tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post7910751848758429794..comments2024-03-24T17:41:28.172-05:00Comments on The Golden Age Arcade Historian: Early Video Game Companies - Incorporation DatesKeith Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08421308095592306594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post-39082731950152524132012-10-22T05:20:07.627-05:002012-10-22T05:20:07.627-05:00Hi...From my point of view i did not see any games...Hi...From my point of view i did not see any games like what you mentioning here in past days.....history of video gameshttp://www.bvira.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post-44235991052526458542012-10-11T09:00:12.733-05:002012-10-11T09:00:12.733-05:00Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.
I was s...Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. <br />I was searching at http://www.ilsos.gov/corporatellc/<br /><br />I did find an entry fro Action Graphics and a few others (Taito America in '73, Williams Electronics in '74 (though they were founded back '43).<br /><br />Others, however, I didn't find.<br />I only found D. Gottlieb under the entry for Mylstar. They listed a "qualification" date of 1976, but Gottlieb has been around since the 20s. It said it was incorprated in Delaware but they may mean Mylstar. All I found on the Delaware site was an entry for David Gottlieb & Sons in 1991.<br /><br />Stern Electronics appears under Sphere Point Enterprises (incorporated 1999)<br /><br />Midway Manufacturing appears under Midway Games (1988). I didn't find anything in Delaware.<br /><br />I found nothing for Fascination Ltd (just Fascination inc which was too late), See Fun, Kitco (other than an aircraft parts company) or a number of others.<br /><br />Gremlin was actually incorporated in Delaware. There was a funny story about that. When they called the Secretary of State's offie (or whomever they called when they incorporated ca 1970) they told the person that their company name was "Grindleman Industries" (from partners Carl GRINDLE and Frank FogelMAN) but the person misheard it as Gremlin Industries and they decided to keep it.<br />Keith Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08421308095592306594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8167179463808604240.post-73754689250375498582012-10-11T07:23:37.367-05:002012-10-11T07:23:37.367-05:00"NOTE: It appears that the Illinois Secretary..."NOTE: It appears that the Illinois Secretary of State's website only allows you to search for corportaions that are still in good standing and not ones that aren't around any more. Too bad."<br /><br />That's not true. I've looked up several companies in the past, and I just looked up Action Graphics to make sure.<br /><br />As for Gremlin, that's strange that there's nothing. Gremlin became Sega Electronics. Maybe the name was changed again to something we don't know about.CRVhttp://gdri.smspower.org/noreply@blogger.com