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| x Jordan Mechner |
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Prince of Persia | Karateka |
Jordan Mechner (born 4 June 1964) is an American game programmer, game designer, screenwriter and movie director. Mechner was born in New York City. He graduated from Yale University with a BA in Psychology in 1985. He is best known for creating the...
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| x Red Orb Entertainment |
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Prince of Persia |
Red Orb Entertainment was a division of the Brøderbund software company created to market its gaming titles, distinguishing them from its considerable library of edutainment titles, which it marketed to schools. The name comes from the first six...
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| x Smoking Car Productions |
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The Last Express |
Jordan Mechner founded Smoking Car Productions to create the computer game The Last Express. The company was located in San Francisco from 1993 - 1997 and at its peak had sixty full-time employees
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| x James M. Brown | D/Generation | |||
| x Robert Cook |
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Gumball | Karateka |
Robert Cook is co-founder and SVP Platform Partnerships at Metaweb. You can find out more about him at his Freebase user page.
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| x MicroProse |
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Civilization |
MicroProse, as a corporation and brand name, has been owned by several entities since its original founding by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey in 1982, as Microprose Software.
Founded in 1982 by Bill Stealey and Sid Meier, Microprose Software, Inc was...
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| Return of the Phantom | ||||
| Gunship | ||||
| Stunt Car Racer | ||||
| X-COM: UFO Defense | ||||
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| x Maxis |
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The Sims |
Maxis Software is an American company founded as an independent video game developer in 1987. It is currently a subsidiary of Electronic Arts (EA). Maxis is the creator of the best-selling computer game of all time, The Sims and the sequels The Sims...
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| SimCity | ||||
| The Sims 2: Nightlife | ||||
| The Sims Online | ||||
| SimCity 3000 | ||||
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| x Roberta Williams |
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Roberta Williams (born February 16, 1953) is an American video game designer. She is most famous for her pioneering work in graphical adventure games, particularly the King's Quest series.
In the eighties and nineties, Roberta and her husband, Ken...
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| x Chris Crawford | Balance of Power |
Chris Crawford is a noted computer game designer and writer. He created a number of important games in the 1980s, founded The Journal of Computer Game Design, and organized the Computer Game Developers' Conference.
After receiving a B.S. in physics...
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| Eastern Front | ||||
| Legionnaire | ||||
| Patton Versus Rommel | ||||
| Excalibur | ||||
| x Chris Roberts |
Chris Roberts (born May 27, 1968) is a computer game designer, programmer, film producer, and director. He is best known for creating the popular Wing Commander series while employed at Origin Systems.
Born in Redwood City, California, Roberts grew...
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| x Nintendo |
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Super Mario Bros. | Mario Kart Wii |
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha) is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small...
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| Super Play Action Football | PictureBook Games: The Royal Bluff | |||
| Star Fox | ||||
| Common Sense Training | ||||
| Bound High | ||||
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| x Sensei Software | ||||
| x Looking Glass Studios |
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System Shock |
Looking Glass Studios was a computer game development company during the 1990s.
The company originally formed as Looking Glass Technologies, when Blue Sky Productions and Lerner Research merged.
Their games were regarded for demonstrating innovative...
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| Thief: The Dark Project | ||||
| System Shock 2 | ||||
| Destruction Derby 64 | ||||
| Flight Unlimited | ||||
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| x Gathering of Developers |
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Gathering of Developers (aka God Games and Gathering) was a Texas-based PC and video games publishing company, founded in January 1998 with the mission to bridge the gap between publishers and independent game developers, allowing independent...
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| x Atomic Games | Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far |
Atomic Games is a video game developer, specializing mostly in wargames. The company has developed titles such as the Close Combat series, the World at War series, as well as the V for Victory series. Atomic Games was acquired by Destineer Games on...
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| Close Combat III: The Russian Front | ||||
| Close Combat: Marines | ||||
| Close Combat | ||||
| Six Days in Fallujah | ||||
| x Sigil Games Online | Vanguard: Saga of Heroes |
Sigil Games Online, Inc. was a computer game developer based in Carlsbad, California that was founded by Brad McQuaid and Jeff Butler in January 2002. On January 30, 2007, Sigil released their debut game "Vanguard: Saga of Heroes", a massively...
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| x 989 Studios |
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NBA 06 |
989 Studios was a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) that developed games for the PlayStation consoles and Windows personal computers. Their titles include Twisted Metal III and 4, Syphon Filter and Syphon Filter 2, Jet Moto 3,...
