{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Short description|Video game developer company}} {{One source|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = Artech Digital Entertainment | logo = Artech Studios logo.jpg | trade_name = Artech Studios | type = Private | founded = 1982 | fate = Disbanded | hq_location_city = Ottawa, Ontario | hq_location_country = Canada | num_employees = 60+ | num_employees_year = as of 2006 | founders = Rick Banks<br>Paul Butler<br>Steve Armstrong | defunct = {{end date and age|2011|12|31}} }} '''Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd.''' (stylized as '''ARTECH studios''') was a video game developer formed in 1982 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Also known as '''Artech Studios''', the company developed games such as ''Raze's Hell'', ''Monopoly'', ''Jeopardy!'', ''Wheel of Fortune'', and a remake of Q*bert.
The company has developed games for the ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari computers, Nabu Network, Genesis, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC, and the Xbox 360. They have also developed a series of interactive games designed for standard DVD players.
Artech Studios closed its doors in December 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hardgamers.com/nouvelle.asp?no=45521 |title=Le studio Canadien Artech a fermé ses portes en Décembre |publisher=HardGamers |access-date=February 20, 2012 |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125060112/http://www.hardgamers.com/nouvelle.asp?no=45521 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Games ==
===Nabu Network=== * ''Zot!'' * ''Wiztype'' * ''MacBeth'' * ''Skiing!'' * ''Astro Lander'' * ''BC Matchup''
===Commodore 64=== * ''Ace of Aces'' * ''BC's Quest for Tires'' * ''B.C. II: Grog's Revenge'' * ''Wiz Math'' * ''The Dam Busters'' * ''Fight Night'' * ''Desert Fox'' * ''Killed Until Dead'' * ''Deceptor'' * ''The Train: Escape to Normandy'' * ''Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon'' * ''Mean 18'' * ''Rack 'Em'' * ''Mental Blocks''
===ColecoVision=== * ''BC's Quest for Tires''
===ZX Spectrum=== * ''B.C. II: Grog's Revenge''
===Amiga=== * ''Heat Wave'' * ''Theatre of War'' * ''Patriot'' * ''Megafortress: The Flight of the Old Dog'' * ''Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation'' * ''Blue Max'' * ''Das Boot'' * ''Mental Blocks''
===Genesis=== * ''BreakThru!'' (Sega Channel) * ''Dark Castle'' * ''Motocross Championship'' (32X) * ''Crystal's Pony Tale''
===Super NES=== * ''BreakThru!''
===Mac=== * ''Theatre of War'' * ''Patriot'' * ''U.F.O.s''
===MS-DOS=== * ''Heat Wave: Offshore Superboat Racing'' * ''Fight Night'' * ''The Train: Escape to Normandy'' * ''Mean 18'' * ''Rack 'Em'' * ''Serve and Volley'' * ''Blue Angels'' * ''Mental Blocks'' * ''Blue Max: Aces of the Great War'' * ''Das Boot'' * ''Megafortress'' * ''Theatre of War'' * ''Patriot'' * ''Wild Science Arcade'' * ''Mystery at the Museums'' * ''Rock and Bach'' * ''Director's Lab'' * ''Wild Board Games'' * ''Wild Card Games'' * ''Adventures with Edison'' * ''Play Math'' * ''Wild Ride'' * ''Super Putt'' * ''UFOs - Gnap'' * ''Medieval Times'' * ''Moto Extreme'' * ''Monopoly Star Wars'' * ''Celtica'' * ''Thunder Chrome'' * ''ARA'' * ''Star Wars Playset'' * ''Wheel of Fortune'' * ''Jeopardy!'' * ''Guess Who?'' * ''Family Feud'' * ''Family Fortunes'' * ''Wheel of Fortune 2nd Edition'' * ''Jeopardy 2nd Edition'' * ''Stanley's Tiger Tales'' * ''Music Mix Studio'' * ''Cinderella's Castle Builder''
===Windows=== * ''Arcade Mania'' * ''Super Putt'' * ''Q*Bert'' * ''Monopoly'' * ''My Little Pony: Friendship Gardens'' * ''Trivial Pursuit Unhinged'' * ''Friends: The One with All the Trivia'' * ''The Undergarden'' * ''Aces of the Galaxy'' * ''I Spy Fun House'' * ''U.F.O.s'' * ''Jeopardy 2003'' * ''Wheel of Fortune 2003'' * ''Hello Kitty Cutie World'' * ''Stanley Wild for Sharks'' * ''Stanley Tiger Tales'' * ''Tonka Search and Rescue 2'' * ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm''
===PlayStation=== * ''Wheel of Fortune'' * ''Jeopardy!'' * ''Q*Bert'' * ''Family Feud'' * ''Wheel of Fortune 2nd Edition'' * ''Jeopardy 2nd Edition''
===PlayStation 2=== * ''Wheel of Fortune PS2'' * ''Jeopardy PS2'' * ''Trivial Pursuit Unhinged'' * ''Friends: The One with All the Trivia''
===Xbox=== * ''Trivial Pursuit Unhinged'' * ''Raze's Hell''
===DVD=== * ''Show Me the Wild'' * ''Time Troopers'' * ''Trivial Pursuit: Lord of the Rings'' * ''Scholastic Read with Me DVD!'' * ''Clue'' * ''Candyland'' * ''Clifford/Goosebumps/I-Spy'' * ''Twister Dance'' * ''Monopoly Tropical Tycoon''
===Xbox 360=== * ''Boogie Bunnies'' * ''Aces of the Galaxy'' * ''The Undergarden''
===PlayStation 3=== * ''The Undergarden''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{MobyGames company|company=artech-studios-ltd|name=Artech Studios}}
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