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'''Eastridge Technology''' was founded by Nick Eastridge in 1985.
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'''Eastridge Technology''' is a computer software development firm founded by Nick Eastridge in 1985. It is located in Princeton, New Jersey. [http://www.e-t.com/about.html]
  
 
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, code comparisons, interviews, shared staff
 
'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Actual mentions, code comparisons, interviews, shared staff
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===Amiga===
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*''Paperboy 2'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
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*''Wing Commander'' (unreleased version?)
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:<small>Eastridge was converting the game to Amiga at one point, according to ''The One'' magazine (page 36). [http://amr.abime.net/issue_314_pages] The final game credits British programmer Nick Pelling with the conversion.</small>
  
 
===DOS===
 
===DOS===
 
*''Dark Castle'' (US Publisher: Three-Sixty Pacific; EU Publisher: Mirrorsoft)
 
*''Dark Castle'' (US Publisher: Three-Sixty Pacific; EU Publisher: Mirrorsoft)
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*''Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun'' (US Publisher: Mindscape) [http://www.atarimania.com/st/files/fiendish_freddy_mindscape.pdf]
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*''Paperboy 2'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  
===Game Boy===
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===Famicom/NES===
*''Gauntlet II'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
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*''Paperboy'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
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*<div style="color:red">''Paperboy 2'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter?</small>
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*<div style="color:red">''Pit-Fighter'' (US/EU Publisher: T*HQ)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Ren & Stimpy Show, The: Veediots'' (US/EU Publisher: T*HQ)</div>
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*''WWF: King of the Ring'' (US/EU Publisher: LJN  JP Publisher: Acclaim Japan)
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:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter</small>
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===Game Boy Color===
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*''Pong: The Next Level'' / ''Pong'' (programming) (US/EU Publisher: Hasbro Interactive)
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===NES===
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*<div style="color:red">''Battleship'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Battleship'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
*<div style="color:red">''Conan'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*''Conan'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)
 
:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter?</small>
 
:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter?</small>
*<div style="color:red">''Dirty Harry'' (sound programming?) (US Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Days of Thunder'' (unreleased version) (sound programming?) (US Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*''Dirty Harry'' (sound programming?) (US Publisher: Mindscape)
 
*''Gauntlet II'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)
 
*''Gauntlet II'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)
*<div style="color:red">''Last Starfighter, The'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*''Infiltrator'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)
*<div style="color:red">''Mad Max'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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:<small>Game design, graphics: Gray Matter</small>
*<div style="color:red">''M.U.L.E.'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*''The Last Starfighter'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)
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*''Mad Max'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)
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:<small>Game design, graphics: Gray Matter[https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickgray1/]</small>
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*''M.U.L.E.'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)
 
*<div style="color:red">''Orb 3-D'' (sound programming?) (US Publisher: The Software Toolworks)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Orb 3-D'' (sound programming?) (US Publisher: The Software Toolworks)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''Paperboy'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape JP Publisher: Altron)</div>
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*''Paperboy'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape; JP Publisher: Altron)
*<div style="color:red">''Paperboy 2'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*''Paperboy 2'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
 
:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter?</small>
 
:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter?</small>
 
*''WWF: King of the Ring'' (US Publisher: LJN)
 
*''WWF: King of the Ring'' (US Publisher: LJN)
 
:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter</small>
 
:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter</small>
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===Game Boy===
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*<div style="color:red">''Gauntlet II'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Klax'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Marble Madness'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*''Miner 2049er'' (US Publisher: Mindscape)
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*<div style="color:red">''Paperboy'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*''Paperboy 2'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
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:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter?</small>
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*<div style="color:red">''Pit-Fighter'' (US/EU Publisher: THQ)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots'' (US/EU Publisher: THQ)</div>
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:<small>Graphics?: Gray Matter [http://www.linkedin.com/in/tompapadatos]; ?: [[Panoramic Software]]</small>
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*<div style="color:red">''Super Battletank'' (some programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Absolute Entertainment)</div>
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:<small>[Some?] Programming: Panoramic Software</small>
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*''WWF King of the Ring'' (programming) (US/EU Publisher: LJN; JP Publisher: Acclaim)
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:<small>Graphics: Gray Matter; ?: Panoramic Software</small>
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===Game Boy Color===
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*<div style="color:red">''Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge'' (sound driver?) (US Publisher: Hasbro Interactive)</div>
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:<small>Developer: [[Morning Star Multimedia]]; Some Graphics?: [[Game Titan]]</small>
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*''Pong: The Next Level'' / ''Pong'' (programming) (US/EU Publisher: Hasbro Interactive)
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:<small>Developer: Morning Star Multimedia</small>
  
