Bit Managers
| Private | |
| Industry | Video games |
| Fate | Bought by Virtual Toys |
| Founded | 1988 (as "New Frontier") |
| Founder | Alberto Jose González (co-founder) |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Barcelona, Spain |
| Website | www |
Bit Managers, formerly known as New Frontier, was a video game developer based in Barcelona (Spain). It was co-founded by Alberto Jose González, who composed the music for all of their games (except "Bang!"—a coin-operated arcade machine).
The company was founded in 1988 as "New Frontier", initially programming games for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX computer systems. The company at first met with only modest success. In 1992, the company changed its name to Bit Managers and began to make games for Nintendo consoles (especially for Game Boy). It focused on creating innovative games based on Franco-Belgian comics such as Asterix, The Smurfs or The Adventures of Tintin for a client company, Infogrames.
In 1997, Bit Managers was chosen by Acclaim Entertainment to develop some game of the Turok series for Game Boy. In 1998, the year of the launch of Game Boy Color, Bit Managers was the first third-party developer to finish two Game Boy Color titles (Turok 2 and Sylvester & Tweety).
That same year, the company was bought by a Spanish arcade video-gaming company, Gaelco. Bit Managers also ported the Gaelco arcade game, Radikal Bikers, to PlayStation shortly afterward.
In 2001, the former principals of Bit Managers re-purchased the company. Bit Managers continued their relationship with Infogrames, developing several games for Game Boy Advance.
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