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'''Ocean of America, Inc.''' was the American subsidiary of British software company Ocean. It was founded in May 1990 and located in San Jose, California. [http://web.archive.org/web/19961112201215/http://www.oceanltd.com/] Around 1992, members of [[Painting by Numbers]], a British developer that had a close relationship with Ocean, were brought in to help set up a development team. After Ocean was bought out by Infogrames in 1996, the team was laid off and development work (namely ''Mission: Impossible'' for Nintendo 64 and PC) was moved to France.
 
'''Ocean of America, Inc.''' was the American subsidiary of British software company Ocean. It was founded in May 1990 and located in San Jose, California. [http://web.archive.org/web/19961112201215/http://www.oceanltd.com/] Around 1992, members of [[Painting by Numbers]], a British developer that had a close relationship with Ocean, were brought in to help set up a development team. After Ocean was bought out by Infogrames in 1996, the team was laid off and development work (namely ''Mission: Impossible'' for Nintendo 64 and PC) was moved to France.
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===Game Boy===
 
===Game Boy===

Revision as of 23:45, 16 September 2018

Ocean of America, Inc. was the American subsidiary of British software company Ocean. It was founded in May 1990 and located in San Jose, California. [1] Around 1992, members of Painting by Numbers, a British developer that had a close relationship with Ocean, were brought in to help set up a development team. After Ocean was bought out by Infogrames in 1996, the team was laid off and development work (namely Mission: Impossible for Nintendo 64 and PC) was moved to France.

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources, shared staff

Game Boy

  • Jurassic Park (US/EU Publisher: Ocean)
Sound: Ocean UK

Mega Drive/Genesis

  • Lobo (unreleased) (Ocean)
Sound: Fat Box; Some Clay Modeling, Some 3D Modeling: Metropolis Digital; Some Model Digitization: Viewpoint DataLabs; Motion Capture: Biovision

NES

  • Jurassic Park (US/EU Publisher: Ocean)
Sound: Ocean UK

Saturn

  • Waterworld (unreleased) (Ocean)

Super Famicom/Super NES

  • The Flintstones (US Publisher: Ocean)
Sound: Ocean UK
  • Jurassic Park (US/EU Publisher: Ocean; JP Publisher: Jaleco)
Additional Programming, Additional Graphics, Sound: Ocean UK
  • Lobo (unreleased) (Ocean)
Programming: High Performance Games; Some Clay Modeling, Some 3D Modeling: Metropolis Digital; Some Model Digitization: Viewpoint DataLabs; Motion Capture: Biovision; Music Driver: Chip Level Designs; Some Graphics?: Park Place Productions

Virtual Boy

  • Waterworld (US Publisher: Ocean)
Sound: Ocean UK