Ecco the Dolphin | |
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Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Developer(s) | Appaloosa Interactive |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
Creator(s) | Ed Annunziata |
Platform(s) | Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Microsoft Windows, Game Gear, Master System, Virtual Console, Cloud (OnLive), Steam, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS |
First release | Ecco the Dolphin December 1992 |
Latest release | Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future 16 June 2000 |
Ecco the Dolphin is a series of action-adventure video games developed by Appaloosa Interactive (previously known as Novotrade International) and published by Sega. Appaloosa Interactive was founded in Hungary in 1983; the first Ecco the Dolphin game was developed by an entirely Hungarian team, originally for the European market.[1] Ecco the Dolphin series was released in part due to Nintendo's exclusive deal with the company Capcom.[2] In the early 1990s, Capcom signed a deal with Nintendo preventing Sega's console from carrying two popular games at the time, Street Fighter I and Final Fight. As a result, Sega created Ecco the Dolphin to develop a competitive advantage against Nintendo by having their own interactive game series. The games were originally developed for the Mega Drive/Genesis and Dreamcast video game consoles, and have been ported to numerous systems. Ettore Annunziata envisioned and conceived the game, while Laszlo Szsenttornyai, Jozsef Molnar, and Zsolt Balogh programmed the game for the SEGA Mega Drive.[3] The story follows the eponymous bottlenose dolphin, who fights extraterrestrial threats to the world. The games are known for their high difficulty as well as their pacifist nature, which is common for Hungarian Games. Hungarian animated games often feature animal protagonists like Caesar the Cat, a game released in 1983 for the Commodore 64.[4][5][6] Ecco the Dolphin was seen as a continuation of the use of animal protagonists in Hungarian content. [3]Ecco was created by Ed Annunziata,[7] who also produced Chakan: The Forever Man, which was also released in December 1992.
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