List of Bullfrog Productions games

Bullfrog Productions Limited was a British video game developer based in Guildford, England. Founded in 1987 by Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar, the company gained recognition in 1989 for their third release, Populous, and is also well known for titles such as Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Syndicate and Dungeon Keeper. Bullfrog's name was derived from an ornament in the offices of Edgar's and Molyneux's other enterprise, Taurus Impact Systems, Bullfrog's precursor where Molyneux and Edgar were developing business software. Bullfrog Productions was founded as a separate entity after Commodore mistook Taurus for a similarly named company.

Electronic Arts, Bullfrog's publisher, acquired the studio in January 1995. Molyneux had become an Electronic Arts vice-president and consultant in 1994, after EA purchased a significant share of Bullfrog. Molyneux's last project with Bullfrog was Dungeon Keeper, and as a result of his dissatisfaction of the corporate aspects of his position, he left the company in July 1997 to found Lionhead Studios. Others would follow them to Lionhead, and some founded their own companies, such as Mucky Foot Productions. After Molyneux's departure, Electronic Arts' control over Bullfrog caused several projects to be cancelled. Bullfrog was merged into EA UK in 2001 and ceased to exist as a separate entity. Bullfrog titles have been looked upon as a standard for comparison and have spawned numerous spiritual sequels.

Games

Developed

Title Details

Original release date:
1988[1]
Release years by system:
1988 Amiga, Atari ST
Notes:

Original release date:
5 June 1989[1]
Release years by system:
1989 Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
1990 Sega Genesis, PC-98, Sharp X68000, Super NES
1991 Sega Master System, TurboGrafx-16
1992 Acorn Archimedes
1993 MacOS
2011 Windows
Notes:

Original release date:
June 1990[1][2]
Release years by system:
1990 Amiga, Atari ST
Notes:

Original release date:
1990[1]
Release years by system:
1990 Amiga, Atari ST
1991 PC-98, Sharp X68000
1992 DOS, FM Towns, Sega Genesis
1993 Super NES
1994 MacOS, Sega CD
Notes:

Original release date:
31 August 1991[1]
Release years by system:
1991 Amiga
1992 Atari ST, Sega Genesis
1992 DOS, FM Towns, Sharp X68000
1993 PC-98, Super NES
1994 MacOS
2011 Windows
Notes:
Bullfrogger

Original release date:
1992[3]
Release years by system:
1992 Amiga
Notes:
Psycho Santa

Original release date:
January 1993[1][5]
Release years by system:
1993 Amiga
Notes:

Original release date:
6 June 1993[1]
Release years by system:
1993 Amiga, DOS
1994 FM Towns, MacOS, PC-98, Sega Genesis, Super NES
1995 3DO, Amiga CD32, Atari Jaguar, Sega CD
2006 PSP
2012 Windows
Notes:

Original release date:
1994[1]
Release years by system:
1994 DOS
1996 PlayStation, Sega Saturn
2010 PlayStation 3, PSP
2011 Windows
2012 MacOS
Notes:

Original release date:
June 1994[1][7]
Release years by system:
1994 3DO, Amiga, DOS, MacOS
1995 Amiga CD32, Atari Jaguar, FM Towns, PC-98, PlayStation, Sega CD, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Super NES
2007 Nintendo DS
2008 PlayStation 3, PSP
2011 iOS
2012 Android, PS Vita
2013 Windows
Notes:
Tube

Original release date:
1994[1]
Release years by system:
1994 Amiga, DOS
Notes:

Original release date:
August 1995[1]
Release years by system:
1995 DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
2012 PS Vita
2013 PlayStation 3, PSP
Notes:

Original release date:
1995[1]
Release years by system:
1995 DOS
2013 MacOS, Windows
Notes:

Original release date:
1996[1]
Release years by system:
1996 DOS
Notes:

Original release date:
31 October 1996[1]
Release years by system:
1996 DOS
1997 PlayStation
2008 PlayStation 3, PSP
2013 MacOS, Windows
Notes:

Original release date:
31 March 1997[1]
Release years by system:
1997 DOS, Windows
1998 PlayStation
Notes:

Original release date:
26 June 1997[1][9]
Release years by system:
1997 DOS, Windows
2012 MacOS
Notes:

Original release date:
30 November 1998[1][10]
Release years by system:
1998 Windows
1998 PlayStation
2007 PlayStation 3
2009 PSP
2012 PS Vita
Notes:

Original release date:
17 December 1998[1]
Release years by system:
1998 PlayStation
2000 Windows
2009 PlayStation 3, PSP
2012 PS Vita
Notes:

Original release date:
7 July 1999[1]
Release years by system:
1999 Windows
Notes:

Original release date:
3 November 1999[1]
Release years by system:
1999 Windows
2000 MacOS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2
Notes:

Original release date:
29 January 2001[1]
Release years by system:
2001 Windows
Notes:

Ports

Title Original release Port release Platform Ref(s).
Druid II: Enlightenment 1987 1988 Amiga [11]
Quake III Revolution 1999 2001 PlayStation 2 [6]

Cancelled

Title Cancellation date Ref(s).
Creation 1997 [12]
The Indestructibles 1998 [13][14]
Dungeon Keeper 3 March 2000 [15]

References

  1. "Revisiting Bullfrog: 25 Years On". Retro Gamer. No. 110. Bournemouth: Imagine Publishing. December 2012. pp. 60–67. ISSN 1742-3155.
  2. "The Tide is High". The Games Machine. No. 32. Newsfield Publications. July 1990. p. 15.
  3. "Behind the scenes of Magic Carpet". GamesTM. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. "Bullfrogger Exclusive Complete Game From Bullfrog!". Amiga Power. No. 6. Future plc. October 1991. p. 8. ISSN 0961-7310. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  5. "Psycho Santa on the Disks!". The One. No. 52. EMAP. January 1993. p. 4. ISSN 0955-4084.
  6. "Kings of the God Game". Retro Gamer. No. 43. Bournemouth: Imagine Publishing. pp. 52–57. ISSN 1742-3155.
  7. "preScreen". Edge. No. 9. Future plc. June 1994. p. 15.
  8. "preScreen - Bullfrog". Edge. No. 22. Future plc. July 1995. p. 26.
  9. "Dungeon Keeper on PC". GameSpot.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  10. "Populous: The Beginning at GameSpy". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  11. "In The Chair With Peter Molyneux". Retro Gamer. No. 71. Bournemouth: Imagine Publishing. pp. 82–89. ISSN 1742-3155.
  12. Christian Donlan (9 February 2014). "The lost worlds of Lionhead and Bullfrog". Eurogamer. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  13. Alex Trowers (10 December 2012). "The ones that got away". Blogspot. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  14. "In The Chair With Glenn Corpes". Retro Gamer. No. 160. Bournemouth: Imagine Publishing. October 2016. pp. 92–97. ISSN 1742-3155.
  15. Ernest W. Adams (August 2006). "Dungeon Keeper 3: War for the Overworld". PC Games That Weren't. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
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