A Brief History of Bullfrog Productions (1987 - 2001)

Bullfrog Productions was a very prolific British developer, and one of the most important Amiga and then PC developers of the 90s.
From a humble beginning - a port of an old Commodore 64 title to the Amiga - they went on to create some major franchises (e.g. Populous, Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper, etc ) - which were enjoyed by millions.
Sadly, the Bullfrog brand was discontinued in 2001 - with the studio's last work being another port (oddly, a port of Quake 3 for the PS2).
Though the studio is long gone - much of their influence is still felt in modern gaming. Combining ahead-of-its-time technology with the traditional British sense of whimsy usually led to something equal parts charming and playable. Bullfrog Studios, you are missed!
NOTES:
- "Bullfrogger" and "Psycho Santa" were "free" games that were produced for magazine cover disks, and not commercial releases.
- 1998's "Theme Aquarium" was actually developed by Japanese developers Tose; however, Bullfrog produced the game design and is credited for it.

[@YTTYYTTY42]

Syndicate and Dungeon Keeper were real gamechangers! Games that are just ahead of their time by a lot!

[@_JellyWalker]

Loved Populous The Beginning. The stylized 3D and deformable terrain made it feel like a claymation world. The ambient music was cool too.

[@bobmcbob4399]

Maybe I should try it again. Was the progression good? I did one level and didn't quite get hooked with that. Did you manage to complete it?

[@_JellyWalker]

@@bobmcbob4399 I don't remember completing it, or much about the levels other than the different colours of terrain and skies and that they were round planets, not just flat maps! I think the gameplay was pretty simple for an RTS, but effective, and the spells were unique and really fun to use.

[@LordEmilous]

what I loved about this game was the way they attacked buildings, it felt real. You would see them enter and chop it from the inside (compared to most rts where they just hit the entire building with a sword)

[@Marauder1981]

One of the most favorite parts of my childhood memories. Back when gaming was for nerds, not normies.

[@quad4machine769]

Another studio EA games killed

[@ThanhLai5]

Bruh, this video showed up right at the time I wanted to look for Bullfrog titles. Thanks a bunch!

[@blazzmatazz9051]

Man I Love Frogs

[@ObiKKa]

Hi. Can you please create new playlists for companies or developers and add these videos into that? Also, you really need to build a big windows or pc games playlist as you perhaps have many long-form videos documenting those old pc games.

[@GaryRetroGamer]

Done and Done. Thanks for reminding me!

[@ObiKKa]

Thank you very much for those three new playlists. BTW, there are even more videos from the general windows/dos PL that can be added into the obscure 90's PC PL.

[@bobmcbob4399]

2:26 Magic Carpet series. Great, immersive games although very crash prone. MC and Syndicate Wars could both use a remake.

[@GaryRetroGamer]

Syndicate Wars actually received a remake of sorts; Satellite Reign (released in 2015) was worked on by one of the original Syndicate developers.

[@bobmcbob4399]

@@GaryRetroGamer Yes, I do have that from GoG sitting in the endless backlog. Will have to see if there is anything of SWars in there and give it a play sometime.

[@jorava8768]

Dungeon Keeper

[@thandion5128]

Dungeon Keeper ❤ Bullfrog created some excellent games.

[@CYON4D]

Great stuff.

[@fantaguzziniko]

Bullfrog hats off, one of the best games developers out there in the entire globe. Change my mind, vengan de a uno. PD: Maradona era mufa.

[@nonamenoname1942]

Absolutely unique dev.

[@CactusJacksEar]

Theme Hospital and Quake III on the PS2!

[@fefo2109]

Bless Bullfrog!

[@jiraiya0698]

Titus games Next! XD

[@wavefile1674]

F*ck EA