Singletrac Hops on Bandwagon

Today Salt Lake City-based Singletrac announced that it has signed an agreement with Nintendo to develop games for the Nintendo 64. This significantly expands Singletrac's development horizon: Once PlayStation-exclusive, Singletrac will now become a true multi-platform development house.

"We are thrilled to be creating titles for the N64," said Todd Kelly, Singletrac's executive vice president of sales and marketing in a statement. "This agreement allows Singletrac to extend its heritage in real-time 3-D, high-action gameplay and bring it to an even higher level."

Past Singletrac work includes best-selling PlayStation titles like Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal 2, WarHawk, and Jet Moto - all of which were produced for Sony Computer Entertainment America. Those titles will not be ported to the Nintendo 64, because under Singletrac's deal with Sony, Sony maintains ownership of those titles. Specific game titles or projects have not yet been announced, but the developer hopes to better the quality of its current PlayStation offerings by using the N64 hardware to the fullest.

"We are excited to have Singletrac as part of the N64 team," said Nintendo of America Chairman Howard Lincoln in a statement. "We're confident their proven real-time 3-D technical capabilities will fully exploit the potential of the N64 system."