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Red Orb Entertainment

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Video game publishing company

Red Orb Entertainment was a publishing division created by the Broderbund software company to market its video game titles, distinguishing them from its library of edutainment titles, which it marketed to schools. Launched on May 21, 1997, and based in Novato, California, the name comes from the first six letters of "Broderbund," which spell "Red Orb" when reversed. After its parent company Broderbund was acquired by The Learning Company in 1998, Red Orb's brand continued to be used and was supported by the latter's Mindscape division.2 It ceased to exist in 2001.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1
  • Industryvideo game industry1
  • HeadquartersNovato1
  • Founded inNovato1
  • Websitewww.redorb.com
  • Legal formsubsidiary company1

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Red Orb Entertainment was a publishing division created by the Broderbund software company to market its video game titles, distinguishing them from its library of edutainment titles, which it marketed to schools. Launched on May 21, 1997, and based in Novato, California, the name comes from the first six letters of "Broderbund," which spell "Red Orb" when reversed.2

Corporate structure

Red Orb Entertainment is part of a group headed by Broderbund. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Broderbund Novato
    • Red Orb Entertainment Novato
    • Banner Blue Software Subsidiary · United States

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Red Orb Entertainment developed and/or published several games in the late 1990s. These include:

John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles

The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

The Journeyman Project Trilogy

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Myst: Masterpiece Edition

Prince of Persia 3D

Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen

Riven: The Sequel to Myst

Soul Fighter

Take No Prisoners

WarBreeds

Warlords III: Darklords Rising

Warlords III: Reign of Heroes

From Wikipedia’s article on Red Orb Entertainment, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Mar 2001Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1997Founded Founded in Novato1

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