Commercial Version
Tux Racer
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| Developer(s) | Sunspire Studios (Jasmin Patry, Eric Hall, Rick Knowles, and Mark Riddell) | ||
| Publisher(s) | Sunspire Studios | ||
| Distributor(s) | Sunspire Studios | ||
| Director(s) | Jasmin Patry | ||
| Producer(s) | Jasmin Patry | ||
| Designer(s) | Rick Knowles Mark Riddell |
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| Programmer(s) | Jasmin Patry Eric Hall Rick Knowles Mark Riddell |
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| Artist(s) | Roger Fernandez | ||
| Composer(s) | Joseph Toscano George Sanger |
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| Engine | OpenGL | ||
| Platform(s) | Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows | ||
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| Genre(s) | Racing | ||
| Mode(s) | Single-player | ||
| Media/distribution | CD | ||
In August 2000, Patry and his two friends Rick Knowles and Mark Riddell announced the development of an enhanced version of Tux Racer under a closed source commercial license. In 2001, a demo version of the software was included with a January 2001 issue of PC Gamer. In 2002, the game was released for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Patry states that had the game sold better, ports for the Nintendo GameCube and Xbox would be "fairly logical" choices.
In 2003, Sunspire Studios ceased business. Their Internet domains are now commercially cybersquatted. According to archive.org, there had been no significant changes to their site since September 22, 2002, when the Tux Racer 1.1.1 Linux Patch was released. It appears that the site continued to exist almost unchanged until 2004. Their demo of version 1.1 can still be downloaded.
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