interactive entertainment founded 1995 founders ilari kuittinen harri tikkanen headquarters helsinki finland key people ilari kuittinen ceo harri tikkanen creative director products super stardust owner private founders vc fund and other website housemarque.com housemarque is an independent game developer that creates downloadable games based on original game concepts and licensed ips . housemarque is located in finland ; established in 1995 it is one of the oldest finnish video game companies existing today . housemarque is best known for its series of super stardust games . contents 1 history 2 games developed 3 softography 4 references 5 external links history edit housemarque was founded in1995 by two finnish game industry pioneers ilari kuittinen from terramarque and harri tikkanen from bloodhouse . 1 2 both terramarque and bloodhouse were video game developers for amiga but the new company housemarque targeted the evolving pc game market . 3 the first cd rom games for pc s developed by housemarque were the space shooter game super stardust 1996 the adventure game alien incident 1996 and the shooter game the reap 1997 . none of the games were commercial hits even though they received good reviews from the game press . 4 5 6 7 in 1999 housemarque signed a contract with infogrames entertainment to develop the pc cdrom extreme sports game supreme snowboarding known as boarder zone in the us . 8 the game took advantage of the rapid pc component development and it was claimed to be one of the most visually stunning games of its time . 9 10 11 12 the game was presented by 3d graphics processing units manufacturer 3dfx interactive at their stand at e3 in 1998 in atlanta 13 by intel corporation at the game developers conference in 1998 in san francisco and at the official launch event of pentium iii processors in february 1999 in san jose . supreme snowboarding sold over 1 5 million copies worldwide . 14 at the start of the new millennium housemarque shifted its focus from pc games to new game platforms . following the genre of supreme snowboarding their first console game transworld snowboarding was published for microsoft xbox in 2002 and floboarding for nokia s new handheld game console n gage in 2003 . 15 16 other mobile platforms that housemarque developed games for included gizmondo gizmondo motocross in 2005 j2me and brew the chronicles of narnia 2005 based on the movie of the same name . 17 18 housemarque developed games also for playstation 2 but they were never published . 19 housemarque s commercial success came with playstation 3 . in 2007 housemarque developed an updated and revised version of the space shooter game super stardust called super stardust hd for playstation network psn . the game received very good reviews praised for its great visuals attention to detail in the graphics and gameplay with a surprising amount of depth in its demolition scenes . 20 21 the game was one of the top 10 selling psn games in the pal & ntsc regions according to 2008 statistics . citation needed housemarque continued to conquer new platforms with the golf game golf tee it up for xbox 360 xbla and the psp version of super stardust in 2008 and new genres with the pegi 18 rated zombie shooter game dead nation for playstation 3 psn in 2010 . although different in styles both of the games received acclaim for theirs visuals amount of details and gameplay suitable to the genre . 22 23 24 25 26 in 2011 harri tikkanen still works as the creative & technical director of the company and ilari kuittinen is the ceo of housemarque . the game outland was published in april 2011 for both psn and xbla . the game puts together 2d platformer action game and rich graphics and has received very good reviews for its beautiful visuals gameplay and music . 27 28 games developed edit as bloodhouse year title platform publisher 1993 stardust amiga atari st dos bloodhouse 1994 super stardust amiga amiga cd32 team17 as terramarque year title platform publisher 1994 elfmania amiga renegade software as housemarque year title platform publisher 1996 super stardust dos gametek 1996 alien incident dos gametek 1997 the reap microsoft windows take two interactive 1999 supreme snowboarding boarder zone microsoft windows infogrames entertainment 2002 transworld snowboarding xbox infogrames entertainment 2003 floboarding n gage nokia 2005 the chronicles of narnia 3d j2me brew buena vista internet group 2005 gizmondo motocross 2005 gizmondo fathammer 2007 super stardust hd playstation 3 psn sony computer entertainment 2008 golf tee it up xbox 360 xbla activision 2008 super stardust portable playstation portable psn sony computer entertainment 2010 dead nation playstation 3 psn playstation vita psn sony computer entertainment 2011 outland playstation 3 psn xbox 360 xbla microsoft windows ubisoft 2012 furmins ios marquee productions 2012 super stardust delta playstation vita psn sony computer entertainment 2012 angry birds trilogy playstation 3 xbox 360 activision 2013 resogun playstation 4 psn sony computer entertainment 2014 dead nation apocalypse edition playstation 4 psn sony computer entertainment 2014 resogun playstation 3 psn playstation vita psn sony computer entertainment 2016 alienation playstation 4 psn sony computer entertainment 2016 matterfall playstation 4 psn sony computer entertainment 2016 super stardust vr playstation vr sony computer entertainment softography edit year project 2006 a code support team for killzone liberation . 29 2006 high end 3d demo tin star for nokia gdc keynote . references edit kovalainen jari . pelintekij n hedelm llinen avoliitto . kauppalehti 7.9.2010 . p. 14 . . kauppalehti . 10 november 2010 . carless simon . interview seeing stardust with housemarque s kuittinen . . gameswatch . 30 june 2009 . nimim . sciere . housemarque ltd. overview . . mobygames . 30 december 2005 . suomipelien kronikka . v2.fi . 6 december 2009 . super stardust . pelit.fi p. 38 . 4 april 1996 . the reap . pelit.fi p. 50 . 10 october 1997 . muukalaisten y alien incident . pelit.fi p. 27 . 8 august 1996 . infogrames supreme snowboarding gets a name change . dreamcast . 6 august 1999 . supreme snowboarding review . pczone . 13 august 2001 . supreme snowboarding boarder zone review . actiontrip . 5 february 2000 . supreme snowboarding pc . gamesxtreme . 8 december 1999 . boarder zone . ign . 10 march 2000 . ignpc s best of e3 1999 . ign . 17 may 1999 . review of the finnish games studios an analysis beyond angry birds wings . technopolistonline . 20 september 2010 . pelibisnes pelibisnes r iskii it alan k rjess . tietokone.fi . 3 march 2004 . transworld snowboarding housemarque interview . teamxbox . 7 october 2002 . gizmondo motocross 2005 . gamefaq . 7 october 2005 . the chronicles of narnia the lion the witch and the wardrobe . allgame . 10 october 2005 . interview seeing stardust with housemarque s kuittinen . gameswatch . 30 june 2009 . super stardust hd review . eurogamer . 18 june 2007 . super stardust hd review . gamestyle . 2007 . golf tee it up review . xboxlive.ign . 9 july 2008 . golf tee it up review . gamespot . 22 july 2008 . golf tee it up . eurogamer . 10 july 2008 . dead nation review it s dangerous to go alone . joystiq . 30 november 2010 . dead nation review . gamespot . 1 december 2010 . outland review . gamespot . 28 april 2011 . outland review a color bending downloadable adventure . xboxlive.ign . 28 april 2011 . o jukka 9 may 2007 . housemarque tekee ensimm isen suomalaisen ps3 pelin super stardust hd . dome.fi in finnish . retrieved 13 november 2013 . external links edit official website housemarque profile at mobygames . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title housemarque & oldid 728341684 categories companies based in helsinkicompanies established in 1995video game companies of finlandvideo game development companieshidden categories cs1 finnish language sources fi all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with 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