Imagineering (company)

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Imagineering, located in Glen Rock, New Jersey, was the in-house studio of Absolute Entertainment; they were previously an independent developer. Many of the games developed for Absolute include A Boy and his Blob, Battle Tank, Super Battletank and The Rescue of Princess Blobette (the sequel to A Boy and His Blob). It is also best known for its games developed for third-party publishers, such as Acclaim Entertainment, Hi Tech Expressions and THQ, notably on the original Game Boy.

In every game Imagineering had produced for outside publishers the following message always appears in the title screen and in the instruction booklet: "Developed by Imagineering Inc., Glen Rock N.J.". This blatant advertising practice of displaying their hometown in their games is considered a very rare practice among game developers and is probably why this town become famous among video gamers. However, they were never credited in Absolute's video games.

Imagineering was folded into Absolute in 1994.

It should be noted that this company is not the only one to include the location of their headquarters in its development credits. Phoenix was developed by "Amstar Electronics Corp", in "Phoenix AZ, U.S.A." [1]