Westwood Studios
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| Founded | 1985 |
| Closed | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Other Names | Westwood Associates |
Westwood Studios was an American game developer that began under the name Westwood Associates. Some of their more popular series included Eye of the Beholder, Command and Conquer, and Dune. The company was later bought out by Electronic Arts, but a few staff members formed Petroglyph Games and the company still continues to produce games to this day.
Contents
Games
Music Development
AMI
Westwood's founders created an Amiga sound driver, and music was to be entered in assembly.
DOS
Music was composed in AdLib Visual Composer and converted to the ADL (Westwood) format. Sound effects were created in ALFX and converted to the SND (Westwood) format. Instruments were supplied by Paul Mudra.
NES
Frank Klepacki composed his NES Amiga using Dr. T's KCS for the Commodore Amiga, and Paul Mudra composed his NES music using Deluxe Music Construction Set for the Commodore. Their music files were then converted to Westwood's NES sound driver.
SNES
Young Merlin uses Chip Level Designs variant of the Kankichi-kun driver. The Lion King uses SLICK/Audio from Bitmasters.
GEN
The composers at Westwood used GEMS.
File Formats
Audio Personnel
The following composers worked at Westwood Studios:
- Dwight Okahara
- Frank Klepacki
- Paul Mudra
- Patrick Collins
- Chris Grigg - Composer for California Games (AMI)
Links
- mobygames.com/company/westwood-studios-inc - MobyGames.
- gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/company/6210-westwood-studios - GameFAQs.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood_Studios - Wikipedia.