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| Blasto | ||||
| Twisted Metal | ||||
| 2Xtreme | ||||
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| x Stormfront Studios | Stronghold |
Stormfront Studios was a video game developer based in San Rafael, California which had one of the longest creative histories in the industry. In 2007, the company had over 50 developers working on two teams, and owned all its proprietary engines,...
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| NASCAR 99 | ||||
| ESPN Baseball Tonight | ||||
| Hot Wheels Turbo Racing | ||||
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| x Gearbox Software |
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Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway |
Gearbox Software, LLC is an American video game development company based in Plano, Texas.
Gearbox was founded in January 1999 by five members of the content team from the defunct developer Rebel Boat Rocker: Randy Pitchford, Brian Martel, Stephen...
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| Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | ||||
| James Bond 007: Nightfire | ||||
| Halo: Combat Evolved | ||||
| Brothers In Arms: Earned in Blood | ||||
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| x Dynamix |
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Betrayal at Krondor |
Dynamix, Inc. was an American developer of computer games from 1984 to 2001, best known for their flight simulator, Red Baron, the Front Page Sports series and their online multiplayer game, Tribes.
The company was founded in Eugene, Oregon in 1984...
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| Arcticfox | ||||
| Abrams Battle Tank | ||||
| Tribes 2 | ||||
| Aces of the Pacific | ||||
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| x New World Computing |
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Heroes Chronicles |
New World Computing, Inc. was an American computer game developer and publisher founded in 1984 by Jon Van Caneghem, his wife, Michaela Van Caneghem, and Mark Caldwell. It was best known for its work on the Might and Magic computer role-playing game...
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| Heroes of Might and Magic | ||||
| Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen | ||||
| Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia | ||||
| Might and Magic IX | ||||
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| x Jon Van Caneghem |
Jon Van Caneghem is a computer game designer and producer. He is most recognized for creating the Might and Magic role-playing game series and its strategy spin-off Heroes of Might and Magic.
Van Caneghem founded New World Computing in 1983. The...
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| x Stu Megan |
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FMO Chess Club |
Stu , took a break from his retirement, and as a consultant, helped with the Quality Assurance testing of.... Metaweb!
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| Rays | ||||
| Squad Patrol | ||||
| The Secret | ||||
| x Doug Carlston |
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Doug Carlston was CEO, chairman, and co-founder (with brother Gary) of Brøderbund Software, a software publishing firm that produced such hit titles as Myst and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. Brøderbund was acquired by The Learning Company...
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| x Marc Goodman | The Bilestoad | |||
| x Sir-Tech | Freakin' Funky Fuzzballs |
Sir-Tech Software, Inc. was a United States-based video game developer and publisher founded by Robert Woodhead and Norman Sirotek. While the original company closed its doors in 2001, its Canadian counter-part Sir-Tech Canada continued to operate...
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| Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | ||||
| Wizardry 8 | ||||
| Legacy of Llylgamyn | ||||
| Crusaders of the Dark Savant | ||||
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| x http://www.dice.se/ | Battlefield 1942 | |||
| x Zack "Jick" Johnson | Kingdom of Loathing | |||
| x Nintendo Software Technology |
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Project H.A.M.M.E.R. |
Nintendo Software Technology Corporation (NST) is an American-based first-party developer for the Japanese video game corporation Nintendo. NST was created to specifically create games for Nintendo consoles for the North American market. Although...
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| Mario vs. Donkey Kong | ||||
| Wave Race: Blue Storm | ||||
| Donkey Kong Plus | ||||
| 1080° Avalanche | ||||
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| x LucasArts |
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Labyrinth | Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders |
LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC is an American video game developer and publisher. The company was famous for its innovative line of graphic adventure games, the critical and commercial success of which peaked in the mid 1990s. Today, it mainly...
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| The Dig | Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders | |||
| Full Throttle | Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders | |||
| Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis | Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders | |||
| LOOM | Star Wars: Force Unleashed | |||
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| x Westwood Studios |
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert |
Westwood Studios was a computer and video game developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Westwood is best know for developing game series in the real-time strategy, adventure,...
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| SAGE engine | ||||
| The Lion King | ||||
| Command & Conquer: Renegade | ||||
| Roadwar 2000 | ||||
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| x Westwood Studios | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | |||
| x Double Fine Productions |
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Psychonauts |
Double Fine Productions is a video game developer founded in July 2000 by Tim Schafer after his departure from LucasArts. He started Double Fine with a mixture of personnel from the Grim Fandango development team and new employees.
