# Titus Interactive

Titus Interactive SA, known as Titus France SA until March 1999, was a French software publisher that produced and published video games for various platforms. Its head office was located in Parc de l'Esplanade in Lagny sur Marne in Greater Paris. At one time, it was instead located in Montfermeil, also in Greater Paris.
The company's mascot was Titus, the title character of Titus the Fox.

## History
### Founding and early years

The company was founded by brothers Eric Caen and Hervé Caen in France in 1985. In 1991, Titus purchased Palace Software, the gaming division of the Palace Group. In 1998, the company purchased the developers BlueSky Software and Digital Integration Ltd.

### Interplay Entertainment partnership and distribution agreements (1999–2002)

In late 1999, the company acquired shares in struggling publisher Interplay Entertainment, including a stake in publisher/distributor Virgin Interactive.
Throughout the next few years, Titus signed North American distribution deals with smaller publishers. They signed a deal with Cryo Interactive in March 2000, with Rage Software in September 2000, and Microids in May 2001. In 2002, Titus Japan K.K. signed a similar distribution deal with Konami for Japan.
In August 2000, they signed a deal with Viacom Consumer Products to publish games based on the Top Gun franchise.
In August 2001, Titus took the control of Interplay. However prior to this, Titus took over distributing their own titles in the North American market as well as Virgin's from them.

### Closure

In June 2004, Titus filed for bankruptcy, declaring an unseeable future for Interplay. On January 9, 2005, a French district commercial court declared Titus bankrupt with a €33 million (US$43.8 million) debt. Titus' French subsidiaries were later closed down, while their assets were soon purchased by Interplay.

## Games

Titus began releasing titles for home computers such as the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and IBM PC compatibles before moving on to consoles like the Master System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color, PlayStation, Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, followed by games for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox.
Titus designed games such as Virtual Kasparov, Automobili Lamborghini, Virtual Chess 64, Roadsters (the Nintendo 64 version), Incredible Crisis (developed by Polygon Magic), Prehistorik Man and Lamborghini American Challenge, that were given positive reviews. Titus however was also involved in the creation of games that were notable due to their negative reception. Superman for the Nintendo 64 was notorious for its negative status among gamers. GameTrailers called it the worst game of all time. As of 2018, it holds a score of 23% at GameRankings. Similarly, the 2003 game RoboCop also received negative reviews. GameSpot gave it 2.2/10 saying "RoboCop has a bevy of horrible problems that render the game practically unplayable".
1988
* Crazy Cars
* Fire and Forget
* Galactic Conqueror
* Off Shore Warrior
1989
* Crazy Cars 2
* Titan
* Knight Force
1990
* Crime Does not Pay
* Dark Century
* Dick Tracy
* Fire & Forget II
* Un Indien dans la ville (Little Indian: An Indian in the City for US release), developed by TF1 Video and Titus
* Wild Streets
1991
* The Blues Brothers
* Prehistorik
1992
* Battlestorm
* Crazy Cars 3
* Titus the Fox (aka Moktar)
1993
* Ardy Lightfoot (developed by ASCII and published by Titus in North America)
* Prehistorik 2
* Super Cauldron
1994
* Monster Max
* Lamborghini American Challenge
* Quik the Thunder Rabbit
1995
* Virtua Chess
1996
* Metal Rage
* The Brainies
* Incantation
* Oscar (SNES version)
* Power Piggs of the Dark Age
* Prehistorik Man
* Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (SNES version)
* Realm
1997
* Virtual Chess 2
* Superman (Game Boy)
* Automobili Lamborghini
1998
* Virtual Chess 64
* Quest for Camelot (published by Nintendo America Inc.)
1999
* Rival Realms (developed by Activ Pub)
* Roadsters
* Superman: The New Superman Adventures
* Evil Zone (developed by YUKE's Future Media Creators)
* Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate (developed by Saffire)
2000
* Incredible Crisis
* Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
* Carmageddon 64
* Blues Brothers 2000
* Kao the Kangaroo (Dreamcast/PC versions)
* F/A-18E Super Hornet
* Rox (GBA version only)
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Developer(s) |
| 2001 | Worms World Party | Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast | Team17 |
| 2001 | Virtual Kasparov | PlayStation | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2001 | Exhibition of Speed | Dreamcast | Player 1 |
| 2001 | Hands of Time | Game Boy Color | Mirage |
| 2001 | Top Gun: Firestorm | Game Boy Color | Fluid Studios |
| 2001 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Game Boy Color | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2001 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Game Boy Color | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2001 | RoboCop | Game Boy Color | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2001 | Prehistorik Man | Game Boy Advance | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2001 | Top Gun: Combat Zones | PlayStation 2 | Digital Integration |
| 2001 | Stunt GP | PlayStation 2 | Team17 |
| 2001 | Planet Monsters | Game Boy Advance | Planet Interactive |
| 2001 | Kao the Kangaroo | Game Boy Advance | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2001 | Original War | Microsoft Windows | Altar Interactive |
| 2001 | Codename: Outbreak | Microsoft Windows | GSC Game World |
| 2001 | Screamer 4x4 | Microsoft Windows | Clever's Games |
| 2002 | Nightstone | Microsoft Windows | New Horizon Studios |
| 2002 | Virtual Kasparov | Game Boy Advance | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2002 | Tir et But: Edition Champions du Monde | Game Boy Advance | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2002 | Barbarian | PlayStation 2 | Saffire |
| 2002 | Downforce | PlayStation 2 | Smart Dog |
| 2002 | Top Gun: Combat Zones | GameCube | Digital Integration |
| 2002 | Top Gun: Firestorm Advance | Game Boy Advance | Fluid Studios |
| 2002 | Downforce | Game Boy Advance | Karma Studios |
| 2003 | Barbarian | GameCube, Xbox | Saffire |
| 2003 | Top Gun: Combat Zones | Microsoft Windows | Digital Integration |
| 2003 | RoboCop | Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2 | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2004 | RoboCop | GameCube | Titus Interactive Studio |
| 2004 | Top Gun: Combat Zones | Game Boy Advance | Titus Interactive Studio |

## Subsidiaries

Titus had several subsidiaries. The United States subsidiary, Titus Software Corporation, had its head office in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. The Japanese subsidiary, Titus Japan K.K., had its head office on the eighth floor of the Kotubuki Dogenzaka Building in Dōgenzaka (JA), Shibuya, Tokyo. The UK subsidiary, Titus Software UK Limited, had its head office in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.