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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
- Monster Jam (Activision) (2007)
- 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)
- Monster Jam: Urban Assault (Activision) (2008)
- Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)
- 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)
- 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)
- Shrek Smash and Crash Racing (Activision) (2006)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Ashen (Nokia) (2004)
- Operation Shadow (Nokia (2004)'
Leapster L-Max
- Nascar (2007)
External links
ca:Torus Games