Manley & Associates
Manley & Associates was an independent software developer, founded in 1982, which developed or ported over 70 video games, multimedia, and educational entertainment titles which were published by other companies, including Electronic Arts, Activision, Disney, GameTek, Publishing International, and Spectrum HoloByte. Many of the company's early games were one or two person projects created in founder Ivan Manley's house, but eventually it grew to roughly 60 people working from an office park in Issaquah, Washington.
| Formerly | Manley & Associates (1982–1996) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founder | Ivan Manley |
| Defunct | 2002 |
| Fate | Merged with EA Vancouver |
| Headquarters | Issaquah, WA (M&A) Bellevue, WA (EA) |
| Products | Video games Edutainment |
Number of employees | 60 (peak estimate) |
| Parent | Electronic Arts (1996–2002) |
In the mid-1990s, Manley & Associates ported some games for Electronic Arts and was subsequently acquired by EA in 1996. Explaining the decision to sell the company to EA, Ivan Manley said that in order to invest in newer technologies, Manley & Associates had to either become a publisher or merge with an established publisher.[1] The studio was relocated to neighboring Bellevue, Washington and renamed Electronic Arts Seattle.[2] EA Seattle closed in 2002 and EA moved half the people to EA Vancouver, the rest were fired.[3]
Games developed
- As Manley & Associates
- Hometown, U.S.A. (1988) (MS-DOS, Mac, Apple II, Apple IIGS, C64, Amiga, FMTowns)
- Pharaoh's Revenge (1988) (Apple II, C64, MS-DOS)
- The Third Courier (1989)
- Xenocide (1990) (MS-DOS), port
- Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1991) (Amiga, MS-DOS), port
- Are We There Yet? (1991) (MS-DOS)
- Home Alone (1991) (Amiga, MS-DOS)
- An American Tail: The Computer Adventures of Fievel and His Friends (1992) (MS-DOS)
- Paperboy 2 (1992) (Game Gear), port
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1993) (MS-DOS)
- Super Conflict (1993) (SNES)
- The Wizard of Oz (1993) (SNES)
- Pink Goes to Hollywood (1993) (SNES)
- DinoPark Tycoon (1993) (MS-DOS, Mac, 3DO)
- Wolf (1994) (MS-DOS)
- WildSnake (1994) (SNES), designed externally
- King Arthur & the Knights of Justice (1995) (SNES)
- Lion (1995) (MS-DOS)
- As EA Seattle
- Need for Speed II (1997)
- Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (1998)
- Need for Speed: High Stakes (1999)
- Championship Bass (2000)
- Matt Hayes' Fishing (2002)
Awards
Hometown, U.S.A. (Publishing International) won the Software Publishers' Association's award for the Best Creativity Program, Educational Category, 1988.
References
- "Electronic Arts Acquires Manley". Next Generation. No. 16. Imagine Media. April 1996. p. 23.
- "Electronic Arts Acquires Software Developer Manley & Associates". AllBusiness. 1996-01-29. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- "Electronic Arts closing Bellevue game studio". 22 October 2002. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.