Flashpoint Productions

Flashpoint Productions, Inc. was a video game developer based in Olympia, Washington.

Flashpoint Productions, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	1992
Founder	Brent Erickson
Defunct	Unknown
Headquarters	Olympia, Washington , US
Number of employees	9 (1998)
Parent	Bethesda Softworks (from 1995)

History

Founded by Brent Erickson in Utah in 1992.^[1][2] In July 1994, the company moved from Utah to Lacey and at the time had 18 employees.^[3] The firm produced musical scores used in network broadcast news shows and Entertainment Tonight.^[4]

Bethesda Softworks acquired Flashpoint in July 1995 and rebranded it Media Technology West.^[2][5] The studio was also referred to as MediaTech West and Bethesda West.^[6][7] Erickson felt Bethesda shared his philosophy and subsequently became the company's development director.^[1][8][9]

Under Bethesda, the studio developed the IHRA Drag Racing games.^[7]

Games developed or Co-developed

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher
1994	Noctropolis	MS-DOS, Windows, Linux, macOS	Electronic Arts, Night Dive Studios
1995	Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples	32X	Sega
1995	PBA Bowling[1]	Windows	Bethesda Softworks
1996	The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall[1]	MS-DOS	Bethesda Softworks
1996	Skynet[10][11]	MS-DOS	Bethesda Softworks
1997	XCar: Experimental Racing	DOS	Bethesda Softworks
1998	Burnout Championship Drag Racing	MS-DOS	Bethesda Softworks