BAM! Entertainment

'''BAM! Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Bay Area Multimedia, Inc.''') is an American dormant video game publisher based in San Jose, California. The company was founded by Ray Musci in October 1999.

History
American entrepreneur Ray Musci founded Bay Area Multimedia on October 7, 1999. In December the following year, the company was renamed BAM! Entertainment.

In 2000, BAM! entered a partnership with Cartoon Network, which would allow the company to release games based on Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls. The Cartoon Network partnership expanded to include Samurai Jack and Ed, Edd 'n Eddy in 2002.

In February 2001, BAM! Entertainment Limited, the British subsidiary of BAM! Entertainment, entered into a distribution deal with French publisher Ubi Soft which would allow them to distribute BAM!'s games in the entirety of Europe except for the United Kingdom.

In 2002, BAM! started to suffer from financial problems, which led to the NASDAQ threatening to delist the company.

In 2003, the distribution deal between Ubi Soft and BAM! expired, with BAM! eventually entering a new distribution deal with Acclaim Entertainment in August 2003. Unlike the Ubi Soft partnership, the Acclaim deal included all PAL region countries. The deal ended after Acclaim's bankruptcy the following year.

In 2004, BAM! acquired VIS Entertainment and fellow subsidiary State of Emergency Development. The NASDAQ finally delisted BAM!'s stock in the same year and due to this, BAM! fell into dormancy in 2005 and hasn't released any new products since the delisting.

In 2005, VIS Entertainment fell into administration and was eventually closed in 2007.