The name "Double...
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| Brütal Legend | ||||
| x Delphine Software International |
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Flashback: The Quest for Identity |
Delphine Software was a French video game developer company. They were famous for their games Another World and Flashback, which bore a similarity to Prince of Persia, both in gameplay and in utilizing rotoscoped animation. They were also known for...
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| Another World | ||||
| Cruise for a Corpse | ||||
| Operation Stealth | ||||
| Future Wars | ||||
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| x Bullfrog Productions |
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Populous |
Bullfrog Productions was a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux. The company achieved recognition in 1989 for their third release, Populous.
At the time of the company's founding, Edgar and Molyneux...
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| Powermonger | ||||
| Theme Park World | ||||
| Theme Park | ||||
| Flood | ||||
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| x Realtime Games Software | Carrier Command | Starglider |
Realtime Games Software Ltd. is a defunct British video game developer. It was founded in 1984 by three Leeds University students, Ian Oliver, Andrew Onions and Graeme Baird.
Their first game, 3D Tank Duel, was a wireframe graphics game in the style...
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| Battle Command | ||||
| x Jeff Minter |
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Revenge of the Mutant Camels |
Jeff 'Yak' Minter (born in Reading, April 22, 1962) is a British computer/video game designer and programmer. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and his recent works include Neon (2004), a non-game music visualization program that has...
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| Attack of the Mutant Camels | ||||
| Llamatron | ||||
| Abductor | ||||
| Hover Bovver | ||||
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| x Cavedog Entertainment |
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Total Annihilation |
Cavedog Entertainment, or Cavedog, was a video game developer based in Bothell, Washington. Cavedog released the real-time strategy games Total Annihilation and Total Annihilation: Kingdoms.
Cavedog Entertainment was a label created in 1996 by...
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| Total Annihilation: Kingdoms | ||||
| Amen: The Awakening | ||||
| Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency | ||||
| Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics | ||||
| x Bethesda Softworks |
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |
Bethesda Softworks, LLC, a ZeniMax Media Company, is a developer and publisher of video games. The company is based in Rockville, Maryland, in the United States. With a broad panoply of games in role-playing, racing, simulation, and sports, Bethesda...
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| The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | ||||
| The Terminator 2029 | ||||
| The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon | ||||
| Delta-V | ||||
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| x Square Enix |
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Final Fantasy XII | The World Ends With You |
Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス, Sukuwea Enikkusu Hōrudingusu) TYO: 9684 is a video game and publishing company based in Japan best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Dragon Quest series,...
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| Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift | ||||
| Final Fantasy XIII | ||||
| Kingdom Hearts II | ||||
| Final Fantasy Versus XIII | ||||
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| x Taito Corporation |
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Rainbow Islands |
The Taito Corporation (株式会社タイトー, kabushikigaisha taitō) is a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware wholly owned by publisher Square Enix.
Taito Trading Company was established by a Russian Jewish businessman named Michael...
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| Bust-a-Move 3000 | ||||
| Bubble Memories | ||||
| Big Event Golf | ||||
| Magic Pengel | ||||
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| x Maelstrom Games | Flames of Freedom | |||
| Midwinter | ||||
| x Computer's Dream | B.A.T. |
Computer's Dream was the developer of the B.A.T. series, including the first B.A.T. and its sequel The Koshan Conspiracy. The team consisted of Olivier Cordoleani and Hervé Lange. Computer's Dream was renamed to Haiku Studios in 1993, which...
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| B.A.T. II - The Koshan Conspiracy | ||||
| x Rare | GoldenEye 007 | |||
| x Cave |
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Ibara |
CAVE CO., LTD. (Computer Art Visual Entertainment) is a Japanese video game company, known primarily for its manic shoot 'em ups. CAVE remains one of the most active makers of arcade shoot-'em-ups in the Japanese market. The company was formed...
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| Pink Sweets - Ibara Sorekara | ||||
| ESP Ra.De. | ||||
| Espgaluda | ||||
| Espgaluda II | ||||
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| x Soren Johnson | Civilization IV |
Soren Johnson is a video game designer and programmer. He was employed by Firaxis Games from 2000 to 2007, where he co-designed several of their most popular games.
Prior to his work at Firaxis, he acquired a BA in history and a master's degree in...
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| x 8ing/Raizing |
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Dimahoo |
Eighting Co., Ltd. (also called 8ing/Raizing, Eighting/Raizing, Raizing, Eighting or 8ing) is a Japanese video game company mainly known for its shoot 'em ups and its fighting games.
