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1	Shiny Entertainment was a {{Video Game\|s}} company founded by Northern Irish video game developer David Perry, formerly of Virgin Interactive (who made [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Aladdin game]]), in 1993. Headquartered at Laguna Beach, California, their most well-known game is ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''. They were first purchased by Creator/InterplayEntertainment, then, in 2002, they were bought by Infogrames (later renamed Creator/{{Atari}} after Infogrames acquired the Atari brand), and they and they continued until 2007, when they were bought by Foundation 9 and merged with a company called The Collective to form Creator/DoubleHelixGames. Later, in 2014, Double Helix Games was bought by Creator/{{Amazon}} and integrated into Amazon Game Studios.
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3	!!Games created by Creator/ShinyEntertainment
4	[[index]]
5	* ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' (1994)
6	** ''Earthworm Jim 2'' (1995)
7	* ''VideoGame/{{MDK}}'' (1997)
8	* ''VideoGame/{{Wild 9}}'' (1998)
9	* ''R/C Stunt Copter'' (1999)
10	* ''VideoGame/{{Messiah}}'' (2000)
11	* ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' (2000)
12	* ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' (2003)
13	* ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' (2005)
14	* ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' (2007)
15	[[/index]]
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17	!!Shiny Entertainment and their works provide examples of:
18	* BreakthroughHit: ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''.
19	* CreatorKiller: ''VideoGame/EnterTheMatrix'' was the start of their fall from grace. ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'' game was their last game before being merged with The Collective after being poorly received.
20	* DropTheCow: Started with ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''. As a ShoutOut, there would be cows dropped in some parts of ''VideoGame/{{MDK}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}''.
21	* ExcusePlot: Some of their older games, including ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'', ''VideoGame/{{MDK}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Wild 9}}''.
22	* LicensedGame: Their later titles.

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