BAM! Entertainment

BAM! Entertainment
Status Unknown
Traded as NASDAQ: (former) BFUN (former)
Founded 1999 (1999)
Founder Raymond C. Musci
Headquarters location San Jose, California
Distribution International
Publication types Computer and video games
Fiction genres Action, adventure, sports
Number of employees 47 (as of September 30, 2001)

BAM! Entertainment is a dormant video game publisher that published such titles as Carmen Sandiego: The Secret of the Stolen Drums, Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo, and various video game console adaptations of Cartoon Network programs. Threatened as early as 2002,[1] NASDAQ eventually delisted their stock in 2004.[2] Currently based out of San Jose, California, the company has not released any new products since its delisting.[3]

History

BAM! was founded in 1999 in San Jose, California as Bay Area Multimedia, Inc. In 2000 the company changed its name to BAM! Entertainment.[4][5] That same year, BAM! partnered with Cartoon Network to create games based on its shows Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, and in 2002 that partnership expanded to include Samurai Jack.[6]

Games

References

  1. Fahey, Rob (February 12, 2004). "BAM! threatened with NASDAQ delisting". GameIndustry.biz. Eurogamer Network. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  2. "Bam! Entertainment, Inc. Announces Nasdaq Delisting Notice and Plans Appeal". PR Newswire (United Business Media). February 11, 2004. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  3. "BAM! Entertainment". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  4. "ACCLAIM TO DISTRIBUTE BAM COMPUTER/VIDEO GAME PRODUCTS.". Multimedia Publisher. September 1, 2003. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  5. "Company Overview of Bam! Entertainment Inc.". Business Week. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  6. "BAM! Entertainment Expands License Agreement With Cartoon Network(TM) And Warner Bros. Consumer Products to Include Samurai Jack(TM)". PR Newswire (United Business Media). January 8, 2002. Retrieved 2012-11-30.

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