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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer and video games |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | John Swiderski |
| Defunct | September 2012 |
| Headquarters | Deer Park, Washington |
Key people | John Swiderski, CEO and founder |
| Products | Cat Wash, Passport to Perfume, Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe, Everything Nice, Myst, Riven, Pet Shop Hop, Vegas Nights and Exidy games |
Number of employees | 14 (2012) |
| Website | meanhamster |
Mean Hamster Software, Inc. was a video game developer founded by John Swiderski in 1985. Mean Hamster Software created several games for the Atari 5200 from 1999-2004. They then created Myst for Windows Mobile in 2005, and after the release of Riven: The Sequel to Myst for Pocket PC in 2006, Mean Hamster began work on its first casual games. The company was located in Deer Park, Washington (just outside Spokane, WA).
In 2006, Mean Hamster Software acquired the rights to the Exidy catalog, which includes titles such as Crossbow, Venture and Mouse Trap.
The company closed its doors and laid off all its remaining employees in September 2012.[1][2]
- ^ "Deer Park's Mean Hamster Software shuts down, eight positions eliminated". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ "Deer Park company falls off app map". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2016-07-09.