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Death Jr. Parent. Foundation 9 Entertainment (2005–2015) Backbone Entertainment was an American video game developer based in Emeryville, California. The company was formed in 2003 as the result of a merger between developers Digital Eclipse and ImaginEngine. In 2005, Backbone merged with The Collective to form Foundation 9 Entertainment .
Backbone Entertainment's name appeared in 2003 when Digital Eclipse merged with ImaginEngine. Backbone had three divisions in Vancouver (Digital Eclipse), Emeryville and Charlottetown. However, the latter spun-off very soon into the independent studio Other Ocean. In April 2005, the studio merged with The Collective to form Foundation 9 ...
The company is now considered a division of Foundation 9 Entertainment, with two studios: Backbone Emeryville (California) and Backbone Vancouver aka Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. (British Columbia). A third studio, Backbone Charlottetown (based in Prince Edward Island, Canada) was spun off In May 2005 and is now known as Other Ocean ...
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Sonic Rivals is a side-scrolling video game similar to the original Sonic the Hedgehog games for the Sega Genesis, but with a 2.5D perspective. Characters race to the finish line while avoiding the level's obstacles. The game contains six zones, each with three respective acts, the third being a boss battle, totaling in 17 stages. Boss battles at t...
When the mysterious Onyx Island appears out of nowhere, Sonic and Tails fly there to investigate. They confront Doctor Eggman, who reveals his latest device: a camera which can turn people and things into cards, having already done so to Amy. He turns Tails into a card just as Knuckles arrives, angry at Eggman for using his device on the Master Eme...
Sonic Rivals was developed as a collaborative effort between Sega and Backbone Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The game's concept originated from a traditional platform game Backbone designed. Takashi Iizuka became involved with the game, and he changed its direction to a racing game. The majority of development was handled by Bac...
Sonic Rivals received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, scoring a 64/100 on Metacritic, and 66.17% on GameRankings. Both it and Rivals 2 were later re-released in North America and Europe as part of the Greatest Hits and Essentials lines respectively, indicating over 250,000 units were sold by the end of 2007, as well as part of the Double R...
Backbone Entertainment was at first called Digital Eclipse Software. It opened in 1992. They have two offices. One in Emeryville, California and one in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2005, they joined with Foundation 9 Entertainment. They have shipped over 100 titles. They first started out making Sypro games for the GameBoy Advance.
Backbone Entertainment incorporates games developer Digital Eclipse and edutainment developers ImaginEngine and Games2Learn. Digital Eclipse is best known for its work on Game Boy Advance titles such as Grand Theft Auto Advance and Spider-Man , as well as for a range of retro compilations including Midway Arcade Treasures and Atari Anthology .
