Metro3D
{{Short description|Defunct American video game developer and publisher}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Metro3D, Inc.
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|type = Private{{cite web | title=Corporate Info | url=http://www.metro3d.com/corporate.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20051223155158/http://www.metro3d.com/corporate.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 23, 2005 | publisher=Metro3D, Inc. | accessdate=April 19, 2012}}
|foundation = 1998 {{Citation needed|reason=See Talk: Unclear Relationship|date=July 2020}}
|defunct=2004{{cite news | author=Simonson, Sharon | date=May 9, 2004 | title=Landmark in court | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2004/05/10/story2.html?page=all | newspaper=San Jose Business Journal | publisher=Advance Publications | accessdate=April 19, 2012 | archive-date=September 22, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922115100/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2004/05/10/story2.html?page=all | url-status=live }}
|fate = Closed
|location = San Jose, California
|key_people = Stephen C. H. Lin (CEO)
|industry = Video games
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|operating_income =
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|homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20031019093222/http://metro3d.com/ metro3d.com] (archived)
}}
Metro3D, Inc. (formerly Metropolis Digital, Inc.) {{Citation needed|reason=See Talk: Unclear Relationship|date=July 2020}} was an American video game developer and publisher. Based in San Jose, California, and founded in 1998 {{Citation needed|reason=See Talk: Unclear Relationship|date=July 2020}}, the company released several games for the Dreamcast, Game Boy Color (GBC), Game Boy Advance (GBA), and PlayStation 2 (PS2) consoles.
Founded as Metropolis Digital, Inc. {{Citation needed|reason=See Talk: Unclear Relationship|date=July 2020}}, the company developed Star Command: Revolution, published by GT Interactive for DOS in 1996. In 1998, the developer began seeking beta testers for its new online game Armada.{{cite web|author=IGN staff |date=June 30, 1998 |title=News Archives: Week of June 28, 1998 |url=http://rpgvaultarchive.ign.com/archive/19980628.shtml |publisher=IGN |accessdate=April 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727072739/http://rpgvaultarchive.ign.com/archive/19980628.shtml |archivedate=July 27, 2011 }} On April 27, 1999, the company, headed by ex-Capcom employees Joe Morici and George Nakayama, renamed itself Metro3D, Inc. after signing an agreement with Nintendo of America to become a third-party developer for Nintendo 64 and GBC games.{{cite web | date=April 27, 1999 | title=Introducing Metro3D | url=http://ign64.ign.com/articles/067/067851p1.html | publisher=IGN | accessdate=April 19, 2012 | archive-date=September 22, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922115104/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/04/28/introducing-metro3d | url-status=live }}{{Citation needed|reason=See Talk: Unclear Relationship|date=July 2020}}
The company's CEO, Dr. Stephen C. H. Lin, and the U.S. branch of the company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 19, 2004, after defaulting on a series of loans from Cathay Bank totaling $6.5 million. The company's European division was sold off in June 2005 to Stewart Green of Green Solutions Limited (the parent of Data Design Interactive), but continued to operate in the region.
Games
- Aero the Acro-Bat (GBA, 2002){{cite web | title=Games (page 2) | url=http://www.metro3d.com/game_main2.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040103073136/http://www.metro3d.com/game_main2.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 3, 2004 | publisher=Metro3D, Inc. | accessdate=April 19, 2012}}
- Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (GBA, unpublished){{cite web | author=IGN staff | date=June 21, 2002 | title=Aero Swings to Shelves | url=http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/363/363029p1.html | publisher=IGN | accessdate=April 19, 2012 | archive-date=May 24, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524000241/http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/363/363029p1.html | url-status=live }}
- Armada (Dreamcast, 1999){{cite web|title=Games (page 3) |url=http://www.metro3d.com/game_main3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040103073208/http://www.metro3d.com/game_main3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 3, 2004 |publisher=Metro3D, Inc. |accessdate=April 19, 2012 }}
- Armada II (Dreamcast, Xbox, PS2, unpublished){{cite web | title=In Development | url=http://www.metro3d.com/products2.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816071532/http://www.metro3d.com/products2.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 16, 2000 | publisher=Metro3D, Inc. | accessdate=April 19, 2012}}{{cite web | author=IGN staff | date=September 14, 2000 | title=Two from Metro3D Come to PS2 | url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/085/085022p1.html | publisher=IGN | accessdate=April 19, 2012}}
- Armada F/X Racers (GBC, 2000)
