TecMagik

{{short description|Defunct video game developer}}

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TecMagik Entertainment Ltd. was a Californian video game development and publishing company that released games for 8-bit and 16-bit games consoles between 1991 and 1994. While the company moved on to developing games for original PlayStation and Nintendo 64 platforms, those games were cancelled prior to release.

Releases

  • Andre Agassi Tennis{{Cite book |last=Scullion |first=Chris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WeVVEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Andre+Agassi+Tennis%22&pg=PA21 |title=The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for Sega's 16-bit Console |date=2021-12-08 |publisher=White Owl |isbn=978-1-5267-4660-3 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Weiss |first=Brett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmRjDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Populous:%20The%20Promised%20Lands%22&pg=PA44 |title=Classic Home Video Games, 1989-1990: A Complete Guide to Sega Genesis, Neo Geo and TurboGrafx-16 Games |date=2018-07-09 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9231-2 |language=en}}
  • Champions of Europe{{Cite web |title=TecMagik |url=https://www.smspower.org/Companies/TecMagik |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=SMS Power!}}
  • The NewZealand Story
  • Pac-Mania
  • Pink Goes to Hollywood{{Cite book |last=Bassave |first=Roy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUMfAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22TecMagik%22&pg=PA22 |title=Herald-Journal |date=December 31, 1993 |publisher=Herald-Journal |pages=22 |language=en}}
  • Populous: The Promised Lands{{Cite book |last1=Pettus |first1=Sam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbFxAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22TecMagik%22&pg=PA412 |title=Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA: Enhanced Edition |last2=Munoz |first2=David |last3=Williams |first3=Kevin |last4=Barroso |first4=Ivan |date=2013-12-20 |publisher=Smashwords Edition |isbn=978-1-311-08082-0 |language=en}}
  • Shadow of the Beast
  • Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers{{Cite book |last=Schiffmann |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nDgdAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22TecMagik%22&pg=PA11 |title=The Tuscaloosa News |date=October 18, 1994 |publisher=The Tuscaloosa News |pages=25 |language=en}}

Cancelled games

  • The Final Option - A game in development in the mid-1990s for the SNES and Sega Genesis that would have starred Steven Seagal. The game was cancelled prior to release, but a fully-playable beta version of the game leaked onto the internet many years later.{{Cite book |last=Hayes |first=David C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGCJEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22TecMagik%22&pg=PT33 |title=Hard to Watch: The Films of Steven Seagal |date=2022-10-02 |publisher=BearManor Media |language=en}}{{cite web | url=https://www.pcgamer.com/awesome-games-done-quick-2023-features-steven-seagal-beating-up-guys-real-fast-in-a-never-released-game/ | title=Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 features Steven Seagal beating up guys real fast in a never-released game | website=PC Gamer | date=6 January 2023 | last1=Chalk | first1=Andy }}
  • Deadly Honor a separate action game featuring actor Seagal announced for a late 1997 release for both the original PlayStation and the Nintendo 64. The game was cancelled in its beta stages and never released in any capacity for either platform.{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/games/deadly-honor | title=Deadly Honor }}{{cite magazine |title=Steven Seagal Is Back... Kinda|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=96 |publisher=Ziff Davis|date=July 1997|page=26|quote=Deadly Honor is the title of the forthcoming PlayStation and N64 title from TecMagik and is scheduled for release some time in the fourth quarter.}}
  • Roto Gunners - A helicopter simulation game announced for the Nintendo 64 in 1997, with a release scheduled for the following year. It never released in any capacity.{{cite magazine|title=In Development |magazine=Next Generation |issue=29|publisher=Imagine Media|date=May 1997|page=57 |url=https://archive.org/stream/NEXT_Generation_29#page/n57}}

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