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|English PlayStation 2 U.S. release<ref>Rockstar has been owned by Take-Two since 1998 when T2 bought Rockstar's parent company BMG Interactive. Even though Rockstar is only listed as the PS2 publisher in many places, and Gathering was supposed to be the Windows publisher, most PC boxes only have the Rockstar logo on it and not Gathering's (with the exception of the [[:Image:Windows_%28US%29_box_art_-_back.jpg|US box]]).</ref> | |English PlayStation 2 U.S. release<ref>Rockstar has been owned by Take-Two since 1998 when T2 bought Rockstar's parent company BMG Interactive. Even though Rockstar is only listed as the PS2 publisher in many places, and Gathering was supposed to be the Windows publisher, most PC boxes only have the Rockstar logo on it and not Gathering's (with the exception of the [[:Image:Windows_%28US%29_box_art_-_back.jpg|US box]]).</ref> | ||
|Current (but no longer sold on website) | |Current (but no longer sold on website) | ||
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|[http://macsoftgames.com MacSoft] | |[http://macsoftgames.com MacSoft] | ||
|English Mac version (North America) | |English Mac version (North America) | ||
|None (company has closed)<ref>MacSoft was owned by Destineer, which seems to have [[wp:MacSoft|closed in 2011]].</ref> | |None (company has closed)<ref>MacSoft was owned by Destineer, which seems to have [[wp:MacSoft|closed in 2011]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110705050141/http://www.destineerstudios.com/macsoftgames/ This] is how their site looked before it was closed and replaced by the "''in memoriam''" page linked behind "MacSoft" above.</ref> | ||
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|[[wikt:EFIGS|EFIGS]] Mac releases (Europe) | |[[wikt:EFIGS|EFIGS]] Mac releases (Europe) | ||
|Current? (no longer sold on website) | |Current? (no longer sold on website) | ||
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031151305/http://www.feralinteractive.com/?game=oni&language=english] | |[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031151305/http://www.feralinteractive.com/?game=oni&language=english][https://web.archive.org/web/20180212012441/http://support.feralinteractive.com/en/mac-linux-games/oni/] | ||
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|[https://www.application-systems.de/ Application Systems Heidelberg] | |[https://www.application-systems.de/ Application Systems Heidelberg] | ||
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|[https://www.buka.ru Buka Entertainment] | |[https://www.buka.ru Buka Entertainment] | ||
|Russian localization | |Russian localization | ||
|Listed [http://www.buka.ru/cgi-bin/show.pl?id=92 | |Listed on site but no longer sold | ||
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|King's International Multimedia | |King's International Multimedia | ||
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|Maintaining [[History of Mac Oni|PPC Mac OS X build]] (2001-2003) | |Maintaining [[History of Mac Oni|PPC Mac OS X build]] (2001-2003) | ||
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| | |[https://web.archive.org/web/20070307093831/https://www.omnigroup.com/games/oni/] | ||
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|Feral Interactive | |Feral Interactive | ||
Revision as of 18:35, 4 July 2022
- For a list of people who worked on Oni, see Credits.
This is a list of all known companies involved with Oni. This information comes from the manuals, the box art, and community knowledge. Some companies' rights may have lapsed since Oni's release in 2001, so in one column we list the rights that were held at one time, then we give the current status of those rights to the best of our knowledge.
For a table showing which companies' logos appear on different versions of Oni's packaging, see Logos; for pictures of the boxes and discs, see Category:Packaging images. Note that the logos on the boxes are not always thorough or even accurate with regards to rights.
Many people erroneously believe that Bungie still owns Oni's IP, or that Microsoft owns it since they bought Bungie before Oni's release. For the story of how Take-Two came to own Oni, see the Oni article's Buyout section.
Since the distributors of the Windows and Mac versions are no longer selling Oni on their online stores, fans who wish to own the game should look for secondhand copies on sites where people re-sell items, such as Amazon and eBay.
| Company | Rights (past) | Rights (now) | Game page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owners | |||
| Bungie, Inc. | IP rights (until around June 16, 2000) | None | [1] |
| Take-Two Interactive | IP rights (starting around June 16, 2000) | IP rights | |
| Publishers/Distributors | |||
| Gathering of Developers | English Windows U.S. release | None[1] | |
| Rockstar Games | English PlayStation 2 U.S. release[2] | Current (but no longer sold on website) | [2] |
| MacSoft | English Mac version (North America) | None (company has closed)[3] | |
| Jack of All Games | English Mac version (North America)[4] | None (company has closed)[5] | |
| Feral Interactive | EFIGS Mac releases (Europe) | Current? (no longer sold on website) | [3][4] |
| Application Systems Heidelberg | German Mac release | Current? (no longer sold on website) | [5] |
| TalonSoft | Distribution, tech support | None (company has closed)[6] | |
| Century Thor | Chinese localization | Unknown | |
| MediaQuest | Japanese localization, Mac/Windows | Company closed in 2005 | |
| Buka Entertainment | Russian localization | Listed on site but no longer sold | [6] |
| King's International Multimedia | Taiwanese Windows release 1 (English Euro version) | Unknown | |
| Infogrames Taiwan | Taiwanese Windows release 2 (Chinese localization) | Company was sold to Bandai Namco | |
| Kon Tiki Multimedia | Slovak Windows release (localized manual only) | Unknown | |
| Proein | Spanish Windows, PS2 release | Defunct | [7][8] |
| Developers | |||
| Bungie, Inc. | Windows and Mac OS versions | None | |
| Rockstar Canada (now Rockstar Toronto) | PlayStation 2 port | Rockstar is owned by Take-Two | |
| The Omni Group | Maintaining PPC Mac OS X build (2001-2003) | Unknown | [9] |
| Feral Interactive | Maintaining Intel Mac OS X build (2009-2015) | Unknown | see above |
| Localizers | |||
| Century Thor | Chinese translation | N/A | N/A |
| Tarantula Studios UK | French, Italian, German, Spanish translations | N/A | N/A |
| Elegant Chaos | Technical assistance to Tarantula Studios | N/A | N/A |
| MediaQuest | Japanese localization | N/A | N/A |
| Buka Entertainment | Russian translation | N/A | N/A |
| Kon Tiki Multimedia | Slovak localization (manual only) | N/A | N/A |
- ↑ Gathering had been owned by Take-Two since May 2000, and was merged into 2K Games in 2004 or 2005 when 2K was created as a label.
- ↑ Rockstar has been owned by Take-Two since 1998 when T2 bought Rockstar's parent company BMG Interactive. Even though Rockstar is only listed as the PS2 publisher in many places, and Gathering was supposed to be the Windows publisher, most PC boxes only have the Rockstar logo on it and not Gathering's (with the exception of the US box).
- ↑ MacSoft was owned by Destineer, which seems to have closed in 2011. This is how their site looked before it was closed and replaced by the "in memoriam" page linked behind "MacSoft" above.
- ↑ MacSoft actually sold the game on their store. It seems that JoAG was performing some kind of support on the distribution side (see logo here), but didn't sell the game themselves. Jack of All Games also had overseas operations by the time Oni came out, so T2 may in fact have used them for distribution support in Europe too and their logo just didn't happen to make it onto the product.
- ↑ Jack of All Games had been owned by Take-Two since 1998, then sold to IT company Synnex in 2010 and folded into their distribution operations.
- ↑ TalonSoft had been owned by Take-Two since December 1998, but closed in 2002.
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