Changes: Torus Games

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Torus Games company logo.

Torus Games Pty. Ltd. is a video games developer founded in 1994 and is growing to be one of Australia's largest developers. The company has released over 60 titles with most being on handheld game consoles. Torus Games is currently located in Bayswater, Melbourne. Torus is a family business, with the current managing director being Bill McIntosh.

Their latest release is Scooby-Doo! First Frights for Wii, PS2, and DS.

Torus Games began developing their first game in 1994, a Game Boy and Game Gear game based on the film Stargate, published by Acclaim Entertainment.

Torus is a licensed developer for Nintendo's Wii console, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, Sony PSP, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox360, PC, Nokia N-Gage, Leapfrog Enterprises Leapster, and Game Boy Advance.

Torus is currently working on a number of secret in house projects based on their own design. Prior to this, all of the games have been funded by third party publishers.

Games

Xbox 360

Monster Jam (Activision) (2007)

Wii

Scooby-Doo! First Frights (Warner Bros. Interactive) (2009)
Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Activision) (2008)
Zoo Hospital (Majesco) (2008)
Monster Jam (Activision) (2007)
Indianapolis 500 Legends (Destineer) (2007)

PlayStation Portable

Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Activision) (2008)
Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)

PlayStation 2

Scooby-Doo! First Frights (Warner Bros. Interactive) (2009)
Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Activision) (2008)
Monster Jam (game) (Activision) (2007)
Indianapolis 500 Legends (Destineer) (2008)
Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)
Classified: The Sentinel Crisis (Global Star) (2005)
Grand Prix Challenge (Atari) (2002)

Supplied art for tracks of Silverstone (UK), Magny-Cours (France) and Montreal (Canada)

Xbox

Classified: The Sentinel Crisis (Global Star) (2005)
Grand Prix Challenge (Atari) (2002)

Supplied art for tracks of Silverstone (UK), Magny-Cours (France) and Montreal (Canada)

Nintendo GameCube

Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)

Nintendo DS

Spider-Man: The Battle for New York (Activision) (2006)
Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)
Backyard Football 2007 (Atari) (2006)
Backyard Football 2008 (Atari) (2007)
Monster Jam (game) (Activision) (2007)
Indianapolis 500 Legends (Destineer) (2007)
Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Activision) (2008)
Zoo Hospital (Majesco) (2008)
Crystal Mines (Home Entertainment Suppliers) (2009
Scooby-Doo! First Frights (Warner Bros. Interactive) (2009)

PC

Monster Jam (Activision) (2007)
Le Mans 24 Hours (Atari) (2002)
Squatter: The Classic Australian Game (HES) (1999)
Carmageddon TDR2000 (SCi) (2000)
Dick Johnson V8 Challenge (HES) (1999)

Game Boy Advance

Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)
Curious George (Namco) (2006)
Fantastic Four: Flame On (Activision) (2005)
Backyard Football (Atari) (2005)
Sportsmans Pack 2 in 1 (Activision) (2005)
Gumby and the Astrobots (Namco) (2005)
Fantastic 4 (Activision) (2005)
Dead to Rights (Namco) (2004)
Cabelas Big Game Hunter (Activision) (2004)
Rapala Pro Fishing (Activision) (2004)
Ice Nine (Bam! Entertainment) (2003)
Pitfall Harry: The Lost Expedition (Activision) (2003)
The Invincible Iron Man (Activision) (2003)
Backyard Football (Atari) (2003)
Space Invaders (Activision) (2002)
Duke Nukem Advance (Activision) (2002)
Doom II (Activision) (2002)
Minority Report (Activision) (2002)
Jackie Chan Adventures - Legend of the Dark Hand (Activision) (2001)
Planet of the Apes (Activision) (2001)

Game Boy Color

Planet of the Apes (Ubisoft) (2001)
Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six (Activision) (2001)
Lion King:Simba's Mighty Adventure (Activision) (2000)
Carmageddon TDR2000 (SCi) (1999)
NBA Hoopz (Midway) (2000)
Max Steel - Covert Missions (Mattel Interactive) (2000)
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (Midway) (1999)
Star Wars - Yoda Stories (THQ) (1999)
Duke Nukem (GT Interactive) (1999)
Hello Kitty (NewKidCo) (1999)

