Lankhor was a French video game developer based in Clamart, France. The company was founded in 1987 by Jean-Luc Langlois and Kyilkohr. Lankhor was known for developing Mortville Manor, the first video game to feature speech synthesis during gameplay.
In 1998, the company won the award for the Best French Company by the magazine Génération 4.
History Lankhor was founded in 1987 as a result of the merger between Kyilkohr creations and Béatrice & Jean-Luc Langlois. Lankhor gained fame with productions such as the arcade game Wanderer (1987) by the Langlois siblings and, above all, the adventure games Mortville Manor and Maupiti Island. Mortevielle by Gourier and Bernard Grélaud was published for the first time in 1986 on the Sinclair QL platform, but in the refreshed version of Lankhor (with a new title board and speech synthesizer) was successful a significant commercial success, repeated by Maupiti Island. Another commercial success for Lankhor was the racing game Vroom, simulating the competition during Formula 1. Mortevielle, Maupiti Island and Vroom were awarded Tilt d'Or statuettes, awarded by the industry magazine Tilt.
From 1994, the company abandoned its publishing activities to devote itself solely to development. At the beginning of 1996, Daniel Macré having joined Jean-Luc Langlois in the company management, signed a development contract for Formula 1 games under FIA license with the British publisher Eidos Interactive. In 2000, Lankhor was developing video games for Microïds including Ski Park Manager which was released in 2002. The company however experienced a difficult financial situation which started at the end of the same year; this situation led the company to cancel its contract with Video System, a Japanese video game distribution house. At the end of 2001, Lankhor announced its closure which came to pass on October 3, 2002.
Games +YearTitle1987Mortville Manor1987No (Never Outside!)1987Wanderer1988Elemental1988G.Nius1988Killdozers1988Rody & Mastico1988Troubadours1990 Maupiti Island1990 Raiders1990 Saga1990 Sdaw1990 La Secte Noire1991 Alive1991 Alcantor1991 Burglar1991Fugitif1991 Infernal House1991 La Crypte Des Maudits1991 La Malédiction1991 Le Trésor D'Ali Gator1991 Mokowe1991 Outzone1991 Vroom1992 Silva1992 Survivre1993 Black Sect1993 F11995 Kawasaki Superbike1998 New Order Liberation1999 Official Formula One Racing2000 F-1 World Grand Prix2000 Warm Up!2002 Ski Park Manager
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External links (archived) lankhor.net: an unofficial tribute site