Former type Private Fate Bought by Virtual Toys Website www.bitmanagers.com Founder Alberto Jose González Ceased operations 2005 | Industry Video games Defunct 2005 Headquarters Barcelona Founded 1988 | |
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Video games Asterix, Asterix & Obelix, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Tintin in Tibet, Turok: Rage Wars | ||
Bit Managers, formerly known as New Frontier, was a video game developer based in Barcelona (Spain). It was co-founded by Alberto Jose González, who composed the music for all of their games (except "Bang!"—a coin-operated arcade machine).
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Founding
The company was founded in 1988 as "New Frontier", initially programming games for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX computer systems. The company at first met with only modest success. In 1992, the company changed its name to Bit Managers and began to make games for Nintendo consoles (especially for Game Boy). It focused on creating innovative games based on Franco-Belgian comics such as Asterix, The Smurfs or The Adventures of Tintin for a client company, Infogrames.
In 1997, Bit Managers was chosen by Acclaim Entertainment to develop some game of the Turok series for Game Boy. In 1998, the year of the launch of Game Boy Color, Bit Managers was the first third-party developer to finish two Game Boy Color titles (Turok 2 and Sylvester & Tweety).
Company acquired by third party
That same year, the company was bought by a Spanish arcade video-gaming company, Gaelco. Bit Managers also ported the Gaelco arcade game, Radikal Bikers, to PlayStation shortly afterward.
Original associates
In 2001, the former principals of Bit Managers re-purchased the company. Bit Managers continued their relationship with Infogrames, developing several games for Game Boy Advance.
New business partners
In 2005, the Spanish video game company Virtual Toys, bought Bit Managers. That business relationship continues and Bit Managers is a subsidiary of Virtual Toys Barcelona.
Bang!
Bang! is a wild west shoot 'em up game created for the Gaelco GG-1v machine, and released by Gaelco in 1998. It featured cartoon graphics; single player and 2-player modes, and offered the use of a light gun and control button inputs.