Abandoned Places: A Time for Heroes
Development
Development
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*Abandoned Places* was developed by the founders of Hungarian video game development company [ArtGame](/wiki/Art_game "Art game"), István Fábián and Ferenc Staengler, along with musician [György Dragon](/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Dragom%C3%A1n "György Dragomán"), who joined them in 1989\. The game was inspired by [Advanced Dungeons \& Dragons](/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons") and [Dungeon Master](/wiki/Dungeon_Master "Dungeon Master") tabletop role\-playing games. Starting in spring 1990 the company pitched the game to several publishers, including [Electronic Arts](/wiki/Electronic_Arts "Electronic Arts"), but they were finalizing the publishing deal for a similar game, [Raven Software](/wiki/Raven_Software "Raven Software")'s *[Black Crypt](/wiki/Black_Crypt "Black Crypt")* just a week before, so they rejected the game. The game was finished and tested by January 1992, a month before its release. The developers received little to no compensation for their work on the game, they were even banned from the game's Hungarian launch event.


Which publishers were pitched the game but rejected it?