company industry video game developer founded san diego california 1991 defunct 2002 headquarters encinitas california united states products computer and video games website archived homepage presto studios was a computer game development company of the 1990s especially famous for its award winning the journeyman project series and the 2001 sequel to cyan s hit myst series myst iii exile . in august 2002 presto studios shut down new development after the release of an xbox title whacked . in a statement greg uhler executive producer announced the closing of the company 1 due to business financial and personal reasons presto studios is discontinuing software development . whacked for the xbox will be the last product that we ship . the company will remain as a corporate entity for many years but will not be developing products . a minimal staff including michel and myself will be here until the end of october . contents 1 closure of the company 2 published titles 2.1 macintosh 2.2 windows 2.3 playstation playstation 2 2.4 xbox 3 unreleased titles 4 references 5 external links closure of the company edit whacked for xbox was presto studios final title before closing its doors shortly afterward . though still in decent financial shape presto was facing an uphill challenge in the transition from the pc to console game market . the directors of the company anticipated a rapidly shrinking pc game market and decided to close the company while it was ahead . 2 a significant number of the creative staff moved on to high profile roles in motion picture and animation production . published titles edit macintosh edit gundam 0079 the war for earth hi rez audio volume 1 the journeyman project the journeyman project turbo the journeyman project pegasus prime the journeyman project 2 buried in time the journeyman project 3 legacy of time myst masterpiece edition myst iii exile stephen king s f13 windows edit gundam 0079 the war for earth the journeyman project the journeyman project turbo the journeyman project 2 buried in time the journeyman project 3 legacy of time myst iii exile star trek hidden evil stephen king s f13 playstation playstation 2 edit gundam 0079 the war for earth the journeyman project pegasus prime myst iii exile xbox edit myst iii exile whacked unreleased titles edit beneath the journeyman project 4 references edit andy largent 2002 08 28 . presto studios closing down . inside mac games . kim peterson 2002 08 28 . local video game maker presto closes despite being debt free and rich in talent . the san diego union tribune . external links edit presto studios archives presto studios at mobygames presto studios at the internet movie database tommy yune on history of the journeyman project at adventure classic gaming v t e the journeyman project series the journeyman project pegasus prime 2 buried in time 3 legacy of time presto studios retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title presto studios & oldid 733944282 categories companies based in san diego county californiacompanies established in 1991companies disestablished in 2002defunct video game companiesvideo game companies of the united statesvideo game development companies1991 establishments in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 03 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view