ZAPiT Games
Appearance
Company type | Private |
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Founded | Mississauga, Ontario, (2003) |
Headquarters | Mississauga, Ontario , |
Products | Game Wave Family Entertainment System |
Website | ZAPiT Games |
ZAPiT Games, Inc. was a Canadian company based in Mississauga, Ontario. It was formed in 2003 to create a family oriented home video game console.[1] To that goal, it partnered with companies such as National Semiconductor, Panasonic and Altera to create the Game Wave Family Entertainment System.[1]
ZAPiT Games also produces games for the BlackBerry and iPhone.[citation needed]
The console system and the company closed in 2009.[2]
Game Wave Family Entertainment System
[edit]The Game Wave Family Entertainment System is hybrid DVD player and video game console of the seventh generation of video game consoles and was first released in October 2005.[3] The games on the system are trivia based or video variants of traditional board or card games.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b About Us, ZAPiT Games. Accessed October 26, 2007
- ^ Pearson, Jordan (22 December 2017). "Christians Loved Canada's Failed Video Game Console". Vice. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Surf the Game Wave to Fun" (Press release). ZAPiT Games. October 2005. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ^ Arneson, Erik. Game Wave: New Approach to DVD Games Archived 2006-10-08 at the Wayback Machine About.com, December 24, 2005. Accessed October 26, 2007
External links
[edit]- ZAPiT Games Website (Archive)
Categories:
- Privately held companies of Canada
- Video game publishers
- Defunct video game companies of Canada
- Video game companies established in 2003
- Electronics companies established in 2003
- 2003 establishments in Ontario
- 2009 disestablishments in Ontario
- Video game companies disestablished in 2009
- Electronics companies disestablished in 2009
- Canadian companies established in 2003
- Canadian companies disestablished in 2009
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