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DreamForge
DreamForge Intertainment, Inc. was an American computer game developer. History DreamForge was founded as Event Horizon Software, Inc. by the computer game developers Thomas Holmes, Christopher Straka and James Namestka in Greensburg. Until its dissolution the company produced several well-known and awarded computer games, most of them in the genre of role-playing games and strategy video games. After producing several games, the team changed its name to DreamForge Intertainment after learning that its Event Horizon name was shared with a developer of pornographic software. The company was dissolved in 2001 after struggles with its publishers while working on several titles, including the never finished game '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse - The Heart of Gaia'', as well as '' Myst IV'', with the latter being subsequently continued by a different studio. List of games * '' DarkSpyre'' * '' Dusk of the Gods'' * '' The Summoning'' * ''Dungeon Hack'' * '' Veil of Darkness'' * '' Raven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanitarium (video Game)
''Sanitarium'' is a psychological horror point-and-click adventure video game that was originally released for Microsoft Windows. It was developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by ASC Games in 1998. It was a commercial success, with sales around 300,000 units. In 2015, it was ported to iOS and Android devices. Plot After a car accident knocks him unconscious, a man awakens from a coma, his face fully bandaged, to find that he has been admitted to a dilapidated sanitarium and that he cannot remember who he is or where he came from, or how he came to be there. His fellow inmates seem to know him simply as "Max". As he delves deeper into the asylum's corridors in search of answers, Max finds himself transported to various obscure and otherworldly locations: a small town inhabited only by malformed children and overseen by a malevolent alien entity known only as "Mother", a demented circus surrounded by an endless ocean and terrorized by a squid-like individual, an alie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anvil Of Dawn
''Anvil of Dawn'' is a 1995 fantasy role-playing video game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by New World Computing. ''Anvil of Dawn'' was named the best role-playing game of 1995 by '' Computer Gaming World'' and ''Computer Game Review''. Gameplay The game was released 1995 for MS-DOS and was one of the last dungeon crawl RPGs with blockstep movements and semi-3D environment. The game presents a real-time, three-dimensional view from the character's perspective. It was released on CD and features fully spoken dialogue and several pre-rendered cutscenes. The player controls only one character throughout the game, which is chosen at the beginning from 5 different heroes. The other characters can then be met in the game also trying to fulfill the quest. The game is mostly action oriented but also contains some puzzles. There are no experience points as the character gets better through using his abilities and spells. It also features several different endings. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Wind
''War Wind'' is a science fantasy real-time strategy game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It was released in 1996 for Microsoft Windows and used DirectX 2.0. The game features four unique playable alien races on the fictional planet of Yavaun, each with their own histories, ideologies, and story campaigns consisting of seven scenarios each and an ending unique to that race. The story explores themes of authoritarianism, slavery, revolution, and mysticism. The game also features a map and scenario editor, as well as netplay with up to seven additional players. Some sites list the release date of ''War Wind'' as August 24, 1996, while others say September 23 and September 30, 1996. The most recent file on a ''War Wind'' CD bought in the United States in January 1997 was October 10, 1996 (as is the date stated in its version 1.0 README.TXT), but this could have been an updated CD release. A sequel, '' War Wind II: Hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Onslaught
''War Wind II: Human Onslaught'' is a real-time strategy computer game from developer DreamForge Intertainment that was published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1997. It is the sequel to DreamForge's 1996 release ''War Wind''. Overview Though favorably reviewed overall, like its predecessor ''War Wind'', ''Human Onslaught'' was overshadowed by higher-profile RTS titles such as '' Age of Empires'' and '' StarCraft''. Plot The storyline of ''War Wind II'' involves the discovery of one of the tablets of Naga'Rom in the north pole of Earth. A military/scientific station is located at the site of the tablet's recovery. The tablet is inadvertently activated by the scientists at the facility, transporting all occupants of the facility and much of the surrounding ice to Yavaun. Meanwhile, on Yavaun, the Eaggra have escaped Tha'Roon rule and have allied themselves with the Shama'Li, forming a faction called S.U.N. (Servants Under Naga'Rom). The Tha'Roon have retained their rule over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menzoberranzan (video Game)
