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Destineer
Destineer, Inc. was an American umbrella company covering a holding company, a video game publisher, and a video game developer that was based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The company was founded by Peter Tamte, former executive vice-president of Bungie, in 2001. It developed some original titles and also ported games from Windows to Macs under a number of different brands, including MacSoft and Bold Games. In May 2011, the company silently shut down, together with all of its divisions and subsidiaries. Subsidiaries *MacSoft: On January 30, 2003, Infogrames Inc. announced it had sold MacSoft to Destineer, Inc. * Atomic Games, Inc.: On May 6, 2005, Destineer announced acquisition of Atomic Games, Inc. *Bold Games: A publishing label for Microsoft video games ported to Mac OS. The brand stopped publishing Mac OS games following MacSoft's acquisition. Published games * '' Age of Empires II'' * ''Age of Empires III'' * ''Candy Factory'' * '' Cate West: The Vanishing Files'' * '' Clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bold Games
Destineer, Inc. was an American umbrella company covering a holding company, a video game publisher, and a video game developer that was based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The company was founded by Peter Tamte, former executive vice-president of Bungie, in 2001. It developed some original titles and also ported games from Windows to Macs under a number of different brands, including MacSoft and Bold Games. In May 2011, the company silently shut down, together with all of its divisions and subsidiaries. Subsidiaries * MacSoft: On January 30, 2003, Infogrames Inc. announced it had sold MacSoft to Destineer, Inc. * Atomic Games, Inc.: On May 6, 2005, Destineer announced acquisition of Atomic Games, Inc. * Bold Games: A publishing label for Microsoft video games ported to Mac OS. The brand stopped publishing Mac OS games following MacSoft's acquisition. Published games * '' Age of Empires II'' * '' Age of Empires III'' * ''Candy Factory'' * '' Cate West: The Vanishing Files'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacSoft
MacSoft was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1993 by Peter Tamte as subsidiary of WizardWorks, specializing in the production of video game ports from Microsoft Windows to Macintosh operating systems, as well as productivity software. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by GT Interactive (later renamed Infogrames, Inc.), with WizardWorks and MacSoft split into different operationals. On January 30, 2003, MacSoft was acquired by Destineer, and founder Peter Tamte again became the company's director. Games published * '' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Collectors Edition'' * '' Age of Empires'' * '' Age of Empires II'' * '' Age of Empires III'' * '' Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties'' * '' Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs'' * '' Age of Mythology'' * '' Beach Head 2000'' * '' Civilization II'' * '' Dark Vengeance'' * '' Deadlock: Planetary Conquest'' * ''Duke Nukem 3D'' * '' Fallout'' * '' Halo: Combat Evolved'' * '' Lode Runner 2'' * ''Mac Arcade Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Games
Atomic Games, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas, specializing in wargames. The company was founded by Keith Zabalaoui in 1989, and is best known for developing the ''Close Combat'' series of real-time wargames, as well as the '' V for Victory'' series. In December 2000, due to the cancellation of a project titled ''Hammer's Slammers'', Atomic Games laid off its entire staff, only keeping three executives. Atomic Games was acquired by Destineer on May 6, 2005, while collaborating on ''Close Combat: Red Phoenix'' and '' Close Combat: First to Fight''. Atomic Games was developing a third-person shooter, ''Six Days in Fallujah'', in cooperation with Konami, until the latter decided to withdraw from the project in August 2009, causing significant layoffs at Atomic Games. The company went on to finish the game, but never released it. Atomic Games released the game called ''Breach'', which is a multiplayer-only downloadable first-person shooter. Destineer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected the individual chapters into twenty-seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. The steampunk world of ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' is primarily styled after the European Industrial Revolution. Set in the early 20th century, in a fictional universe in which alchemy is a widely practiced science, the series follows the journey of two alchemist brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are searching for the philosopher's stone to restore their bodies after a failed attempt to bring their mother back to life using alchemy. ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' has been adapted into various animetwo television series and two films, all animated by Bonesas well as light novels. The series has generated original video animations, video games, supplementary books, a collectible card ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homie Rollerz
''Homie Rollerz'' is a 2008 kart racing game developed by Webfoot Technologies and published by Destineer for the Nintendo DS. The game is based on the plastic figurine line Homies by American cartoonist David Gonzales, and follows ten different characters from the figurine line racing each other in a competition set up by an elderly man named Vato Wizard, who has the ability to grant wishes. ''Homie Rollerz'' was received generally negatively by critics, and has been one of the lowest-rated games on review aggregator Metacritic. The game was criticized for its difficulty, and have described the game as having poor game design and derivative content. Gameplay ''Homie Rollerz'' is a kart racing game where the player plays as one of ten different selectable Homies characters in several race tracks, based on the Homies universe. Each character has a unique vehicle, with further customization options being purchasable with "respect points", the game's currency, obtained by perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dual Sympathy
