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- After working for Acclaim for three years, Spangenberg found himself free. Laid off in 1998 — a year before his contract was set to expire — he responded by suing the company, alleging a breach of employment and wage payment obligations. The two parties came to an undisclosed agreement.
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Nintendo bought out Retro from Spangenberg shortly after the photos were discovered. Spangenberg was succeeded as Retro president by Steve Barcia. Since Spangenberg's departure, Retro had released the Metroid Prime series to great critical acclaim, and revived the Donkey Kong Country series as well. An anonymous source for n-sider stated that ...
May 29, 2018 · A few months after Nintendo of Japan’s visit, Spangenberg pulled into Retro’s parking lot in his new Ferrari. By the end of the day half of his employees would be without jobs.
- Blake Hester
Dec 18, 2004 · On October 1, 1998, long-time videogame veteran Jeff Spangenberg took the first step in an epic journey toward the formation of a company that has become one of the most admired groups of...
Spangenberg was fired from Acclaim in 1998, leading him to sue the company for breach of contract and fraud. [4] The suit was settled in 2000. [5] Following his dismissal, Spangenberg launched a new company, Retro Studios, in October 1998. [6]
Retro was founded on September 21, 1998, as an alliance between Nintendo and Iguana Entertainment founder Jeff Spangenberg, hoping to create games for the upcoming GameCube aiming at an older demographic.
Retro Studios is an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. The company was founded by Jeff Spangenberg in 1998, after he left Acclaim and was given funding by Nintendo to create four new games for their upcoming Nintendo GameCube system, targeting older audiences.
Apr 4, 2006 · Soon after this, Nintendo abruptly bought out Spangenberg for $1 million and he left Retro, sort of the way King Kong left the Empire State Building.
