Forgotten Video Game Companies That Need To Return

GameSaga writes: "As the years goes by in the video game industry, many companies either go out of business, get bought out by someone else, or just stop making games for whatever reason that may be. Whether they were former big names like Atari or Acclaim, or smaller lesser know studios like Quintet or Technōs, surely there is a video game company that used to be around that you wish would come back in some form. So here is a look at five video game companies that deserve a comeback."

[Geobros]

Great article here!! I am missing Quintet and Tradewest as well. Actraiser 1 and Plok are my favorite games.

[mydyingparadiselost]

I just played through Actraiser again, even years later it's still a great game with a unique premise. Too bad the sequel was just a ho hum platformer.

[3-4-5]

Ahh Tradewest made Indy Heat, one of the best racing games for NES.

[Relientk77]

Damn I miss Quest

Tactics Ogre is amazing

[jc48573]

I'm pretty sure there are more obscure studios out there.

[gamesaga]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. The intent of the article was not to focus on the most obscure ones, but some of my personal favorites and lesser known ones. Yes they might not be as lesser known as some, but like I said, this is not about the "most" obscure.

[IcicleTrepan]

data east

[MWH]

Adeline; Little Big Adventure :(
Infogrames; Alone in the Dark

[mydyingparadiselost]

I miss the Soul blazer game, they were some of the most interesting action RPG's available on SNES. Illusion of Gaia is still a personal favorite. Visiting the Nazca lines, freeing the mine slaves, the raft, visiting ancient Mayan ruins, just so many good memories and awesome locals.

[Auron]

smilebit

[Myzery]

Working Designs. Not necessarily a developer, but they were a great localizing team. While their translations weren't close to the original script.. it was the special care put into the script that made the games all the more alive.

[Angeljuice]

Cinemaware games were great, way ahead of their time graphically. Wings, Rocket Ranger, Defender of the Crown. US Gold used to be one of the biggest names in the business, what happened to them?

[Austacker]

I'd love to see a return of Looking Glass Studios for a DECENT Thief game or perhaps a reboot of the System Shock franchise.

That would be flat out awesome :)

[s45gr32]

I deeply miss Midway the developers behind spy hunter, NFL blitz, MLB slugfest, hydrdothunder, etc. One of the few game developers, to make arcade racers/sports titles.