Private company

Appaloosa Interactive

Hungarian video game developing company

Appaloosa Interactive (formerly Novotrade International) was a corporation, founded in 1982 in Hungary, that produced video games, computer programs and television commercials during the 1980s and 1990s.2 It ceased to exist in 2006.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1993Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersPalo Alto1
  • Legal formOrganisme de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières sans personnalité morale3
  • Kind of organizationFund1
  • LEI969500PNTMR28MTF9E673
  • StatusInactive3
  • LEI statusRetired3
  • Registered address1 BD HAUSSMANN, 75009 Paris 9, France3
  • Registered withAutorité des marchés financiers, 370973

Appaloosa Interactive (formerly Novotrade International) was a corporation, founded in 1982 in Hungary, that produced video games, computer programs and television commercials during the 1980s and 1990s.2

The story

Andras Csaszar and Stephen J. Friedman founded Novotrade International. Csaszar served as the company's president, while Friedman was chief executive officer. Novotrade began operating branches in the United States in 1989, and was renamed Appaloosa Interactive (after the horse breed of the same name) in November 1996. That month, the company unveiled its 10-month-old Internet technologies division, Appaloosa Online. The company's headquarters were in Mountain View, California. Appaloosa was the parent company and owner of two software development companies in Budapest, Hungary. Appaloosa was known for its Ecco the Dolphin game series for Sega. Appaloosa also developed two Contra games on the PlayStation and Sega Saturn for Konami.

Appaloosa's final game was Jaws Unleashed, released in 2006, and based on the Jaws series of films. The company ceased operations in 2006.

From Wikipedia’s article on Appaloosa Interactive, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • video game development

Listed on Wikidata.1

The Adventures of Batman and Robin (Game Gear)

Alternative World Games

Around The World In 80 Days

Blades of Steel (Amiga, Commodore 64, MS-DOS)

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California Games (Mega Drive/Genesis)

California Pro Golf

Castlevania (Amiga)

Catch a Thief

Circus Games

Contra: Legacy of War (PlayStation, Saturn)

The Contra Adventure (PlayStation)

Cyborg Justice (Mega Drive/Genesis)

Ecco the Dolphin (Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega-CD/Sega CD, Master System, Game Gear)

Ecco: The Tides of Time (Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega-CD/Sega CD, Game Gear)

Ecco Jr. (Mega Drive/Genesis)

Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Dreamcast, PlayStation 2)

Exosquad (Mega Drive/Genesis)

Galaxy Force II (Saturn)

Garfield: Caught in the Act (Game Gear)

Golf Construction Set

Grossology

Holyfield Boxing

How Things Work in Busytown

Impossible Mission II (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum, NES)

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (MS-DOS)

Jaws Unleashed (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows)

King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! (NES)

Kolibri (32X)

The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game (Mega Drive/Genesis)

Museum Madness

Peter Pan: A Story Painting Adventure (MS-DOS)

Power Rangers Jigsaw Puzzles

Power Rangers PowerActive Math

Power Rangers PowerActive Words

Power Rangers Print Kit

R.B.I. Baseball 2

Richard Scarry's Busytown (MS-DOS, Mega Drive/Genesis)

Qix (NES)

Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic

Sky Target (Saturn, Windows)

South Park (PlayStation)

Starship Andromeda

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Crossroads of Time (Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES)

Sub Battle Simulator

Super Action Football

Tails and the Music Maker (Pico)

The Busy World of Busytown

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Mega Drive/Genesis)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Saturn)

The Simpsons: Arcade Game (Commodore 64, MS-DOS)

Three Dirty Dwarves (Saturn, Windows)

Tiny Tank (PlayStation)

Tiny Toon Adventures Cartoon Workshop (NES)

Tomcat Alley (Windows)

USS Stinger (MS-DOS)

Wacky Races (Windows, PlayStation)

Water Polo

Wild West

Wilson Pro Staff Golf

World Karate Championship

World Trophy Soccer (Mega Drive/Genesis)

Unreleased

Airball (NES)

Bloodliners (Mega Drive/Genesis)

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Timeline

  1. 2006Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1993Founded Founded1

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