Titus Interactive

Titus Interactive SA, known as Titus France SA until March 1999, was a French software publisher that produced and published video games for various platforms. Its head office was located in Parc de l'Esplanade in Lagny sur Marne in Greater Paris. At one time, it was instead located in Montfermeil, also in Greater Paris.

History
Founded by brothers Eric Caen and Hervé Caen in France in 1985, Titus began releasing titles for home computers such as the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and PC before moving on to consoles like the Sega Master System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy and Game Boy Color, PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, followed by publishing titles for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The company's mascot is Titus, the title character of the video game.

In 1999, the company was bought out by Universal Interactive Studios, which also included the company's acquisitions.

Titus designed games such as Virtual Kasparov, Automobili Lamborghini, Virtual Chess 64, Roadsters (the Nintendo 64 version), Incredible Crisis (developed by Polygon Magic), Prehistorik Man and Lamborghini American Challenge, that were given positive reviews. Titus however was also involved in the creation of games that were notable due to their negative reception. Superman for the Nintendo 64 was notorious for its negative status among gamers. GameTrailers called it the worst game of all time. As of 2018, it holds a score of 23% at GameRankings. Similarly, the 2003 game RoboCop also received negative reviews. GameSpot gave it 2.2/10 saying "RoboCop has a bevy of horrible problems that render the game practically unplayable."

Acquisitions

 * Palace Software (1991)
 * BlueSky Software (1998)
 * Digital Integration (1998)
 * Virgin Interactive - Later renamed Avalon Interactive (European Branch Of VIE) (1999)
 * Interplay (2001)

Bankruptcy
Titus filed for bankruptcy on January 9, 2005 with €33 million (US$43.8 million) debt. Titus game rights were transferred to Interplay Entertainment.

Games
1988
 * Crazy Cars
 * Fire and Forget
 * Galactic Conqueror
 * Off Shore Warrior

1989
 * Crazy Cars 2
 * Titan
 * Knight Force

1990
 * Crime Does not Pay
 * Dark Century
 * Dick Tracy
 * Fire & Forget II
 * Un Indien dans la ville (Little Indian: An Indian in the City for US release), developed by TF1 Video and Titus
 * Wild Streets

1991
 * The Blues Brothers
 * Prehistorik

1992
 * Battlestorm
 * Crazy Cars 3
 * Titus the Fox (aka Moktar)

1993
 * Ardy Lightfoot (developed by ASCII and published by Titus in North America)
 * Prehistorik 2
 * Super Cauldron

1994
 * Monster Max
 * Lamborghini American Challenge
 * Quik the Thunder Rabbit

1996
 * Virtual Chess
 * Virtual Chess II
 * Metal Rage
 * The Brainies
 * Incantation
 * Oscar (SNES version)
 * Power Piggs of the Dark Age
 * Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (SNES version)

1997
 * Rival Realms
 * Virtual Chess 64
 * Superman
 * Automobili Lamborghini

1998
 * Quest for Camelot (published by Nintendo America Inc.)

1999
 * Roadsters
 * Superman
 * Evil Zone (developed by YUKE's Future Media Creators)
 * Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate (developed by Saffire

2000
 * Incredible Crisis
 * Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
 * Carmageddon 64
 * Blues Brothers 2000
 * Superman (cancelled PlayStation video game)
 * Kao The Kangaroo (Dreamcast version)

2001
 * Kao The Kangaroo (PC and GBA versions)
 * Rox (GBA version only)
 * F/A-18E Super Hornet Gold Edition
 * Top Gun: Combat Zones (PS2 version)
 * Top Gun: Firestorm
 * Virtual Kasparov
 * Top Gun: Firestorm
 * Original War (Published under Virgin Interactive name, Titus distributing the game in North America.)
 * Worms World Party
 * Exhibition of Speed
 * X'Treme Roller
 * Jimmy White's Cueball World
 * Codename: Outbreak (published under Virgin Interactive name; Titus distributing the game in North America.)
 * Sgt. Cruise
 * Xena: Warrior Princess
 * Planet Monsters
 * Hands of Time
 * Stunt GP

2002
 * Nightstone (Published under Virgin Interactive name, Titus distributing the game in North America.)
 * Virtual Kasparov (Game Boy Advance version)
 * Tir et But: Edition Champions du Monde
 * Barbarian (PlayStation 2 version)
 * Top Gun: Combat Zones (GameCube version)
 * Rave Groove Adventure: Rave Eternal Bond (Published under Virgin Interactive name, Konami co-published the game in North America.)
 * Top Gun: Firestorm Advance
 * Downforce

2003
 * Barbarian (Xbox and GameCube versions)
 * Top Gun: Combat Zones (Europe-only PC version)
 * RoboCop

2004
 * Top Gun: Combat Zones (Game Boy Advance version)

2006
 * Garfield: Saving Arlene (published by Titus in Japan only)
 * Counter Terrorist Special Forces: Fire for Effect (published by Titus in Japan only)

Subsidiaries
Titus had several subsidiaries. The United States subsidiary, Titus Software Corporation, had its head office in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. The Japanese subsidiary, Titus Japan K.K., had its head office on the eighth floor of the Kotubuki Dogenzaka Building in Dōgenzaka (JA), Shibuya, Tokyo. The UK subsidiary, Titus Software UK Limited, had its head office in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.