Appaloosa Interactive (formerly Novotrade International) was a corporation, founded in 1982 in Hungary, that produced video games,[1] computer programs and television commercials during the 1980s and 1990s.
[1][3] Novotrade began operating branches in the United States in 1989,[1] and was renamed Appaloosa Interactive (after the horse breed of the same name) in November 1996.
[3][4] That month, the company unveiled its 10-month-old Internet technologies division, Appaloosa Online.
[1] Appaloosa also developed two Contra games on the PlayStation and Sega Saturn for Konami.
Appaloosa had 100 employees as of January 2001 and had produced over 150 video games up to that point, many of which were released in Europe.