Tantalus Media (formerly Tantalus Entertainment and Tantalus Interactive) is an Australian video game developer based in Melbourne. It was founded in 1994 by programmers Andrew Bailey and Trevor Nuridin. Since its inception, Tantalus has developed almost 100 games and has won multiple game awards. In March 2021, Keywords Studios acquired 85% of Tantalus Media for US$46.8 million. Initially, Tantalus ported games from the PlayStation and arcade to the Sega Saturn. Its first original title was South Park Rally, completed for all four platforms at the time in eighteen months. The fast pipeline was largely attributed to the existing in-house title - 7th Gear. The development team at Tantalus worked on their first handheld games, concurrently developing ATV Quad Power Racing and Woody Woodpecker: Crazy Castle 5 . Kemco delayed the latter's release to July 2002, while the title saw the return of director Trevor Nuridin to coding, taking the lead role in its development; they released Space Race, their first PS2 game, that same year. They used two cross-platform engines: CRIS for handhelds, with skinned mesh rendering, and the Mercury Engine for new generation consoles in its early years. More information...
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