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Electronic Arts-Tiburon is the biggest player, but dozens of other Florida companies develop games or provide products or services to support the industry. Here are a few:

n-Space
Headquarters: Orlando
Founded: 1994
2004 Revenue: $5 million to $10 million
Employees: 45
What It Does: Develops original video game titles for large publishers such as Nintendo. Among its top sellers: Mary Kate & Ashley: Sweet Sixteen; Rugrats: Search for Reptar; Duke Nukem: Time to Kill

eDimensional
Headquarters: West Palm Beach
Founded: 2000
2004 Revenue: $2 million
Employees: 9
What It Does: Manufactures and distributes a line of high-tech glasses that produce 3-D images of many popular video games

Alienware
Headquarters: Miami
Founded: 1996
2004 Revenue: $111 million
Employees: 291 in Miami, 550 worldwide
What It Does: Manufactures and distributes high-end, high-performance PCs for serious gamers

Theglobe.com
Headquarters: Fort Lauderdale
Founded: 1995
2004 Revenue: $16 million
Employees: 100
What It Does: Better known for its struggling internet voice service, the company's core business supports the gaming industry with an online video game service, magazines and a video game distribution company.

Infinium Labs
Headquarters: Sarasota
Founded: 2002
2004 Revenue: N/A
Employees: 65
What It Does: Skeptics abound, but the company is planning a 2005 launch of the much-ballyhooed Phantom Game Service, allowing subscribers to access a broad library of video games using a custom gaming console.

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