- Armored Core 2: Another Age (PS2, 2002) (European distribution only)
- Armored Core 3 (PS2, 2003) (European distribution only)
- Chase H.Q.: Secret Police (GBC, 1999){{cite web | title=Products | url=http://www.metro3d.com/products.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991002052925/http://www.metro3d.com/products.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 2, 1999 | publisher=Metro3D, Inc. | accessdate=April 19, 2012}}
- Classic Bubble Bobble (GBC, 1999)
- The Cage (GBC, unpublished)
- Dark Angel: Vampire Apocalypse (PS2, 2001)
- Dark Angel II (PS2, unpublished)
- Dark Angel: Anna's Quest (GBC, unpublished)
- Defender of the Crown (GBA, 2002)
- Dinosaur Hunting (released in Japan, unpublished in North America by Metro3D){{cite web|title=Games (page 1) |url=http://www.metro3d.com/game_main1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407011524/http://www.metro3d.com/game_main1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2004 |publisher=Metro3D, Inc. |accessdate=April 19, 2012 }}
- DroneZ (Xbox, 2004, released in Japan as Dennou Taisen ~ DroneZ ~, unpublished in North America by Metro3D){{cite web | author=IGN staff | date=April 27, 2004 | title=Now Playing in Japan | url=http://xbox.ign.com/articles/509/509628p1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604033620/http://xbox.ign.com/articles/509/509628p1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 4, 2004 | publisher=IGN | accessdate=April 19, 2012}}
- Dual Blades (GBA, 2002)
- Gem Smashers (GBA, 2003)
- Maxxis Ultimate ATV (Xbox, unpublished){{Cite web |date=2003-08-11 |title=Metro3D, Inc. - Press Releases |url=http://www.metro3d.com/html/press/archived.php?pr=press_051403atv |access-date=2024-09-22 |archive-date=2003-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030811024932/http://www.metro3d.com/html/press/archived.php?pr=press_051403atv |url-status=bot: unknown }}
- Pumpkin Man (Xbox, unpublished){{cite web | author=jkdmedia | date=May 14, 2003 | title=Metro3D, Inc. Introduces Pumpkin Man for Microsoft Xbox | url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/metro3d_inc_introduces_pumpkin_man_for_microsoft_xbox | publisher=GameZone | accessdate=April 19, 2012 | archive-date=September 22, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922120111/https://gamezone.com/news/metro3d_inc_introduces_pumpkin_man_for_microsoft_xbox/ | url-status=live }}
- Puzzle Master (GBC, 1999)
- Ninja (GBC, unpublished)
- Shayde: Monsters vs. Humans (Xbox, unpublished){{cite web | author=IGN staff | date=January 8, 2002 | title=Shayde: Monsters V. Humans | url=http://xbox.ign.com/articles/137/137403p1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020220205348/http://xbox.ign.com/articles/137/137403p1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 20, 2002 | publisher=IGN | accessdate=April 19, 2012}}
- Smash Cars (PS2, 2003)
- Stake: Fortune Fighters (Xbox, 2003)
- Star Command: Revolution (PC, 1996, as Metropolis Digital, Inc.)
- Sub Rebellion (PS2, 2002)
- The Three Stooges (GBA, 2002)
- Threat Con Delta (PS2, 2004, released in Japan as Kyoushuu Kidou Butai: Kougeki Helicopter Senki, unpublished in North America by Metro3D){{cite web|author=IGN staff |date=June 15, 2005 |title=Japanese Release Dates Update |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/624/624585p1.html |publisher=IGN |accessdate=April 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304150646/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/624/624585p1.html |archivedate=March 4, 2012 }}
- Urban Extreme (PS2, 2006)
- Wings (GBA, 2003)
- King's Field IV (PS2, 2003) (European distribution only)
- Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (GBA, unpublished)
References
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{{cite web | author=Andersen, John | date=January 31, 2006 | title=Metro3D Resurrected As European Branch | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7978 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222020/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7978 | accessdate=2016-03-31 | archivedate=2016-03-03 | publisher=UBM plc | work=Gamasutra
|quote=[The publisher is] under the management of CEO Dr. Stephen C.H. Lin [..] Metro3D Inc shareholders sold off its European division in June of 2005 to Stewart Green. Green has now re-established Metro3D Europe (M3DE), as a separate UK registered company, and will be unaffected by the on-going chapter 11 status of its former U.S. parent company. [..] [Green's own company] has three separate divisions related to gaming under its operation: Artworld Studios, Data Design Solutions, and All-Star Gaming.}}
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External links
- {{official|https://web.archive.org/web/20031019093222/http://metro3d.com/}} (archived)
Category:Companies based in San Jose, California
Category:Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Video game companies established in 1998
Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2004
Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2004
Category:Defunct video game companies of the United States
Category:Video game development companies