| Accolade | Accolade was an American video game developer and publisher of the 1980s and 1990s. It was founded in 1984 by game industry veterans Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead. Miller and Whitehead founded Accolade after leaving another game developer and publisher they had founded, Activision, the first third-party game developer. |
Grand Prix Circuits
Grand Prix - The Cycles
Test Drive 3
Summer Games
Test Drive 2
Test Drive
The Games: Winter Challenge
Gunboat
Star Control
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| Apogee | Since 1987, Apogee Software has been a multifaceted pioneer and innovator in the PC gaming industry. Apogee’s first breakthrough was in shareware marketing. Apogee is considered the founder and original champion of the independent game developer. In 1994 Apogee created a new division, 3D Realms Entertainment, with the goal of developing innovative, interactive, immersive and of course fun 3D action games. |
Duke Nukem 2
Duke Nukem 3
Duke Nukem
Commander Keen 1
Commander Keen 2
Commander Keen 3
Commander Keen 4
Commander Keen 5
Commander Keen 6
Commander Keen 7
Monster Bash
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| Bits of Magic | They developed famous Centurion game and left for ever. |
Centurion
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| Blizzard | Blizzard Entertainment® is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software. After establishing the Blizzard Entertainment label in 1994, the company quickly became one of the most popular and well-respected makers of computer games. By focusing on creating well-designed, highly enjoyable entertainment experiences, Blizzard Entertainment has maintained an unparalleled reputation for quality since its inception. |
Lost Vikings
Warcraft
Blackthorne
Lost Vikings 2
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| Blue Byte | Blue Byte GmbH is one of the pioneers of Germany's video game sector. Founded in 1988 and based in the Ruhr area, its business is the development of entertainment software. The game studio quickly grew into a German publisher with its own sales branches in Great Britain, the USA and Australia. Blue Byte produced two of the best known series in the history of Germany computer gaming: THE SETTLERS® series and the Battle Isle™ saga. |
UGH
Settlers
Settlers 2
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| Bullfrog | Founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux, Bullfrog was created as a small group of like-minded game enthusiasts aiming to produce original computer games that offered something a little more cerebral and challenging than many of the simplistic arcade style games available at the time. The studio was acquired by Electronic Arts, Bullfrog's publisher in January 1995. |
Populous
Syndicate
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Blockout
Street Rod 2
Street Rod
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| Codemasters | Codemasters is one of the oldest British software companies. It was found by Richard Darling, David Darling(his brother) and Jim Darling(their father) in 1986. They started with 8-bit and later with 16-bit games. Their most famous games are those from Dizzy series, Micromachines, ... |
Micro Machines
Kwik Snax
Fantasy world Dizzy
Magicland Dizzy
Bubble Dizzy
Micro Machines 2
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| Data East Corporation | Data East Corporation was founded on 20th April, 1976. It released a variety of arcade machines, including one of the first cartridge-based arcade game systems, the Deco Cassette System, which made its debut in 1980.
Other notable games are Bad Dudes, Karnov, the Metal Max series, the Fighter's History series and Robocop. On 25th June 2003 the company declared bankruptcy.
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Burgertime
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| Disney Interactive | Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. (initially Walt Disney Computer Software, later Disney Interactive and Buena Vista Games, Inc.), is a Worldwide American video game company. It self-publishes and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide. |
Duck Tale
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| Epic MegaGames | Epic Games was initially founded under the name of 'Potomac Computer Systems' in 1991 by Tim Sweeney in Rockville, Maryland, releasing its flagship product, ZZT, the same year. During the latter portion of ZZT's life span, the company became known as Epic MegaGames and subsequently released numerous popular shareware games, including Epic Pinball, Brix, Jill of the Jungle, Jazz Jackrabbit and One Must Fall: 2097. |
Tyrian 2000
BRIX
One Must Fall 2097
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| Immortality production | |
Cold Dreams
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| Interplay | Interplay Productions, Inc. was founded in Southern California in 1983 with Brian Fargo as president, and three programmers, Jay Patel, Troy Worrell and Bill Heineman. They released many hit games over the course of the 90's including Earthworm Jim, Fallout 1 & 2 and baldurs gate before going bankrupt in 2005.
They resurfaced in 2007, but most of their intellectual property has been sold off, most notably the sale of the Fallout licence to Bethesda. |
Battle Chess
Battle Chess 4000
Castles
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| Kingsoft | Kingsoft GmbH was a computer and video game software distributor, headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and founded in 1983. They were a prominent developer and publisher of Commodore C64 computer games. They were acquired by Electronic Arts on March 8, 1995. It was acquired in order to allow direct distribution of software to the German region. |
Bug Bomber
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| LookingGlass Studios | Looking Glass Studios, Inc. was a famous development studio based in Cambridge, MA (USA). It was formed in 1992 through the merger of Blue Sky Productions and Lerner Research. The most prominent developer at the studio was Warren Spector. Some of the most important franchises the team worked on are Flight Unlimited, the Thief series, and the System Shock games.
The company was shut down three months after releasing Thief II: The Metal Age. |
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