Bullfrog Productions

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Bullfrog Productions
Fate	Merged
Successor	EA UK, Lionhead Studios, Mucky Foot Productions
Founded	1987
Defunct	2004
Location	Guildford,United Kingdom
Industry	Video game industry
Products	Populous, Dungeon Keeper
Key people	Peter Molyneux

Bullfrog Productions was a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux. The company achieved recognition in 1989 for their third release, Populous.

At the time of the company's founding, Edgar and Molyneux were already involved in an enterprise called Taurus Impex Ltd. Bullfrog's name was derived from "Taurus" (the Greek word for bull) and Edgar's daughter's love of frogs.^{[citation needed]}

Electronic Arts, Bullfrog's publisher, acquired the studio in January 1995. Molyneux had become an Electronic Arts vice-president and consultant in 1994, after EA purchased a significant share of Bullfrog. Molyneux left Bullfrog in August of 1997 to found Lionhead Studios whilst other members of the original team founded Mucky Foot Productions. The last titles to bear the Bullfrog logo were published in 2001. 2004 met the final end of Bullfrog when Electronic Arts combined their side studios into EA UK.

[edit] Notable titles

• Fusion (1988)
• Populous (1989)
• Flood (1990)
• Populous II (1991)
• Powermonger (1992)
• Syndicate (1993)
• Magic Carpet (1994)
• Theme Park (1994)
• Syndicate: American Revolt (1994)
• Tube (Game) (1994)
• Hi-Octane (1995)
• Magic Carpet 2 (1995)
• Genewars (1996)
• Syndicate Wars (1996)
• Dungeon Keeper (1997)
• Theme Hospital (1997)
• Populous: The Beginning (1998)
• Theme Park World (SimTheme Park in the US) (1999)
• Dungeon Keeper 2 (1999)
• Aquarium (2001)
• Theme Park Inc (SimCoaster in the US) (2001)

[edit] External links

• Company profile at Home of the Underdogs
• Fusion at MobyGames