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'''Scangames Norway AS''' was a Norwegian development company consisting of John Kroknes and Stefan Holmqvist, both of whom went on to start the Swedish studio Amuze (''Headhunter'', ''Headhunter Redemption''). [http://twitter.com/Ziphoid/status/7093303206]
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'''Scangames Norway AS''' was a Norwegian development company that included John Kroknes and Stefan Holmqvist, both of whom went on to start the Swedish studio Amuze (''Headhunter'', ''Headhunter Redemption''). [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/File:Scangames_Carehag.png]
  
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, hidden data?
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'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, hidden data, interviews, online resources
  
 
===Amiga===
 
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===Mega Drive/Genesis===
 
===Mega Drive/Genesis===
*''Combat Cars'' (under subcontract with Funcom?) (US/EU Publisher: Accolade)
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*''Combat Cars'' (under subcontract with Funcom) (US/EU Publisher: Accolade)
:<small>An odd one — Based on Funcom's unreleased ''Fun Car Rally'' and still contains elements of that game. Contains the string "PRODUCED BY SCANGAMES". It's assumed Funcom developed the earlier version, but maybe Scangames developed that, too.</small>
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*''Fun Car Rally'' (unreleased) (under subcontract with Funcom) (Accolade)
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:<small>Sound: [[Krisalis]]</small>
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:<small>Stefan Holmqvist [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/File:Scangames_Holmqvist.png confirmed in a YouTube comment] that this was an "alpha" version of ''Combat Cars''. The game was "sold to Accolade through a friend's company" called Mcom, which "kind of" became Funcom. Accolade wanted something "cooler," so it was turned into ''Combat Cars''.</small>
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==Links==
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*[http://amp.dascene.net/detail.php?view=8418&detail=interview Interview with ''Combat Cars'' composer John Carehag]
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*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanhq Stefan Holmqvist on LinkedIn]
  
 
[[Category:Companies]]
 
[[Category:Companies]]

Latest revision as of 21:12, 13 January 2020

Scangames Norway AS was a Norwegian development company that included John Kroknes and Stefan Holmqvist, both of whom went on to start the Swedish studio Amuze (Headhunter, Headhunter Redemption). [1]

Research Methods: Actual mentions, hidden data, interviews, online resources

Amiga

  • Fuzzball (EU Publisher: System 3)

Mega Drive/Genesis

  • Combat Cars (under subcontract with Funcom) (US/EU Publisher: Accolade)
  • Fun Car Rally (unreleased) (under subcontract with Funcom) (Accolade)
Sound: Krisalis
Stefan Holmqvist confirmed in a YouTube comment that this was an "alpha" version of Combat Cars. The game was "sold to Accolade through a friend's company" called Mcom, which "kind of" became Funcom. Accolade wanted something "cooler," so it was turned into Combat Cars.

Links