Game Boy

Beavis and Butt-head (GT Interactive) (1999)
NBA Jam (Acclaim Entertainment) (1998)
Dragon Heart (Acclaim Entertainment) (1995)
Star Gate (Acclaim Entertainment) (1995)
Jurassic Park: The Lost World (THQ) (1997)

N-Gage

Ashen (Nokia) (2004)
Operation Shadow (Nokia (2004)'

Leapster L-Max

Nascar (2007)

External links

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+'''Torus Games [[Pty. Ltd.]]''' is a [[video games]] developer founded in 1994 and is growing to be one of [[Australia]]'s largest developers. The company has released over 60 titles with most being on [[handheld game console]]s. Torus Games is currently located in Bayswater, [[Melbourne]]. Torus is a family business, with the current managing director being Bill McIntosh.
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+Their latest release is ''[[Scooby-Doo! First Frights]]'' for Wii, PS2, and DS.
+Torus Games began developing their first game in 1994, a [[Game Boy]] and [[Game Gear]] game based on the film [[Stargate]], published by [[Acclaim Entertainment]].
-{{Developer stub}}
-[[Category:Game developers]]
+Torus is a licensed developer for [[Nintendo]]'s [[Wii]] console, [[Nintendo DS]], [[Nintendo DSi]], [[Sony PSP]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox]], [[Xbox360]], [[Personal computer|PC]], [[Nokia N-Gage]], [[Leapfrog Enterprises]] [[Leapster]], and [[Game Boy Advance]].
+Torus is currently working on a number of secret in house projects based on their own design. Prior to this, all of the games have been funded by third party publishers.
+== Games ==
+'''[[Xbox 360]]'''
+* ''[[Monster Jam (game)|Monster Jam]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2007)
+'''[[Wii]]'''
+* ''[[Scooby-Doo! First Frights]]'' ([[Warner Bros. Interactive]]) (2009)
+* ''[[Monster Jam: Urban Assault]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2008)
+* ''Zoo Hospital'' ([[Majesco]]) (2008)
+* ''[[Monster Jam (game)|Monster Jam]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2007)
+* ''[[Indianapolis 500 Legends]]'' ([[Destineer]]) (2007)
+'''[[PlayStation Portable]]'''
+* ''[[Monster Jam: Urban Assault]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2008)
+* ''[[Shrek]] Smash and Crash Racing'' ([[Activision]]) (2006)
+'''[[PlayStation 2]]'''
+* ''[[Scooby-Doo! First Frights]]'' ([[Warner Bros. Interactive]]) (2009)
+* ''[[Monster Jam: Urban Assault]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2008)
+* ''[[Monster Jam (game)]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2007)
+* ''[[Indianapolis 500 Legends]]'' ([[Destineer]]) (2008)
+* ''[[Shrek]] Smash and Crash Racing'' ([[Activision]]) (2006)
+* ''[[Classified: The Sentinel Crisis]]'' ([[Global Star]]) (2005)
+* ''[[Grand Prix Challenge]]'' ([[Atari]]) (2002)
+: ''Supplied art for tracks of Silverstone (UK), Magny-Cours (France) and Montreal (Canada)''
+'''[[Xbox]]'''
+* ''[[Classified: The Sentinel Crisis]]'' ([[Global Star]]) (2005)
+* ''[[Grand Prix Challenge]]'' ([[Atari]]) (2002)
+: ''Supplied art for tracks of Silverstone (UK), Magny-Cours (France) and Montreal (Canada)''
+'''[[Nintendo GameCube]]'''
+* ''[[Shrek]] Smash and Crash Racing'' ([[Activision]]) (2006)
+'''[[Nintendo DS]]'''
+* ''[[Spider-Man]]: The Battle for New York'' ([[Activision]]) (2006)
+* ''[[Shrek]] Smash and Crash Racing'' ([[Activision]]) (2006)