Raizing was formed primarily from staff of the arcade developer...
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| Kururin Squash! | ||||
| Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 | ||||
| Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors | ||||
| 1944: The Loop Master | ||||
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| x Peter Stock | Armadillo Run | |||
| x Frontier Developments | RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 | LostWinds |
Frontier Developments is a video game developer based in Cambridge, England. It was originally founded by David Braben to develop Frontier, the sequel to Elite.
Frontier was released in 1993 to critical and commercial success, and a sequel, First...
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| Virus | LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias | |||
| The Outsider | ||||
| Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo | ||||
| Dog's Life | ||||
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| x Chris Sawyer |
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Transport Tycoon |
Chris Sawyer is a Scottish computer game developer who is best-known for designing and programming Transport Tycoon and the RollerCoaster Tycoon series.
Sawyer entered the games industry in 1983, writing games in Z80 machine code on the Memotech MTX...
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| RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 | ||||
| RollerCoaster Tycoon | ||||
| Chris Sawyer's Locomotion | ||||
| x Nadeo | TrackMania |
Nadeo is a French video game developer, based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris. They are the developers of the TrackMania and Virtual Skipper series of video games.
In February of 2009, advertisements began appearing occasionally on TrackMania load...
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| Virtual Skipper 5: 32nd America's Cup: The Game | ||||
| x Origin Systems |
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Strike Commander |
Origin Systems, Inc. (sometimes abbreviated as OSI) was a computer game developer based in Austin, Texas that was active from 1983 to 2004. It is most famous for the Ultima, Wing Commander, and Crusader game franchises.
The company was founded in...
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| Wing Commander: Armada | ||||
| Ultima Online: Age of Shadows | ||||
| Ultima Online | ||||
| Ultima Online: Third Dawn | ||||
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| x HummingBirdSoft | Deep Dungeon |
HummingBirdSoft (ハミングバードソフト) is a defunct Japanese video game company. The company was established in 1982 as a real estate agent, but in 1983 began to develop computer games. The company heavily participated in the Disk Original Group, a collective...
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| x Virtuality | Missile Command 3D |
Virtuality is the debut single released by virtual girl group (i.e. cartoon animations) the V-Birds, released in April, 2003.
The girls sing about their "cosmic nature", and introduce themselves one by one in a rap section. The video shows the girls...
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| x Synapse Software | New York City |
Synapse Software Corporation (marketed as SynSoft in the UK) was an American computer game development and publishing company active during the early-1980s. They developed primarily for the Atari 400 and 800 computers, and (later on) the Commodore...
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| Alley Cat | ||||
| Blue Max | ||||
| x Moonpod |
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Starscape |
Moonpod is a computer game company founded in 2002 and located in Sheffield in the UK. It was founded by Mark Featherstone, Nick Tipping and Darren Griffiths (who later left the company in 2005), having left Rage Software Limited shortly before it...
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| Mr. Robot | ||||
| x Tri-Ace |
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Star Ocean: Blue Sphere |
tri-Ace, Incorporated (株式会社トライエース, Kabushiki Gaisha Toraiēsu) is a Japanese video game development company formed in 1995 by former Telenet Japan employees Yoshiharu Gotanda (programmer, current tri-Ace President), Masaki Norimoto (game designer)...
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| Infinite Undiscovery | ||||
| Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria | ||||
| Radiata Stories | ||||
| Star Ocean: Till the End of Time | ||||
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| x Fuse Games | Metroid Prime Pinball |
Fuse Games is a Cotswold, Burford based video game developer best known for developing pinball games for Nintendo and is currently a second-party company for the video game console maker.
The small team were founded by the makers of the award...
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| Mario Pinball Land | ||||
| x Ganksoft Entertainment |
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DC Tonic |
Ganksoft Entertainment is an American video game and computer game developer.
"Ganksoft Entertainment" was started by Brian Peek in 1998 as a group name for his software projects. Ganksoft has grown since then, and has gone from a group releasing...
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| Marbol | ||||
| x Taldren, Inc. | Star Trek: Starfleet Command III |
Taldren, Inc. in Costa Mesa, California, was the developer behind the Star Trek: Starfleet Command series published by Activision and Interplay.
The company was founded by Erik Bethke, Sean Dumas, and Zachary Drummond as well as 6 other members of...
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| Star Trek Starfleet Command II: Empires at War | ||||
| Star Trek Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates | ||||