is a video game for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in Japan on July 21, 2005, two days before the first ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' movie came out, and was accompanied by a PlayStation 2 release of '' Fullmetal Alchemist 3: The Girl Who Succeeded God''. ''Dual Sympathy'' was announced by Destineer on September 12, 2006, for release in North America during 2006. It had gone gold on November 27 and was released on December 12, 2006. Gameplay The video game spans through the entire 51 episodes of ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', and is a side-scrolling brawler in the vein of classic titles like ''Final Fight'' or ''Battletoads''. Players control Edward Elric, and his brother Al will often fight alongside him. The touch screen feature of the Nintendo DS is used to draw transmutation circles for alchemy, as well as to trigger special moves, some of which are necessary to progress through the game. For example, the player may have to create stone walls to cross a bed of spikes, create w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giana Sisters DS
''Giana Sisters DS'', also known on other handheld platforms as ''Giana Sisters'', is a platform game developed by Spellbound Entertainment in cooperation with Bitfield GmbH for the Nintendo DS, iPad, iPhone, and Android. It was published by DTP Entertainment in Europe and Destineer in North America. It is a spiritual sequel to the 1987 Commodore 64 release ''The Great Giana Sisters''. A version for Microsoft Windows, entitled ''Giana Sisters 2D'', was also released. Gameplay ''Giana Sisters'' contains over 80 levels to be explored for hitting blocks, collecting crystals, finding secrets and eventually complete the stage. Despite having the same retro jump'n'run gameplay, the game distances itself from the 1987 game and its plagiarism of ''Super Mario Bros.'', it has all new touch screen and microphone abilities allowing the Giana sisters to make use of various power-ups to aid their adventure. A world map allows for stages to be replayed after completion. It also contains a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Empires III
''Age of Empires III'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by Microsoft Corporation's Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The Mac version was ported over and developed and published by Destineer's MacSoft. The PC version was released on October 18, 2005, in North America and November 4, 2005, in Europe, while the Mac version was released on November 21, 2006, in North America and September 29, 2006, in Europe. An N-Gage version of the game developed by Glu Mobile was released on April 28, 2009. It is the third game of the '' Age of Empires'' series and the sequel to '' Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings''. A remaster titled '' Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition'' was released on October 15, 2020. Its successor, ''Age of Empires IV'' was released October 28, 2021, for Windows. The game portrays the European colonization of the Americas, between approximately 1492 and 1876 AD. There are fourteen civilizations to play within the game. ''Age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ
''Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ'' is an action rail shooter game for the Nintendo DS. It was published in North America by Destineer, produced and designed by Gammick Entertainment, and developed by Spanish studio EnjoyUp. The game was released as a DSiWare title in Europe. Like its title suggests, players take the role of Little Red Riding Hood as she destroys zombies with a variety of high-powered firearms. Gameplay The game is a top-scrolling rail shooter where the player may move left and right into one of seven spaces. Touching the character will cause them to crouch, while using the stylus to aim. Players may choose to be either Little Red Riding Hood, who specializes in guns, or Momotarō, who specializes in ninja stars, although the difference is merely aesthetic. The action of the game consists entirely of shooting and dodging incoming attacks with increasingly difficult obstacles as the game progresses. Plot The game takes place in Storyland with areas representing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candy Factory
''Candace Kane's Candy Factory'' is an action-puzzle video game for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS and Wii The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, .... The game lets players take the role of a factory-manager working for Candace or Colin Kane, two hard working and friendly candy makers, to fix up the factory in order to make their way to the Candy Cup Championships. During the game the machines break which are equivalent to challenges. 2008 video games Action video games Nintendo DS games North America-exclusive video games Puzzle video games Video games about food and drink Video games developed in the United States Video games featuring female protagonists Wii games Windows games Multiplayer and single-player video games {{Puzzle-videogame-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First To Fight
First to Fight may refer to: * ''First to Fight'' (film), a 1967 American film featuring Gene Hackman. * ''First to Fight'' (novel), a novel by Dan Cragg and David Sherman. * "First to Fight", the motto of the US 24th Infantry Division The 24th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army that was inactivated in October 1996. Formed during World War II from the disbanding Hawaiian Division, the division saw action throughout the Pacific theater, fi .... * ''First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps'', a book by Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, USMC. * '' Close Combat: First to Fight'', a squad-based military first-person shooter game created by Destineer Studios. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Empires II
''Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. Released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh, it is the second game in the ''Age of Empires'' series. ''The Age of Kings'' is set in the Middle Ages and contains thirteen playable civilizations. Players aim to gather resources, which they use to build towns, create armies, and defeat their enemies. There are five historically based campaigns, which conscript the player to specialized and story-backed conditions, as well as three additional single-player game modes; multiplayer is also supported. Despite using the same game engine and code similar to its predecessor's, development of ''The Age of Kings'' took a year longer than expected, forcing Ensemble Studios to release '' Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome'' in 1998 instead. The design team focused on resolving significant issues in ''Age of Empires'', but noted on release that some proble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |