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   company_logo  = [[File:Activision logo.png|300px]]|
   company_logo  = [[File:Activision logo.png|300px]]|
   company_type  = Subsidiary of [[Activision Blizzard]]|
   company_type  = Subsidiary of [[Activision Blizzard]]|
   foundation    = 1979 (Computer Arts)<br />1979 (Activision)<br />1988 (Mediagenic)|
   foundation    = 1979 (Computer Arts)<br />1979 (Activision)<br />1988 (Mediagenic)<br />1992 (Activision)|
   location      = Santa Monica, California, US|
   location      = Santa Monica, California, US|
   key_people    = [[Jim Levy]], founder<br />[[David Crane]], founder<br />[[Larry Kaplan]], founder<br />[[Alan Miller]], founder<br />[[Bob Whitehead]], founder|
   key_people    = [[Jim Levy]], founder<br />[[David Crane]], founder<br />[[Larry Kaplan]], founder<br />[[Alan Miller]], founder<br />[[Bob Whitehead]], founder|
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   products      = Video games|
   products      = Video games|
   homepage      = http://www.activision.com/|
   homepage      = http://www.activision.com/|
}}'''Activision''' is a subsidiary of [[Activision Blizzard]], which itself is a subsidiary of [[Microsoft]].
}}'''Activision''' is a subsidiary of [[Activision Blizzard]], which itself is a subsidiary of the [[Microsoft]] gaming division, [[Microsoft Gaming]].


==Computer Arts, Inc.==
==Computer Arts, Inc.==
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision Prototype #1]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows 95]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1997
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack]]'', ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2]]'', ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 3]]'', and ''[[Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision Prototype 1|Activision Prototype #1]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2003
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2003
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Developed in 1983. Unreleased until ''[[Activision Anthology|Activision Anthology: Remix Edition]]'' for [[Mac OS]] and [[Windows]] in 2003
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Developed in 1983. Unreleased until ''[[Activision Anthology|Activision Anthology: Remix Edition]]'' for [[Mac OS]] and [[Windows]] in 2003
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mac OS]], [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows 95]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included [[emulated]] [[Atari 2600]] [[video games]]: ''[[Boxing (1980 video game)|Boxing]]'', ''[[Chopper Command]]'', ''[[Cosmic Commuter]]'', ''[[Crackpots]]'', ''[[Fishing Derby]]'', ''[[Freeway]]'', ''[[Frostbite]]'', ''[[Grand Prix]]'', ''[[H.E.R.O.]]'', ''[[Kaboom!]]'', ''[[Pitfall! (video game)|Pitfall!]]'', ''[[River Raid (video game)|River Raid]]'', ''[[Seaquest]]'', ''[[Sky Jinks]]'', and ''[[Spider Fighter]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mac OS]], [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows 95]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included [[emulated]] [[Atari 2600]] [[video games]]: ''[[Atlantis (video game)|Atlantis]]'', ''[[Barnstorming]]'', ''[[Dolphin]]'', ''[[Dragster]]'', ''[[Enduro]]'', ''[[Ice Hockey]]'', ''[[Keystone Kapers]]'', ''[[Laser Blast]]'', ''[[Megamania]]'', ''[[Oink!]]'', ''[[Plaque Attack]]'', ''[[River Raid II]]'', ''[[Skiing]]'', ''[[Stampede]]'', and ''[[Tennis]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 3]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mac OS]], [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows 95]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Included [[emulated]] [[Atari 2600]] [[video games]]: ''[[Breakout (video game)|Breakout]]'', ''[[Canyon Bomber]]'', ''[[Checkers]]'', ''[[Combat]]'', ''[[Night Driver]]'', ''[[Private Eye]]'', ''[[Space War]]'', ''[[Starmaster]]'', ''[[Title Match Pro Wrestling]]'', and ''[[Yars' Revenge]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Windows 3.1]], [[Windows 95]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Emulation provided by [[Digital Eclipse]]. Included [[emulated]] [[Commodore 64]] [[video games]]: ''[[The Activision Decathlon]]'', ''[[Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress]]'', ''[[Beamrider]]'', ''[[The Great American Cross-Country Road Race]]'', ''[[Hacker (video game)|Hacker]]'', ''[[Little Computer People]]'', ''[[Portal: A Computer Novel]]'', ''[[Toy Bizarre]]'', ''[[Rock n' Bolt]]'', ''[[Park Patrol]]'', ''[[Master of the Lamps]]'', ''[[Top Fuel Eliminator]]'', ''[[Web Dimension]]'', ''[[Zenji]]'', and ''[[Zone Ranger]]''.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress]]''
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ghostbusters II (1989 video game)|Ghostbusters]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ghostbusters II (1989 video game)|Ghostbusters II]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pitfall!]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pitfall! (video game)|Pitfall!]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Intellivision]], [[MSX]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]], [[Commodore 64]], [[Intellivision]], [[MSX]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PlayStation (video game console)|PlayStation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1998
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1998
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Under [[Infocom]] label.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Under [[Infocom]] label.
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[River Raid]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[River Raid (video game)|River Raid]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 5200]], [[Atari 8-bit computers]], [[Intellivision]], [[MSX]], [[PC Booter]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 5200]], [[Atari 8-bit computers]], [[Intellivision]], [[MSX]], [[PC Booter]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari 2600]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Australia-exclusive compilation including ''[[Pitfall!]]'', ''[[Barnstorming]]'', ''[[Grand Prix]]'', and ''[[Laser Blast]]'' in one [[ROM cartridge]].
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Australia-exclusive compilation including ''[[Pitfall! (video game)|Pitfall!]]'', ''[[Barnstorming]]'', ''[[Grand Prix]]'', and ''[[Laser Blast]]'' in one [[ROM cartridge]].
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tennis (1981 video game)|Tennis]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tennis (1981 video game)|Tennis]]''
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Latest revision as of 10:25, 29 October 2024

