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IEntertainment Network Games
IEntertainment Network (IENT, stylized as iEntertainment Network and formerly known as Interactive Magic, iMagic, and iMagiconline) is an American video game company founded by Bill Stealey, the co-founder and former CEO of MicroProse Software, in 1995. It is chiefly a developer and publisher of simulation computer games. The company was noted for hiring many industry outsiders, i.e. skilled software engineers with no prior experience in making games. Interactive Magic went public in 1998 and was sold to a venture capitalist in 1999, when Bill Stealey left the company; Stealey returned in the early 2000s. Games published * '' Air Warrior II'' * '' Air Warrior III'' * '' American Civil War: From Sumter to Appomattox'' * ''Apache'' * ''Capitalism'' * '' Destiny: World Domination from Stone Age to Space Age'' * '' Fallen Haven'' *''Hind'' * '' iPanzer '44'' * '' iF-22'' * '' iF/A-18E Carrier Strike Fighter'' * '' iM1A2 Abrams'' * '' Industry Giant'' * '' Knights and Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News & Observer
''The News & Observer'' is an American regional daily newspaper that serves the greater Triangle area based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The paper is the largest in circulation in the state (second is the '' Charlotte Observer''). The paper has been awarded three Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent of which was in 1996 for a series on the health and environmental impact of North Carolina's booming hog industry. The paper was one of the first in the world to launch an online version of the publication, Nando.net in 1994. Ownership On May 17, 1995 the News & Observer Publishing Company was sold to McClatchy Newspapers of Sacramento, California, for $373 million, ending 101 years of Daniels family ownership. In the mid-1990s, flexo machines were installed, allowing the paper to print thirty-two pages in color, which was the largest capacity of any newspaper within the United States at the time. The McClatchy Company currently operates a total of twenty-nine daily newspapers in fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hind (video Game)
''Hind'' is a combat flight simulation game released by Digital Integration in 1996 for MS-DOS compatible operating systems and Microsoft Windows. It is the successor to ''Apache''. The game features the Soviet military Mi-24V Hind-E helicopter. It came with a detailed 99 page printed manual explaining the basics of helicopter flight and control, along with the specific traits of the Mi-24 helicopter and its weaponry. Gameplay The game's graphics use Gouraud shading. Despite the primitive graphics, it has a realistic flight model. Many complex physics effects are modelled, including ground effect/vortex ring and retreating blade stall which culminate in the ability of a skilled pilot to succeed at autorotation in the case of all engine failure. Options are included to simplify the flight model for beginners. The campaigns included in the game are based on real wars, but the missions involved are fictional. Ground battles between individual soldiers can be seen taking place, si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Battles (series)
''The Great Battles'' is a computer wargame series based on the '' Great Battles of History'' board game series by GMT Games. The three titles in the series—'' The Great Battles of Alexander'', '' The Great Battles of Hannibal'' and '' The Great Battles of Caesar''—were developed by Erudite Software and published by Interactive Magic. Gameplay ''The Great Battles'' is a historical turn-based combat series. Players control one of three military commanders depending on the title, Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar. Alternatively, players can also control the corresponding aggressors of each military commander, such as Darius or Pompey, and fight against them. Combat in game is turn based, and players choose from a variety of militants, weapons, and strategic formations to compete with. There are over 30 historical engagements across the franchise that can be simulated. Games *'' The Great Battles of Alexander'' (June 22, 1997) *'' The Great Battles of Hannibal'' (November 7, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semper Fi (video Game)
''Semper Fi'' is a 1998 strategy video game developed by Stanley Associates and published by Interactive Magic. Gameplay ''Semper Fi'' is a turn-based strategy game in which the player commands a Marine battalion. Development The game was developed by Stanley Associates, a company founded in 1966. Reception GameSpot ''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein. In addition ... gave the game a score of 6.8 out of 10 rating stating, "The truth of the matter is, if you can take the 'Semper Fi' slogan and the USMC logos and replace them with pretty much anything else, you'd still have nothing more than an OK game struggling to be something much better." References External links *{{official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20010305161815/http://www.stanleyassociates.com/solution/i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Rangers (video Game)
Star Rangers is a space flight simulator and strategy computer game for DOS developed by Interactive Magic and published in October 1995. Plot Players take on the role of a Star Ranger, the equivalent of law enforcement in the 23rd century, a pilot of a high-tech spaceship which he uses to repel Tuareg bandits along shared borders. Gameplay The game starts in a practice mode in which the player continually faces waves of enemies until death. This is an 'arcade' option of the game, which doesn't explore the storyline. The game offers a campaign mode which comprises a group of missions in which these encounters escalate. These missions evolve from incursion defense, to escort duty, to outright assaults. Players are provided only the Star Ranger spaceship throughout the campaign, but are offered a fair amount of customization of loadout and tuning. The player can divert energy to defenses (shield recharge) and offense (plasma gun recharge, autocannon reload). These levels can be ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spearhead (video Game)
