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Gray Matter (company)

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Gray Matter Inc.
IndustryVideo games
Founded1985
FoundersChris Gray
Defunct1997
HeadquartersOakville, Ontario, Canada
Number of employees
75 (1995)[1]

Gray Matter Inc. was a Canadian video game developer based in Oakville, Ontario. It was established by Chris Gray in 1985 and disbanded in 1997.

History

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Gray Matter was founded by Chris Gray in Oakville, Ontario in 1985.[1][2] At its peak in 1995, the studio had approximately 75 employees.[1] Gray wound down the company in 1997 due to a lack of funding.[1][3]

Games developed

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Chris Gray Enterprises Inc.

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Title Release date Platform(s)
Whirlinurd 1985 Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit
Infiltrator 1986 Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari 8-bit
Infiltrator II 1987 Commodore 64, Apple II, MS-DOS (1988), NES (1989)
Captain Planet and The Planeteers 1991 NES
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992 NES

Gray Matter Inc.

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Title Release date Platform(s)
Techno Cop 1988 Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amiga (1989), Sega Genesis (1990)
Road Raider 1988 Amiga, Atari ST
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o' Fun 1989 Amiga
The Ultimate Ride 1990 Amiga
Mad Max July 1990 NES
Dirty Harry Dec 14, 1990 NES
James Bond Jr. Oct 1992 Super NES
Wayne's World Feb 18, 1993 Super NES
The Terminator April 1993 Super NES
B.O.B. June 1993 Super NES
WWF King of the Ring Sep 1993 NES
The Incredible Crash Dummies Oct 1993 Super NES
The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! Oct 1993 Super NES
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin Nov 3, 1993 Sega CD (additional graphics)
Foes of Ali 1995 3DO
Phoenix 3 1995 3DO
NHL All-Star Hockey 1995 Sega Saturn, Game Gear
Super R.B.I. Baseball June 1995 Super NES
NBA Action 1996 Sega Saturn
Perfect Weapon November 21, 1996 PlayStation, MS-DOS
The Crow: City of Angels February 28, 1997 PlayStation, Sega Saturn, MS-DOS
The Condemned[4] unreleased PC

References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Nowak, Peter (September 10, 2010). "A missed opportunity". CBC.ca.
  2. ^ Marotte, Bertrand (November 30, 1996). "Canadians fighting game wars". Vancouver Sun. p. 42. Retrieved May 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Strategy Staff (May 11, 1998). "The Strategy Interview: Chris Grey, Enter Interactive". Strategy.
  4. ^ Sengstack, Jeff (January 28, 1997). "The Condemned Preview". GameSpot.
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