Metro3D

Metro3D, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher. Based in San Jose, California, and founded in 1998 ^{[citation needed]}, the company released several games for the Dreamcast, Game Boy Color (GBC), Game Boy Advance (GBA), and PlayStation 2 (PS2) and Xbox consoles.^[1]

Metro3D, Inc.

Company type	Private[1]
Industry	Video games
Founded	1998[1] [citation needed]
Defunct	2004[2]
Fate	Closed
Headquarters	San Jose, California[1]
Key people	Stephen C. H. Lin (CEO)[3]
Website	metro3d.com (archived)

History

The formation of Metro3D was announced in April 1999, headed by the ex-Capcom employees Joe Morici and George Nakayama, after signing an agreement with Nintendo of America to become a third-party developer for Nintendo 64 and GBC games.^{[4][citation needed]}

The company's CEO, Dr. Stephen C. H. Lin, and the U.S. branch of the company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 19, 2004, after defaulting on a series of loans from Cathay Bank totaling $6.5 million.^[2] In June 2005, the European branch was sold off to Stewart Green of Green Solutions Limited (the parent of Data Design Interactive), who restablished the publisher as Metro3D Europe Ltd.^[5][3] In July 2005, Metro3D Europe announced that they had secured a deal with Data Design Interactive to publish their budget titles for the PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows.^[6][7] The company continued releasing titles throughout the year and into 2006.^[8][9] By 2007, Green Solutions folded Metro3D into Data Design Interactive.

Games

• Aero the Acro-Bat (GBA, 2002)^[10]
• Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (GBA, unpublished)^[11]
• Armada (Dreamcast, 1999)^[12]
• Armada II (Dreamcast, Xbox, PS2, unpublished)^[13][14]
• Armada F/X Racers (GBC, 2000)^[13]
• Armored Core 2: Another Age (PS2, 2002) (European distribution only)
• Armored Core 3 (PS2, 2003) (European distribution only)
• Chase H.Q.: Secret Police (GBC, 1999)^[15]
• Classic Bubble Bobble (GBC, 1999)^[15]
• The Cage (GBC, unpublished)
• Dark Angel: Vampire Apocalypse (PS2, 2001)^[14]
• Dark Angel II (PS2, unpublished)^[13]
• Dark Angel: Anna's Quest (GBC, unpublished)
• Defender of the Crown (GBA, 2002)^[10]
• Dinosaur Hunting (released in Japan, unpublished in North America by Metro3D)^[16]
• DroneZ (Xbox, 2004, released in Japan as Dennou Taisen ~ DroneZ ~, unpublished in North America by Metro3D)^[17]
• Dual Blades (GBA, 2002)^[12]
• Gem Smashers (GBA, 2003)^[16]
• Maxxis Ultimate ATV (Xbox, unpublished)^[18]
• Pumpkin Man (Xbox, unpublished)^[19]
• Puzzle Master (GBC, 1999)^[15]
• Ninja (GBC, unpublished)
• Shayde: Monsters vs. Humans (Xbox, unpublished)^[20]
• Smash Cars (PS2, 2003)^[16]
• Stake: Fortune Fighters (Xbox, 2003)^[10]
• Sub Rebellion (PS2, 2002)^[10]
• The Three Stooges (GBA, 2002)^[12]
• Threat Con Delta (PS2, 2004, released in Japan as Kyoushuu Kidou Butai: Kougeki Helicopter Senki, unpublished in North America by Metro3D)^[21]
• Urban Extreme (PS2, 2006)
• Wings (GBA, 2003)^[12]
• King's Field IV (PS2, 2003) (European distribution only)
• Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (GBA, unpublished)^[11]