+* ''Backyard Football 2007'' ([[Atari]]) (2006)
+* ''Backyard Football 2008'' ([[Atari]]) (2007)
+* ''[[Monster Jam (game)]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2007)
+* ''[[Indianapolis 500 Legends]]'' ([[Destineer]]) (2007)
+* ''[[Monster Jam: Urban Assault]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2008)
+* ''Zoo Hospital'' ([[Majesco]]) (2008)
+* ''[[Crystal Mines]]'' ([[Home Entertainment Suppliers]]) (2009
+* ''[[Scooby-Doo! First Frights]]'' ([[Warner Bros. Interactive]]) (2009)
+'''[[IBM PC clone|PC]]'''
+* ''[[Monster Jam (game)|Monster Jam]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2007)
+* ''[[Le Mans 24 Hours]]'' (Atari) (2002)
+* ''[[Squatter: The Classic Australian Game]]'' ([[Home Entertainment Suppliers|HES]]) (1999)
+* ''[[Carmageddon TDR2000]]'' ([[SCi]]) (2000)
+* ''[[Dick Johnson V8 Challenge]]'' (HES) (1999)
+'''[[Game Boy Advance]]'''
+* ''[[Shrek]] Smash and Crash Racing'' ([[Activision]]) (2006)
+* ''Curious George'' ([[Namco]]) (2006)
+* ''Fantastic Four: Flame On'' ([[Activision]]) (2005)
+* ''[[Backyard Football]]'' ([[Atari]]) (2005)
+* ''Sportsmans Pack 2 in 1'' ([[Activision]]) (2005)
+* ''Gumby and the Astrobots'' ([[Namco]]) (2005)
+* ''[[Fantastic 4]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2005)
+* ''Dead to Rights'' ([[Namco]]) (2004)
+* ''Cabelas Big Game Hunter'' (Activision) (2004)
+* ''Rapala Pro Fishing'' (Activision) (2004)
+* ''Ice Nine'' (Bam! Entertainment) (2003)
+* ''Pitfall Harry: The Lost Expedition'' (Activision) (2003)
+* ''The Invincible Iron Man'' (Activision) (2003)
+* ''Backyard Football'' (Atari) (2003)
+* ''[[Space Invaders]]'' (Activision) (2002)
+* ''[[Duke Nukem Advance]]'' (Activision) (2002)
+* ''[[Doom II]]'' (Activision) (2002)
+* ''Minority Report'' (Activision) (2002)
+* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]] - Legend of the Dark Hand'' (Activision) (2001)
+* ''Planet of the Apes'' (Activision) (2001)
+'''[[Game Boy Color]]'''
+* ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' ([[Ubisoft]]) (2001)
+* ''[[Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six]]'' ([[Activision]]) (2001)
+* ''Lion King:Simba's Mighty Adventure'' (Activision) (2000)
+* ''Carmageddon TDR2000'' ([[SCi]]) (1999)
+* ''NBA Hoopz'' ([[Midway Games|Midway]]) (2000)
+* ''Max Steel - Covert Missions'' ([[Mattel Interactive]]) (2000)
+* ''NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC'' (Midway) (1999)
+* ''Star Wars - Yoda Stories'' (THQ) (1999)
+* ''Duke Nukem'' (GT Interactive) (1999)
+* ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' (NewKidCo) (1999)
+'''[[Game Boy]]'''
+* ''[[Beavis and Butt-head (video game)|Beavis and Butt-head]]'' ([[GT Interactive]]) (1999)
+* ''[[NBA Jam]]'' ([[Acclaim Entertainment]]) (1998)
+* ''Dragon Heart'' (Acclaim Entertainment) (1995)
+* ''Star Gate'' (Acclaim Entertainment) (1995)
+* ''Jurassic Park: The Lost World'' ([[THQ]]) (1997)
+'''[[N-Gage]]'''
+* ''[[Ashen (video game)|Ashen]]'' ([[Nokia]]) (2004)
+* ''[[Operation Shadow]]'' ([[Nokia]] (2004)'
+'''[[Leapster L-Max]]'''
+* ''[[Nascar]]'' (2007)
+== External links ==
+* [http://www.torusgames.com Official Torus Games website]
+* [http://www.torus.com.au Australian website]
+[[Category:Australian video game companies]]
+[[Category:Companies established in 1994]]
+[[Category:Video game developers]]
+[[ca:Torus Games]]