Monte Cristo
IndustryVideo games
Founded1995
FoundersJean-Marc de Fety
Jean-Cristophe Marquis
Defunct2010
FateBankruptcy
Headquarters,
Revenue1,000,000 euro (2009) Edit this on Wikidata
−2,820,000 euro (2009) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.montecristogames.com

Monte Cristo was a French computer game developer and publisher, based in Paris. It was established in 1995 by former Credit Suisse First Boston vice-president Jean-Marc de Fety and former Mars & Co strategy senior consultant Jean-Cristophe Marquis. The company was led by Jean-Christophe Marquis and Jérome Gastaldi since 2002. Monte Cristo declared bankruptcy in May 2010 following poor sales of Cities XL.[1]

The first training program was followed by Wall Street Trader, which was named "best educational software" by the European Commission, among others, for its accurate simulation of international stock market conditions, and is one of the most successful games in this genre.[2] Next, the company developed Start Up 2000, which allows players to realistically start and run their own business.[3]

Games developed and published

    Title Year
    Airline Tycoon 1998
    Wall Street Trader 98 1998
    Wall Street Trader 99 1999
    Wall Street Trader 2000 2000
    Start - Up 2000
    Starpeace , published by Oceanus Communications 2000
    Stardom: Your Quest For Fame, also known as TV Star 2000
    TV Star 2001
    Wall Street Trader 2001 2001
    Crazy Factory 2001
    Dino Island 2002
    Platoon 2002
    Micro Commandos 2002
    Emergency Fire Response (aka Fire Department in Europe and Fire Chief in UK) 2003
    Medieval Lords : Build, Defend, Expand 2004
    Desert Rats vs.Afrika Korps 2004
    D - Day 2004
    Fire Department 2 (aka Fire Captain) 2004
    Pop Life 2005
    Moscow to Berlin : Red Siege 2005
    City Trader 2005
    7 Sins 2005
    1944 Battle of the Bulge 2005
    Fire Department : Episode 3 2006
    Th3 Plan 2006
    War on Terror 2006
    City Life , published by cdv Software Entertainment 2006
    KAZooK, published by Xplosiv 2007
    Silverfall 2007
    Cities XL , originally known as Cities Unlimited 2009

    References

    1. Priest, Simon (28 May 2010). "Cities XL developer Monte Cristo Games closes doors "this week"". StrategyInformer. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
    2. "archive.ph". archive.ph. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
    3. "archive.ph". archive.ph. Retrieved 2022-11-18.


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