Rebel Boat Rocker is a video game developer founded by Billy and Jason Zelsnack in 1997. Staffed largely by ex-3DRealms employees, they were signed by EA to create Prax War 2018, a "near future, military, sci-fi, action adventure" using a proprietary java-based engine. (The company's name reportedly came from Billy Zelsnack's firing at Epic Megagames, where he was accused of being a "rebel" and "rocking the boat".

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  • 1997-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
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  • Billy Zelsnack, Jason Zelsnack, Randy Pitchford, Brian Martel
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  • Billy Zelsnack, Jason Zelsnack, Randy Pitchford, Brian Martel
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  • Rebel Boat Rocker is a video game developer founded by Billy and Jason Zelsnack in 1997. Staffed largely by ex-3DRealms employees, they were signed by EA to create Prax War 2018, a "near future, military, sci-fi, action adventure" using a proprietary java-based engine. (The company's name reportedly came from Billy Zelsnack's firing at Epic Megagames, where he was accused of being a "rebel" and "rocking the boat". ) After 18 months of work, the project was canceled by EA, who stated that the game had "missed its technology window" and the company dissolved. Five members of the RBR content team went on to form Gearbox Software in 1999.
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  • Rebel Boat Rocker
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  • January 2009
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  • Rebel Boat Rocker is a video game developer founded by Billy and Jason Zelsnack in 1997. Staffed largely by ex-3DRealms employees, they were signed by EA to create Prax War 2018, a "near future, military, sci-fi, action adventure" using a proprietary java-based engine. (The company's name reportedly came from Billy Zelsnack's firing at Epic Megagames, where he was accused of being a "rebel" and "rocking the boat".
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