Synergy (video game company)
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Native name
株式会社 シナジー幾何学Romanized name
Kabushiki gaisha Shinajī IkunangakuCompany typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryVideo games
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Native name | 株式会社 シナジー幾何学 |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Shinajī Ikunangaku |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | July 24, 1986[1] |
| Defunct | Unknown |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Haruhiko Shono |
| Products | |
Number of employees | 30 (as of February 1, 1997) |
| Website | www.synergy-j.co.jp (archived) |
Synergy Inc., which went by the trade name Synergy Geometry Co., Ltd., was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. The company is best known for its point-and-click adventure games, which employed pre-rendered 3D computer graphics, including Alice: An Interactive Museum (1991) and Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure (1993), both of which were designed by Haruhiko Shono.
The company also had an American branch named Synergy Interactive Co., based in San Mateo, California, which focused on video game localization, publishing and marketing for western audiences.[2]
| Year | Title | Publisher | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Refixion | Synergy Inc. | Macintosh |
| Alice: An Interactive Museum | Toshiba-EMI | Macintosh, Microsoft Windows | |
| 1992 | L-Zone | Synergy Inc. (Japan) Synergy Interactive Co. (USA) |
Apple Pippin, Macintosh, PC-98, Microsoft Windows |
| Refixion II: Museum or Hospital | Synergy Inc. | Macintosh | |
| Refixion III: The Reindeer Story | |||
| 1993 | Gadget: Invention, Travel & Adventure | Toshiba-EMI (Japan) Synergy Interactive Co. (USA) |
Apple Pippin, FM Towns, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows |
| 1994 | Zeddas: Servant of Sheol[a] | Synergy Inc. (Japan) Synergy Interactive Co. (USA) |
Macintosh, Microsoft Windows |
| Iron Angel of the Apocalypse | 3DO | ||
| 1995 | Four-Sight[3] | Synergy Inc. | Macintosh, Microsoft Windows |
| Iron Angel of the Apocalypse: The Return | Synergy Inc. (Japan) Synergy Interactive Co. (USA) |
3DO, Microsoft Windows | |
| Yellow Brick Road | Synergy Inc. (Japan) Acclaim Japan Ltd. (PS1, SS) Synergy Interactive Co. (USA) |
Apple Pippin, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Sega Saturn | |
| 1996 | Yellow Brick Road II: Glinda to Nishi no Majo | Synergy Inc. | Apple Pippin, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows |
| 1997 | Yellow Brick Road: Harapeko Tsuki To Hoshi Atsume | Macintosh, Microsoft Windows | |
| Gadget: Past as Future | Synergy Inc. (Japan) Cryo Interactive Entertainment (Europe) |
Macintosh. Microsoft Windows, PlayStation | |
| Preview & Reprise[4] | Synergy Inc. | Macintosh, Microsoft Windows | |
