verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message bullfrog productions logo from 1991 to 2001 industry interactive entertainment fate merged into ea uk founded 1987 founder peter molyneux les edgar defunct 31 august 2001 headquarters guildford united kingdom products populous series syndicate series magic carpet series theme series dungeon keeper series website www.bullfrog.com archived version until 2002 11 25 bullfrog productions was a british video game developer founded in 1987 by les edgar and peter molyneux . 1 the company achieved recognition in 1989 for their third release populous . 2 at the time of the company s founding edgar and molyneux were already involved in an enterprise called taurus impact systems . 1 bullfrog s name was derived from taurus the latin word for bull and edgar s daughter s love of frogs . citation needed electronic arts bullfrog s publisher acquired the studio in january 1995 . 3 molyneux had become an electronic arts vice president and consultant in 1994 after ea purchased a significant share of bullfrog . molyneux s last project with bullfrog was dungeon keeper and he left the company in august 1997 to found lionhead studios . 4 other members of the studio founded mucky foot productions in 1997 . 5 an early 1995 article in gamepro stated that bullfrog s work has been termed some of the most innovative by industry leaders and it s pioneered different genres of software . 6 the same year next generation similarly asserted that bullfrog has earned a reputation as one of the most consistently innovative and imaginative development teams in the world . 7 contents 1 cancelled projects 2 closure 3 key figures 4 games 5 references 6 external links cancelled projects edit bullfrog started development on but then cancelled many projects . these include the indestructibles in 1996 creation in 1997 void star in 1998 theme resort extinction and genesis the hand of god in 1999 and dungeon keeper 3 war for the overworld along with theme movie studio both in 2000 . 8 9 10 closure edit following a move to chertsey in 2000 the last titles to bear the company logo were published in 2001 . bullfrog productions was finally incorporated and merged into ea on 31 august 2001 upon the formation of ea uk effectively closing the studio . bullfrog s website remained until spring of 2002 at which point the website link took visitors to electronic arts europe instead . many former bullfrog employees have remained within the games industry since the closure of the company . peter molyneux would stay on with lionhead studios until the formation of 22cans in february 2012 . les edgar later became ea s vice president of european studio and although he has some involvement with the games industry is now focused on other ventures . 2 in august 2009 electronics arts was considering revising some of bullfrog s games for modern day systems 11 and in 2011 they signed a deal with good old games in order to do this . citation needed key figures edit this list of famous or notable persons has no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria . please help to define clear inclusion criteria and edit the list to contain only subjects that fit those criteria . november 2014 gary carr artist and designer 1989 1997 sean cooper designer and programmer 1987 1999 glenn corpes artist and designer 1987 1998 mike diskett director 1993 1997 les edgar management 1987 1999 fin mcgechie artist and designer 1990 1996 paul mclaughlin artist and designer 1990 1997 peter molyneux designer and programmer 1987 1997 russell shaw music and audio 1992 1997 guy simmons programmer 1993 1996 mark webley programmer 1993 1997 stuart whyte producer 1999 2001 games edit release date titles genres platforms 1987 druid 2 enlightenment action adventure game amiga conversion only 1988 fusion scrolling shoot em up amiga atari st 1989 populous real time strategy god game acorn archimedes amiga atari st fm towns ms dos game boy mac os master system nec pc 9801 pc engine sega genesis sharp x68000 snes 1990 flood platform game amiga atari st 1990 powermonger real time strategy amiga atari st mac os ms dos nec pc 9801 sega cd sega genesis snes 1991 populous ii real time strategy god game amiga atari st mac os ms dos nec pc 9801 sega genesis snes 1991 bullfrogger puzzle game amiga magazine distribution 1993 psycho santa scrolling shoot em up amiga magazine distribution 1993 syndicate real time