Formed by
Dave Palmer - founder of
Alligata and
Alternative Software - in 1988 by assembling talent identified in his days at
Alligata, publisher
Hi-Tec Software was formed in order to foster the creative talents of the programmers and artists of
PAL Developments.
Hi-Tec made their name by producing games featuring the world famous
Looney Tunes and most of the
Hanna Barbera cartoon TV series, including Yogi Bear, Jetsons, Wacky Races, Speedy Gonzales, Taz Mania and Scooby Doo.
Hi-Tec Software was the videogame license holder for Europe and Australasia with
Warner Bros and
Hanna Barbera for most of their classic cartoon characters. In late 1992,
PAL Developments changed its name to
David A. Palmer Productions after becoming insolvent. At the same time they became authorised
Nintendo developers, producing the award-winning Game Boy title Speedy Gonzales, Taz Mania for Sunsoft and Dennis The Menace for Ocean. Speedy won best of show award from Nintendo Power at CES Las Vegas 1993. The company also produced the SNES version of Speedy. Other developments included Music-X for Windows and VirtuaMusic - the world's first full-duplex global real-time music networking system for musicians.
