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Budcat Creations, LLC was an American video game developer based in Iowa City, Iowa , United States and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision , though they formerly had partnerships with Electronic Arts and Majesco Entertainment . They were largely responsible for porting titles to non-target consoles. They had worked on a number of blockbuster gaming franchises, among them Guitar Hero Madden NFL Medal of Honor Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy The New York Times Crosswords
History
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Budcat was founded by Jason Andersen and Jonah Stich who met on the precursor to AOL, via a shared interest in the Apple IIgs. A few months into the companies initial year, Isaac Burns joined as a partner. Isaac and Jason met in High School, in their hometown of Iowa City, IA.[1]
The company went on to produce a string of sports titles for EA over the next five years, including entries in the NASCAR Thunder , NHL Hockey seriesFIFA Manager series , as well as the PlayStation 2 version of Psychonauts Majesco Entertainment .
In 2005, Budcat moved to its ultimate location in Iowa City in order to facilitate expanding their offices. Budcat worked in partnership with Majesco Entertainment , Electronic Arts , and Activision [2] Activision Blizzard on November 10, 2008, where they mostly worked on the Guitar Hero [3]
Budcat Creations was shuttered by Activision Blizzard on November 16, 2010.[4] [5] [6]
Games
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Release
Title
Platform
Publisher
2011
Top Shot Arcade
Wii
Activision
2010
Pix Maze
iOS
Activision
2009
Band Hero PS2
Activision
2009
Our House Party
Wii
Majesco Entertainment
2009
Guitar Hero: Metallica Wii , PS2
Activision
2009
Guitar Hero 5 PS2
Activision
2008
Guitar Hero World Tour PS2
Activision
2008
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Wii , PS2
Activision
2008
Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy Wii
Majesco Entertainment
2007
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Wii , PS2
Activision
2007
The New York Times Crosswords NDS
Majesco Entertainment
2007
Medal of Honor: Vanguard Wii
Electronic Arts
2007
Arena Football: Road to Glory PS2
EA Sports
2006
Nacho Libre NDS
Majesco Entertainment
2005
Madden NFL 06 PC EA Sports
2005
Psychonauts PS2
Majesco Entertainment
2004
Total Club Manager 2005 Xbox , PS2
EA Sports
2004
Madden NFL 2005 PC EA Sports
2003
Total Club Manager 2004 Xbox , PS2
EA Sports
2003
Madden NFL 2004 PS1 , GBA
EA Sports
2003
NASCAR Thunder 2004 PS1
EA Sports
2002
NASCAR Thunder 2003 PS1
EA Sports
2002
Madden NFL 2003 PS1 , GBA
EA Sports
2002
NHL 2002 GBA
EA Sports
2002
Desert Strike Advance GBA
Electronic Arts
2001
Madden NFL 2002 PS1 , N64 , GBA
EA Sports
References
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^ "Activision Buys Budcat, Assigns Them New Guitar Hero Title" from 1up.com
^ "Activision shuts down Bizarre and Budcat studios"
^ "Guitar Hero creator Budcat Studios shuts down" . www.thegazette.com . Retrieved 2023-01-17 .
^ "Bizarre Creations, Budcat to be axed by Activision?" . Destructoid . 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2023-01-17 .
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