''Spearhead'' is a tank simulation / action video game developed by Zombie Studios and MAK Technologies, Inc., and published by Interactive Magic and Midas Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows in 1998. Development ''Spearhead'' was jointly developed by Zombie Studios and MAK Technologies, Inc. The networking protocols used in the game were originally developed by MAK for the United States Air Force. The game was showcased at E3 1997. The original publisher, BMG Interactive, shut down a few months later, and I-Magic acquired the publication rights. Reception ''Spearhead'' received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. The game was described as a mix between tank simulation and an action game. ''GameSpot'' said, "The game offers a handful of features and elements that seem ideal for hard-core sim fans, but the mission designs and the general feel of gameplay seem more appropriate for an action game than a serious sim." ''IGN'' sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Kingdoms (video Game)
''Seven Kingdoms'' () is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Trevor Chan of Enlight Software. The game enables players to compete against up to six other kingdoms allowing players to conquer opponents by defeating them in war (with troops or machines), capturing their buildings with spies, or offering opponents money for their kingdom. The ''Seven Kingdoms'' series went on to include a sequel, '' Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars''. In 2007, Enlight released a further title in the Seven Kingdoms series, '. Gameplay ''Seven Kingdoms'' made departures from the traditional real-time strategy model of "gather resources, build a base and army, and attack" set by other RTS games. The economic model bears more resemblance to a turn-based strategy game than to the traditional "build-workers, and harvest-resources" system in games such as ''Command & Conquer'', ''StarCraft'', and ''Age of Empires''. The game features an espionage system that allows players to train and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great American Civil War
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberation Day (video Game)
''Liberation Day'' (aka Fallen Haven: Liberation Day) is an isometric turn-based strategy game published by Interactive Magic in 1998 for PC. It is the sequel to the 1997 game '' Fallen Haven''. plot The battle for planet Nu Haven lasted just three months Earth Standard Time, and the cost in lives on both sides was staggering. Mankind had just been rudely awakened from a dream that it was alone in the universe. Now the greatest military force ever assembled is about to be put at your command, your objective: to liberate planet Nu Haven and prevent the impending invasion of Earth. The most advanced weapons of the 24th century are at your disposal: dorships, heavy tanks, aerial bombers, dreadnoughts, and submarines - 45 different units in action on the battlefields Reviews *''Electric Games'' (1998) *''The Adrenaline Vault'' (May 16, 1998) *''PC Zone ''PC Zone'', founded in 1993, was the first magazine dedicated to games for IBM-compatible personal computers to be published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shattered Kingdom
This is a list of all published and upcoming books in the '' Beast Quest'' series by Working Partners Limited. All books were written under the collective pen name Adam Blade, and the names of the ghostwriters are listed where known. ''Beast Quest'' main series in order Saga 1: Tom and Elenna Saga 2: The New Protectors ''Beast Quest Special Bumper Editions'' Special of the World Book Day Special ''Master Your Destiny'' series The Master Your Destiny series is a series that lets the reader choose their own path, by turning to pages that decide a decision. Each book has ten different endings, eight of which are bad endings and two of which are the main endings. All three were written by the ghostwriter, Elizabeth Galloway. Companion books ''The Chronicles of Avantia'' series '' The Chronicles of Avantia'' series is a set of four books that take place several hundred years before the events in Beast Quest. ''Battle of the Beasts'' series In the ''Battle of the Beasts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industry Giant
''Industry Giant'' () is a business simulation game for Windows. In 2002 a sequel, '' Industry Giant II'', was released. Gameplay Reception The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. However, ''Next Generation Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to: Publications and literature * ''Next Generation'' (magazine), video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company * Next Generation poets (2004), list of young ...'' said, "''Industry Giant'' is presented well, with polished graphics and an upbeat soundtrack. It may not have mass market appeal, but it is a solid enough game to keep sim fans salivating for a long time." The game was a commercial blockbuster, with sales above 800,000 units in Germany. References External links * 1997 video games Business simulation games IEntertainment Network games JoWooD Entertainment games Single-player video games Video games deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IM1A2 Abrams
''iM1A2 Abrams'' is a simulation of the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank for the Windows 95 operating system, developed by Charybdis Enterprises, and published by Interactive Magic (also known as Imagic) in 1997. The game was released as a CD-ROM. Gameplay ''iM1A2 Abrams'' is a simulation focusing on battlefield management as a tank commander controlling an entire company of support vehicles including infantry, artillery, and air strikes as well as the players' own tank platoon(s). Mastering the many company commands, and regular use of the real-time updated tactical map is essential for success. The player also has the ability to "jump" to each crew position (commander, gunner, driver) in every M1A2 vehicle on the battlefield and take control of each directly. Three separate fictional campaigns are available to play: the Iranian (taking place in Iraq), Bosnian, and Ukrainian. All of the major eastern and western vehicle types were accurately modeled, and a fictional T-95 main bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