Activision logo.png
Activision
Type Subsidiary of Activision Blizzard
Founded 1979 (Computer Arts)
1979 (Activision)
1988 (Mediagenic)
1992 (Activision)
Headquarters Santa Monica, California, US
Key people Jim Levy, founder
David Crane, founder
Larry Kaplan, founder
Alan Miller, founder
Bob Whitehead, founder
Industry video games
Products Video games
Number of people not disclosed
Website http://www.activision.com/

Activision is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, which itself is a subsidiary of the Microsoft gaming division, Microsoft Gaming.

Computer Arts, Inc.

Computer Arts, Inc. was founded in 1979 by Jim Levy and former Atari programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead.

Activision, Inc.

Shortly after its foundation, in 1979, Computer Arts, Inc. was renamed Activision, Inc.

Mediagenic

In 1988, it branched out to other forms of software than video games, and its corporate name was changed to Mediagenic.

Under the Mediagenic holding company, the company continued to produce and publish games as Activision. Following a lawsuit that resulted in Mediagenic having to pay millions in damages, an investor group consisting of Robert Kotick and Brian Kelly purchased Mediagenic in 1990.

Activision Blizzard

The company was renamed back to Activision in 1992. In 2008, Activision was merged with Vivendi Games to form the holding company Activision Blizzard.

In 2013, Activision Blizzard purchased most of Vivendi's shares of the Activision Blizzard stock to become an independent company. As in the Mediagenic years, it still produces and publishes games under the Activision name while under the Activision Blizzard holding company.

Microsoft acquisition

Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in 2023.

Activision video games

To view games from other developers that Activision published, see games published by Activision.