 
===SNES===
 
===SNES===
:<small>The following games use Eastridge's sound driver.</small>
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:<small>The following games use Eastridge's sound driver:</small>
*<div style="color:red">''Chessmaster, The'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape  JP Publisher: Altron)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''The Chessmaster'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape  JP Publisher: Altron)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''Great Waldo Search, The'' (sound programming?) (US Publisher: T*HQ)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''The Great Waldo Search'' (sound programming?) (US Publisher: THQ)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''Incredible Crash Dummies, The'' / ''Incredible Crash Dummies, The: Slick Bouya no Daichousen'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: LJN JP Publisher: Acclaim Japan)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''The Incredible Crash Dummies'' / ''The Incredible Crash Dummies: Slick Bouya no Daichousen'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: LJN; JP Publisher: Acclaim)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''James Bond Jr.'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: T*HQ)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''James Bond Jr.'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: THQ)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Miracle Piano Teaching System'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: The Software Toolworks)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Miracle Piano Teaching System'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: The Software Toolworks)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''Paperboy 2'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*''Paperboy 2'' (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
*<div style="color:red">''Ren & Stimpy Show, The: Veediots'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: T*HQ)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Pit-Fighter'' (US/EU Publisher: THQ)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''Relief Pitcher'' (US Publisher: Left Field Productions)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: THQ)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''Steel Talons'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Left Field Productions)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Relief Pitcher'' (US Publisher: Left Field Entertainment)</div>
*<div style="color:red">''Terminator, The'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''Steel Talons'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Left Field Entertainment)</div>
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*<div style="color:red">''The Terminator'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Wayne's World'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
 
*<div style="color:red">''Wayne's World'' (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)</div>
  
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===Windows===
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*''Just Me and My Dad'' (programming) (US Publisher: GT Interactive) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmvClHJPOgU]
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*''Just Me and My Mom'' (programming) (US Publisher: GT Interactive) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAJMDU_r23g]
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
*[http://www.e-t.com/ Official Website]
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*[http://www.e-t.com/ Official website]
 
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[[Category:Companies]]
 
[[Category:Companies]]

Latest revision as of 04:43, 4 February 2022

Eastridge Technology is a computer software development firm founded by Nick Eastridge in 1985. It is located in Princeton, New Jersey. [1]

Research Methods: Actual mentions, code comparisons, interviews, shared staff

Amiga

  • Paperboy 2 (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Wing Commander (unreleased version?)
Eastridge was converting the game to Amiga at one point, according to The One magazine (page 36). [2] The final game credits British programmer Nick Pelling with the conversion.

DOS

  • Dark Castle (US Publisher: Three-Sixty Pacific; EU Publisher: Mirrorsoft)
  • Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (US Publisher: Mindscape) [3]
  • Paperboy 2 (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)

Famicom/NES

  • Battleship (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Captain Planet and the Planeteers (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Conan (US Publisher: Mindscape)
Graphics: Gray Matter?
  • Days of Thunder (unreleased version) (sound programming?) (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Dirty Harry (sound programming?) (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Gauntlet II (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Infiltrator (US Publisher: Mindscape)
Game design, graphics: Gray Matter
  • The Last Starfighter (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Mad Max (US Publisher: Mindscape)
Game design, graphics: Gray Matter[4]
  • M.U.L.E. (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Orb 3-D (sound programming?) (US Publisher: The Software Toolworks)
  • Paperboy (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape; JP Publisher: Altron)
  • Paperboy 2 (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
Graphics: Gray Matter?
  • WWF: King of the Ring (US Publisher: LJN)
Graphics: Gray Matter

Game Boy

  • Gauntlet II (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Klax (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Marble Madness (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Miner 2049er (US Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Paperboy (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Paperboy 2 (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
Graphics: Gray Matter?
  • Pit-Fighter (US/EU Publisher: THQ)
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots (US/EU Publisher: THQ)
Graphics?: Gray Matter [5]; ?: Panoramic Software
  • Super Battletank (some programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Absolute Entertainment)
[Some?] Programming: Panoramic Software
  • WWF King of the Ring (programming) (US/EU Publisher: LJN; JP Publisher: Acclaim)
Graphics: Gray Matter; ?: Panoramic Software

Game Boy Color

  • Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (sound driver?) (US Publisher: Hasbro Interactive)
Developer: Morning Star Multimedia; Some Graphics?: Game Titan
  • Pong: The Next Level / Pong (programming) (US/EU Publisher: Hasbro Interactive)
Developer: Morning Star Multimedia

SNES

The following games use Eastridge's sound driver:
  • The Chessmaster (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape JP Publisher: Altron)
  • The Great Waldo Search (sound programming?) (US Publisher: THQ)
  • The Incredible Crash Dummies / The Incredible Crash Dummies: Slick Bouya no Daichousen (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: LJN; JP Publisher: Acclaim)
  • James Bond Jr. (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: THQ)
  • Miracle Piano Teaching System (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: The Software Toolworks)
  • Paperboy 2 (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Pit-Fighter (US/EU Publisher: THQ)
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: THQ)
  • Relief Pitcher (US Publisher: Left Field Entertainment)
  • Steel Talons (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Left Field Entertainment)
  • The Terminator (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)
  • Wayne's World (sound programming?) (US/EU Publisher: Mindscape)

Windows

  • Just Me and My Dad (programming) (US Publisher: GT Interactive) [6]
  • Just Me and My Mom (programming) (US Publisher: GT Interactive) [7]

Links