Lankhor

Lankhor was a French video game developer based in Clamart, France. The company was known for producing Mortville Manor, the first video game to feature speech synthesis during gameplay.[1]

Lankhor
IndustryVideo games
FoundedJanuary 6, 1988 (1988-01-06)
FounderJean-Luc Langlois and Kilkhor
DefunctOctober 2, 2002 (2002-10-02)
Headquarters
Clamart
,
France
Key people
Jean-Luc Langlois, Daniel Macre
Revenue345'075'848 (1998)
388'116'196 (1992)

In 1998, the company won the award for the Best French Company by the magazine Génération 4.[2]

History

Lankhor was founded in 1988 as a result of the merger between Kyilkohr creations and Béatrice & Jean-Luc Langlois. Lankhor gained notoriety with productions such as Wanderer and Killdozers.[3] Since 1994, the company has ceased to independently publish games and focuses on their development. During the 1980s-90s, there was a period of strong creativity and innovation with hits crowned with Tilt d'Or awards such as Mortville Manor, Maupiti Island and Vroom.[4] From 1994, the company abandoned its publishing activities to devote itself solely to development. At the beginning of 1996, Daniel Macré having joined Jean-Luc Langlois in the company management, signed a development contract for Formula 1 games under FIA license with the British publisher Eidos Interactive. In 2000, Lankhor was developing video games for Microïds including Ski Park Manager which was released in 2002.[5] Unfortunately for the company, it was also the beginning of a difficult financial situation which started at the end of the same year; this situation led the company to cancel its contract with Video System, a Japanese video game distribution house. At the end of 2001, Lankhor announced its closure which came to pass on October 3, 2002.

Games
Year Title
1987 Mortville Manor
1987 No (Never Outside!)
1987 Wanderer
1988 Elemental
1988 G.Nius
1988 Killdozers
1988 Rody & Mastico
1988 Troubadours
1990 Maupiti Island
1990 Raiders
1990 Saga
1990 Sdaw
1990 La Secte Noire
1991 Alive
1991 Alcantor
1991 Burglar
1991 Fugitif
1991 Infernal House
1991 La Crypte Des Maudits
1991 La Malédiction
1991 Le Trésor D'Ali Gator
1991 Mokowe
1991 Outzone
1991 Vroom
1992 Silva
1992 Survivre
1992 Vroom Data Disk
1993 Black Sect
1993 Vroom Multiplayer
1993 F1
1994 F1 World Championship Edition
1995 Kawasaki Superbike
1998 New Order Liberation
1999 Official Formula 1 Racing
2000 F-1 World Grand Prix
2000 Warm Up!
2002 Ski Park Manager
2003 Ski Park Manager 2003

References
  1. ACE Magazine Issue 13. October 1988.
  2. "Récompenses 4 d'or de l'année 1988 - ABANDONWARE FRANCE". Abandonware (in French). 1998. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. "Lankhor - Grospixels". Grospixels (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  4. Blottière, Olivier (April 1992). "Vroom test". Obligement (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  5. "Ski Park Manager: Zbuduj swoje Zakopane PC" [Ski Park Manager: Build your Zakopane PC]. GRY-Online Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-17.


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