Starwave

Starwave was a Seattle, Washington-based software and website company, founded in 1993 by Paul Allen,<ref name=disney-buy/> co-founder of Microsoft and led by CEO Mike Slade.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The company produced original CD-ROM titles, including Muppets Inside, and titles for Clint Eastwood, Sting,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Peter Gabriel. They were the original developers of Castle Infinity, the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game for children, but Starwave's most lasting mark was in the area of web content sites. They developed ESPN.com, ABCNEWS.com, Outside Online, and Mr. Showbiz.com among other sites, setting the standard for much of the commercial Internet explosion of the late 1990s. Starwave also developed the first site and publishing system for Jim Cramer's TheStreet.com.

Disney

The company merged with Infoseek and was later sold to The Walt Disney Company. In April 1998, Disney purchased the outstanding shares of Starwave from Allen<ref name=buyout>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> after an initial buy of about 30% in 1997.<ref name=disney-buy>Template:Cite news</ref> The new entity, Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) developed the Go.com portal.

In 2004, Disney re-activated the Starwave identity as Starwave Mobile, which published casual games for mobile phones.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They published several Scarface licensed games including Scarface: Money. Power. Respect. and games from Capybara Games including Critter Crunch.

External links

• Starwave Takes the Web ... (Seriously) | Fast Company
• Starwave in Disneyland | Salon
• Starwavers List of Former Starwave Employees
• The Long Strange Trip to Java by Patrick Naughton, who left Sun for Starwave