Spectrum HoloByte
The American publisher of the first Tetris released outside the Soviet Union.
Spectrum HoloByte, Inc., later known as MicroProse Alameda, was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1983. It was known for simulation games, notably the Falcon series of combat flight simulators, and for publishing the first version of Tetris released outside the Soviet Union.
Quick Facts
- Former name
- Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. (1983-1996)
- Traded as
- SYBT
- Fate
- Absorbed into Hasbro Interactive
- Successor
- Hasbro Interactive
- Founded
- 1983
- Founders
- Jeff Sauter, Phil Adam and Mike Franklin
- Defunct
- 1999
- Headquarters
- Alameda, California
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