Video games developed by Activision

Title System Release Notes
The Activision Decathlon Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, MSX 1983
Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack Windows 95 1997 Included Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack, Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2, Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 3, and Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack.
Activision Prototype #1 Atari 2600 2003 Developed in 1983. Unreleased until Activision Anthology: Remix Edition for Mac OS and Windows in 2003
Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack Mac OS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 1995 Included emulated Atari 2600 video games: Boxing, Chopper Command, Cosmic Commuter, Crackpots, Fishing Derby, Freeway, Frostbite, Grand Prix, H.E.R.O., Kaboom!, Pitfall!, River Raid, Seaquest, Sky Jinks, and Spider Fighter.
Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 2 Mac OS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 1995 Included emulated Atari 2600 video games: Atlantis, Barnstorming, Dolphin, Dragster, Enduro, Ice Hockey, Keystone Kapers, Laser Blast, Megamania, Oink!, Plaque Attack, River Raid II, Skiing, Stampede, and Tennis.
Activision's Atari 2600 Action Pack 3 Mac OS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 1995 Included emulated Atari 2600 video games: Breakout, Canyon Bomber, Checkers, Combat, Night Driver, Private Eye, Space War, Starmaster, Title Match Pro Wrestling, and Yars' Revenge.
Activision's Commodore 64 15 Pack Windows 3.1, Windows 95 1995 Emulation provided by Digital Eclipse. Included emulated Commodore 64 video games: The Activision Decathlon, Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress, Beamrider, The Great American Cross-Country Road Race, Hacker, Little Computer People, Portal: A Computer Novel, Toy Bizarre, Rock n' Bolt, Park Patrol, Master of the Lamps, Top Fuel Eliminator, Web Dimension, Zenji, and Zone Ranger.
Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX 1985
Archer Commodore 64 1985 Garry Kitchen's GameMaker example game
Barnstorming Atari 2600 1982
Bloody Human Freeway Atari 2600 2003 Uncensored Freeway developed in 1981. Unreleased until Activision Anthology: Remix Edition for Mac OS and Windows in 2003
Battlezone Windows 1998
Boxing Atari 2600 1980
Bridge Atari 2600 1980
Call to Power II Windows 2000
Checkers Atari 2600 1980
Chopper Commodore 64 1985 Garry Kitchen's GameMaker example game
Chopper Command Atari 2600 1982
Civilization: Call to Power Windows 1999
Cosmic Commuter Atari 2600 1984
Crackpots Atari 2600 1983
Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand Windows 1998
A Day at the Races Commodore 64 1985 Garry Kitchen's GameMaker example game
Deuteros: The Next Millennium Amiga, Atari ST 1991
Dolphin Atari 2600 1983
Dragon Breed Amstrad PC, ZX Spectrum 1990 Port of Irem game.
Dragster Atari 2600 1980
Draw Poker Commodore 64 1985 Garry Kitchen's GameMaker example game
Enduro Atari 2600 1983
F-14 Tomcat DOS 1990
Fast Tracks: The Computer Slot Car Construction Kit Commodore 64 1985
Fighting Soccer Atari ST, Commodore 64 1989
Fishing Derby Atari 2600 1980
Freeway Atari 2600 1981
Frostbite Atari 2600 1983
Galaxy 5000 Nintendo Entertainment System 1991
Garry Kitchen's GameMaker Commodore 64 1985
Gee Bee Air Rally Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum 1987
Ghostbusters Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, PC Booter 1984
Ghostbusters II Atari 2600 1989 Port of Dynamix game.
Grand Prix Atari 2600 1982
The Great American Cross-Country Road Race Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64 1985
H.E.R.O. Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision 1984
Hacker Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, DOS, Mac OS 1985
Happy Trails Intellivision 1983
Hard Head Atari 2600 2003 Developed in 1983. Unreleased until Activision Anthology: Remix Edition for Mac OS and Windows in 2003.
Heavy Gear Windows 1997
Heavy Gear II Windows 1999
Hunter Amiga 1991
Ice Hockey Atari 2600 1981
Interstate '76 Windows 1997
Interstate '82 Windows 1999
Joe Cool's Casino Hotel Commodore 64 1985 Garry Kitchen's GameMaker example game
Kabobber Atari 2600 2002 Developed in 1983. Unreleased until Activision Anthology for PlayStation 2 in 2002
Kaboom! Atari 2600, Atari 5200,Atari 8-bit computers 1981
Keystone Kapers Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision 1983
Kung-Fu Master Atari 2600 1987
Laser Blast Atari 2600 1981
League of Light Intellivision 2001 Developed in 1983. Unreleased until Intellivision Rocks for Mac OS and Windows in 2001
Leather Godesses of Phobos DOS 1992 Under Infocom label.
Little Computer People Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum 1985
The Manhole DOS 1989 Port of Cyan game.
Master of the Lamps Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64 1985
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat DOS, Mac OS, Windows 1995
MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy DOS, Windows 1996 MechWarrior 2 expansion pack.
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries DOS, Windows 1996
Megamania Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers 1982
Muppet Treasure Island Mac OS, Windows 1996
Oink! Atari 2600 1983
Park Patrol Commodore 64 1984
Pastfinder Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, MSX 1984
Pitfall! Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Intellivision, MSX 1982
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX 1984
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Sega CD, Sega Genesis 1994
Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle PlayStation 1998
Plaque Attack Atari 2600 1983
Pressure Cooker Atari 2600 1983
Private Eye Atari 2600 1984
Prophecy DOS 1989
Return to Zork DOS, Mac OS 1993 Under Infocom label.
River Raid Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, Intellivision, MSX, PC Booter 1982
Robot Rubble Intellivision 2001 Developed in 1983. Unreleased until Intellivision Rocks for Mac OS and Windows in 2001
Robot Tank Atari 2600 1983
Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder DOS, Mac OS, Windows 1996
Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground DOS, Mac OS, Windows 1997
Sargon V: World Class Chess DOS, MacOS 1991
Seaquest Atari 2600 1983
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye DOS, Mac OS, Sega Genesis, Windows 1990
Shanghai: Triple-Threat 3DO 1994 Port of Success game.
Shanghai: Mah-Jongg Essentials Mac OS, Windows 1999
Skiing Atari 2600 1980
Sky Jinks Atari 2600 1982
Space Shuttle: A Journey Into Space Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 5200,Atari 8-bit computers 1983
Spider Fighter Atari 2600 1983
Spycraft: The Great Game DOS, Mac OS, Windows 1996
Stampede Atari 2600, Intellivision 1981
Star Trek: Armada Windows 2000
Starmaster Atari 2600 1982
Super Action Pak Atari 2600 1982 Australia-exclusive compilation including Pitfall!, Barnstorming, Grand Prix, and Laser Blast in one ROM cartridge.
Tennis Atari 2600 1981
Thwocker Atari 2600 2002 Developed in 1983. Unreleased until Activision Anthology for PlayStation 2 in 2002
Toy Bizarre Commodore 64 1984
Ultimate Air Combat Nintendo Entertainment System 1992
Venetian Blinds Atari 2600 2003 Developed in 1982. Unreleased until Activision Anthology: Remix Edition for Mac OS and Windows in 2003
Web Dimension Commodore 64 1985
Wonder Boy ZX Spectrum 1987 Escape game port.
Zenji Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, Commodore 64 1984
Zone Ranger Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64 1984
Zork Nemesis Windows 1996
Zork: Grand Inquisitor Windows 1997
Zork: The Undiscovered Underground Commodore 64, Mac OS, Windows 1997
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