tactics shoot em up 3do acorn archimedes amiga amiga cd32 mac os nec pc 9801 sega cd sega genesis snes 1994 magic carpet first person shooter ms dos playstation sega saturn 1994 theme park construction and management simulation game 3do amiga amiga cd32 atari jaguar mac os ms dos playstation sega cd sega genesis sega saturn snes 1994 syndicate american revolt real time tactics shoot em up amiga ms dos 1995 tube action game racing game ms dos 1995 hi octane racing game vehicular combat game microsoft windows ms dos playstation sega saturn 1995 magic carpet 2 first person shooter ms dos 1996 genewars real time strategy microsoft windows ms dos 1996 syndicate wars real time tactics shoot em up microsoft windows ms dos playstation 1997 dungeon keeper real time strategy god game microsoft windows ms dos 1997 theme hospital construction and management simulation game microsoft windows ms dos playstation 1998 populous the beginning real time strategy god game microsoft windows playstation 1998 theme aquarium construction and management simulation game microsoft windows playstation 1999 dungeon keeper 2 real time strategy god game microsoft windows 1999 theme park world sim theme park construction and management simulation game mac os microsoft windows playstation playstation 2 2001 theme park inc simcoaster construction and management simulation game microsoft windows 2001 quake iii revolution first person shooter playstation 2 conversion only references edit a b dulin ron . gamespot presents legends of game design peter molyneux . gamespot . archived from the original on 30 august 2005 . retrieved 26 april 2012 . a b porter will . pc feature 30 in 30 bullfrog productions computerandvideogames.com . computer and video games . future publishing . retrieved 27 april 2012 . business wire 21 september 1992 . electronic arts to acquire leading european software developer bullfrog productions ltd. . allbusiness . archived from the original on 5 december 2008 . retrieved 13 april 2008 . dulin ron . gamespot presents legends of game design peter molyneux . gamespot . archived from the original on 1 september 2003 . retrieved 27 april 2012 . thorsen tor 3 november 2003 . mucky foot shutters doors gamespot.com . gamespot . retrieved 27 april 2012 . ea kisses a frog . gamepro . idg 69 147 . april 1995 . 75 power players . next generation . imagine media 11 51 . november 1995 . christian donlan 9 february 2014 . the lost worlds of lionhead and bullfrog . eurogamer . retrieved 3 march 2014 . ernest adams . game credits . retrieved 18 july 2014 . alex trowers . gameraki the ones that got away . retrieved 19 july 2014 . joe martin 11 august 2009 . ea looking to revive classic bullfrog games . dennis publishing limited . retrieved 26 march 2010 . external links edit bullfrog productions at mobygames interview with glenn corpes & les edgar of bullfrog productions 1989 v t e bullfrog productions populous series populous populous ii populous the beginning syndicate series syndicate american revolt syndicate wars magic carpet series magic carpet magic carpet 2 theme series theme park theme hospital theme aquarium theme park world theme park inc dungeon keeper series dungeon keeper dungeon keeper 2 dungeon keeper 3 cancelled other games fusion powermonger flood hi octane genewars see also peter molyneux mucky foot productions lionhead studios 22cans v t e lionhead studios black & white series black & white creature isle black & white 2 battle of the gods fable series fable lost chapters fable ii fable iii fable heroes fable the journey fable legends other titles b.c. the movies stunts & effects project milo unity see also 22cans bullfrog productions peter molyneux v t e electronic arts employees founder trip hawkins current larry probst executive chairman andrew wilson ceo peter moore coo patrick s derlund evp will wright joe ybarra former bing gordon don mattrick jeff green ralph guggenheim robin hunicke greg kasavin john riccitiello subsidiaries current bioware criterion games ea canada ea dice ea mobile ea montreal ea salt lake ea singapore ea sports ea tiburon european integration studio firemonkeys studios ghost games maxis motive studios popcap games the sims studio visceral games defunct bullfrog productions danger close games ea black box ea bright light ea chicago ea phenomic ea uk kesmai mythic entertainment origin systems pandemic 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