as Mattel Electronics' French office, established to develop Intellivision and Colecovision games that would appeal to European sensibilities. Half the programmers were recruited in London, the other in Paris. [http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/people/companies.html] | ||
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| + | Mattel was unable to shut down the French office as it had the rest of Mattel Electronics due to French labor laws and economic incentives taken advantage of to move into Valbonne Sophia Antipolis. Director Tim Scanlon eventually found investors so the division could become independent. Now renamed Nice Ideas, the company stayed in business a couple more years. [http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/people/companies.html] | ||
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| + | '''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Online resources (see [[#Links|Links]]) | ||
===ColecoVision=== | ===ColecoVision=== | ||
Revision as of 11:31, 1 February 2009
Based in le parc international d'activités de Valbonne Sophia Antipolis, a technology park near the south coast of France, Nice Ideas was originally started in February 1983 as Mattel Electronics' French office, established to develop Intellivision and Colecovision games that would appeal to European sensibilities. Half the programmers were recruited in London, the other in Paris. [1]
Mattel was unable to shut down the French office as it had the rest of Mattel Electronics due to French labor laws and economic incentives taken advantage of to move into Valbonne Sophia Antipolis. Director Tim Scanlon eventually found investors so the division could become independent. Now renamed Nice Ideas, the company stayed in business a couple more years. [2]
Research Methods: Online resources (see Links)
ColecoVision
- Bump 'n' Jump (US Publisher: Coleco)
- BurgerTime (US Publisher: Coleco)
- Illusions (US Publisher: Coleco)
Intellivision
- Championship Tennis (EU Publisher: Dextell; US Publisher: INTV)
- Hard Hat (unreleased) (Mattel)
- Magic Carpet (unreleased) (Mattel)
- PizzaTime (unreleased) (Mattel)
- Scarfinger (unreleased) (Mattel)
- Spina the Bee (unreleased) (Mattel)
- World Cup Soccer (EU Publisher: Dextell; US Publisher: INTV)
