Cor-Son Games

Cor-Son Games was a game developer owned by The Corning/Emerson Group. It was formed following the acquisition and rebranding of the Sheffield-based Data Ministry. They operated the label as a publisher of unlicensed NES games, but rechristened it in 1990 after the new staff moved to the US, establishing its new office out of an abandoned strip-mall in Dallas, Texas, but eventually had different offices and teams set up in Las Vegas, Memphis and Boston, along with a temporary studio in Salt Lake City, which was used during their collaborations with Saffire Corporation. While the company took on the Cor-Son name, they originally operated under a proxy, Alive Systems, in its first two years to work around the limitations of NES carts.

In 1995, the company became well-recognized in the licensed gaming community, with their games being of decent quality thanks to them working on projects in advance and collaborating with other developers. Different projects would be worked on by Cor-Son's branches and the best alphas would be chosen while the others would be modified for future titles. Cor-Son also kept old alphas which they edited for newer games so they could meet deadlines more efficiently. They were a frequent developer for the SEGA Dreamcast, and XBOX, as almost all of their games were released on both systems.

In 2006, all regional offices were merged into one entity and 50% of the label was sold to WB Games, who published their games since then. It was also at that point that the label decided to enter the "AAA" market and produce more serious titles. The label abandoned the game industry in 2014 out of protest toward the direction the industry was heading at that point.