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Coktel Vision | Coktel Vision was a French computer game developer that developed a lot of adventure and action games in their homeland in mid-80s (usually as publisher of its better-known subsidiary Tomahawk), none of which was sold outside Europe. Coktel also developed excellent but even lesser known educational games, most starring quirky alien Ali. | ||
The popularity of Coktel Vision skyrocketed in 1992 when it became a subsidiary of [[Sierra|Sierra On-Line]], which began to sell Coktel Vision's games in the United States. | The popularity of Coktel Vision skyrocketed in 1992 when it became a subsidiary of [[Sierra|Sierra On-Line]], which began to sell Coktel Vision's games in the United States. | ||
Following Sierra's buyout by Havas and disappointing sales of its last titles Coktel Vision | Following Sierra's buyout by Havas and disappointing sales of its last titles, Coktel Vision only developed educational games that are marketed mostly in Europe. | ||
In 2005, [[Mindscape]] purchased Coktel Vision. In 2011 Coktel Vision was closed down, along with all of Mindscape's other gaming divisions, when Mindscape exited the game industry. | |||
The company used a similar engine for many of its games, which is in progress in ScummVM as the [[Gob]] module | The company used a similar engine for many of its games, which is in progress in ScummVM as the [[Gob]] module | ||