Lucasarts , Sierra, Westwood, Interplay (the old one) , Midway and quite a few others.

Squaresoft would have made the list , but they aren't really gone per se . they merged with Enix.

Rare is not really defunct, but they're really not developing like they did on N64, and their buyout crushed the dreams of many.

R.I.P. Rareware

Rare.  Most of their talented people quit when Microsoft acquired it.

Lucasarts , SierraDarkman2007

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And Gremlin.

Lucasarts , Sierra, Westwood, Interplay (the old one) , Midway and quite a few others.

 

Squaresoft would have made the list , but they aren't really gone per se . they merged with Enix.

 

Darkman2007

Whoopie Camp. They made 2 awesome games (Tomba 1 and 2) and then disbanded :(

Sierra, THQ, Midway and Lucas Arts.

Rareware... They made some of the best n64 games.

Rareware (note that Rareware =/= Rare of today), Shiny Entertainment (made legendary games like Earthworm Jim, MDK, Sacrifice, Messiah, ect.), Bullfrog Productions (Dungeon Keeper, Magic Carpet, Syndicate, Theme Hospital, Populous, Hi-Octane, ect.), Origin Systems (Ultima series, Wing Commander series, Crusader series, BioForge, ect.), Lucas Arts (X-Wing series, Rogue Squadron series, Jedi Knight series, Monkey Island series, ect.), Looking Glass Studios (System Shock, Flight Unlimited, Thief, Ultima Underworld, ect.), ect.

These companies made really good games but are no longer with us or are different companies now.

Bullfrog Productions (Dungeon Keeper, Magic Carpet, Syndicate, Theme Hospital, Populous, Hi-Octane, ect.)nameless12345

[QUOTE="nameless12345"] Bullfrog Productions (Dungeon Keeper, Magic Carpet, Syndicate, Theme Hospital, Populous, Hi-Octane, ect.)Dudersaper

THQ is the only that discontinued that I had liked...

Free Radical Design :( although there were rumours of Crytek doig something with the Timesplitters franchise, doubt it though.

Free Radical Design :( although there were rumours of Crytek doig something with the Timesplitters franchise, doubt it though.

AlCapwnUK

A few years ago, I'd have said Microprose hands down, but after the X-Com reboot (which was good), I'm only left with Master of Orion and Master of Magic.  Actually, I guess I'd still say Microprose.

Sierra-The brains behind Ground Control and my fav classic Pharaoh.

Westwood:The Markers behind RTS. And  Command & Conquer.

lucasarts: Did i forget to mention how i hate EA games for getting the Star Wars license? they would just ruin everything as they did with Sim City.

Rareware (obviously), Sierra, Free Radical, and Troika Games. Troika is the studio that created Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines. Bloodlines is one of the greatest games I have ever played. 

Ensemble Studios

Factor 5

Lucas Arts

Bizzare Studios

Rareware.

Quest. 

Rareware (obviously), Sierra, Free Radical, and Troika Games. Troika is the studio that created Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines. Bloodlines is one of the greatest games I have ever played. 

DeadlyNinjas128

Squaresoft and Enix: both these companies died as far as I am concerned when they merged. 90% of their games when they were seperate companies were pure gold, however 90% of the games they have released as Squarenix have been garbage. 

Eurocom. Their quality was jumpy, I'll admit, but they knew how to make good games when they made it.

Also add: Midway.

Squaresoft and Enix: both these companies died as far as I am concerned when they merged. 90% of their games when they were seperate companies were pure gold, however 90% of the games they have released as Squarenix have been garbage. 

Shenmue_Jehuty

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Toplan

Renovation

Sega as a hardware developer

I think everyone mentioned any other company I could have listed.

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AtelierFan

I knew I forgot something in my list. MUSHA, Blazing Lazers, etc are awesome games.

THQ. 

Simply for the fact that i'm a Wrestling game fan, and they had a great run with it. But at the same time, i can't wait to see what 2K does with the WWE Series. Would have loved for THQ to try their hand at a TNA Game, but now we'll never know. 

Hopefully someone tries a different approach than the first TNA Game, but now i'm getting off topic...lol

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Eikichi-Onizuka

I knew I forgot something in my list. MUSHA, Blazing Lazers, etc are awesome games.

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AtelierFan

I knew I forgot something in my list. MUSHA, Blazing Lazers, etc are awesome games.

Squaresoft and Enix: both these companies died as far as I am concerned when they merged. 90% of their games when they were seperate companies were pure gold, however 90% of the games they have released as Squarenix have been garbage. 

Shenmue_Jehuty

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Squaresoft and Enix: both these companies died as far as I am concerned when they merged. 90% of their games when they were seperate companies were pure gold, however 90% of the games they have released as Squarenix have been garbage. 

Eikichi-Onizuka