Borta

Borta, Inc. was a company in Sterling, Virginia, founded by Ron Borta, formerly of Roklan. It was acquired by and merged into Aristo International in 1995. Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell was chairman, and former Sega of America president Michael Katz served as a consultant.

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources

Game Boy

• Urban Strike (US/EU Publisher: Black Pearl Software)

Game Gear

• Urban Strike (US Publisher: Black Pearl Software)

Windows

• The Baywatch Companion with Screensaver (US Publisher: Byron Preiss Multimedia)
• The Beverly Hills, 90210 CD-ROM (US Publisher: Byron Preiss Multimedia)
• The Frasier Companion (US Publisher: Byron Preiss Multimedia)
• The Melrose Place CD-ROM (US Publisher: Byron Preiss Multimedia)

According to prospectuses from MicroLeague Multimedia, the company contracted Borta to do the following games. MicroLeague later filed a Demand for Arbitration against Borta, claiming breach of contract. Borta alleged a counterclaim, stating that MicroLeague had abandoned the contract. [1]

• Sports Illustrated Presents MicroLeague Baseball 6.0 (unreleased) (MicroLeague Sports)

This was eventually released, but the final game appears to have been developed internally at MicroLeague.

• Sports Illustrated Presents MicroLeague Basketball 3.0 (unreleased) (MicroLeague Sports)
• Sports Illustrated Presents MicroLeague Football 3.0 (unreleased) (MicroLeague Sports)
• Sports Illustrated Presents MicroLeague Hockey 3.0 (unreleased) (MicroLeague Sports)

Links

• Aristo Games website (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)