''Menzoberranzan'' is a 1994 role-playing video game created by Strategic Simulations (SSI) and DreamForge Intertainment. ''Menzoberranzan'' uses the same game engine as SSI's previous game, '' Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession'' (1994), and is set in the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Story Menzoberranzan, an underground city populated by the Drow, had been introduced in the game materials two years earlier in December 1992 in a three-book box set called ''Menzoberranzan: The Famed City of the Drow'' by Ed Greenwood, R. A. Salvatore, and Douglas Niles. The game also features Drizzt Do'Urden as one of the main characters. Gameplay The game has elements of '' Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss'' (3d world and real-time action) and its game concept is somewhat similar to Westwood's '' Eye of the Beholder'' series. The player initially creates two player characters (PCs) and can acquire non-player character (NPC) allies later in the game. Releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veil Of Darkness
''Veil of Darkness'' is a horror-action-adventure game for MS-DOS, FM Towns and PC-98, which was developed by Event Horizon Software and published by Strategic Simulations in 1993. Veil of Darkness is a third person, 2D point-and-click adventure game with RPG elements featuring a fixed isometric perspective and a fair share of action-RPG style combat. Gameplay ''Veil of Darkness'' features an isometric point of view, a control panel customizable in size and an inventory system. All actions are controlled by the mouse and by areas / items within the control panel. A player can use either arrow keys for guiding movement or the mouse. The inventory can hold several items, and the player can also find bags and pouches that enable the player to carry more items. There is an indication in the control panel for weight (the knapsack bulges when inventory is too heavy), and for health (the player character in a coffin becomes a skeleton progressively from the feet upwards). There i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungeon Hack
''Dungeon Hack'' is a 1993 role-playing video game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations for DOS and NEC PC-9801. The game is based in the '' Advanced Dungeons and Dragons'' world of Forgotten Realms. It blends gameplay elements of roguelikes and the '' Eye of the Beholder'' series. Gameplay ''Dungeon Hack'' features a three-dimensional, randomly generated dungeon; SSI claimed that "over 4 billion" different dungeons were possible. The game features a pseudo-3D game screen based on '' Eye of the Beholder'' series. Like ''Rogue'', dungeons are randomly generated whenever a new game is started. As a result, virtually all dungeons generated by the game are different. However, players can share random seeds used to generated a specific dungeon. Dungeons can be customized for difficulty, such as limiting the number of traps, puzzles, and powerful enemies. Unlike ''Eye of the Beholder'', players control only a single adventurer. ''Dungeon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronomaster
''Chronomaster'' is adventure game developed by DreamForge Intertainment for MS-DOS compatible operating systems and published by IntraCorp on 20 December 1995. Its main plot was written by novelist Roger Zelazny and was his last known work, as he died during the development of the game. Due to Roger's passing, Dreamforge used in-house puzzle and game designers John McGirk and Aaron Kreader to complete a majority of the game puzzles, while leaving the overall game plot and concept intact as per Roger's vision. ''Chronomaster'' narrates the story of Rene Korda (voiced by Ron Perlman), a retired and formerly renowned designer of "pocket universes" — self-contained worlds developed according to the tastes of the person who finances their construction. Korda is hired by a representative of the "Terran Regional government" to restore two pocket universes from a state of "temporal stasis" and to find out who is responsible for the situation. Gameplay Each pocket universe contains a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Summoning (video Game)
''The Summoning'' is an isometric-view fantasy role-playing video game developed by Event Horizon Software (later known as DreamForge Intertainment) and published by Strategic Simulations in 1992. Gameplay The sequel to Event Horizon's first game, '' DarkSpyre'', ''The Summoning'' replaced the random-generated dungeons of the previous game with pre-designed levels. The title featured numerous magic items, as well as a spell-casting system utilizing virtual hand gestures. The game also utilized "runes" as a way to magically gain abilities or items. The game had several features typical of dungeon crawls, such as random treasure, weapon and armor options, treasure chests, and the use of a mannequin to visually aid in inventory management. The dungeon in ''The Summoning'' was broken up into separate levels and sections, with different types of monsters (such as undead) and NPCs being found in each. The featured weapon in the game is a large two-handed blade called "Warmonger." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rites Of War
''Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War'' is a turn-based strategy game based on the Panzer General 2 engine by SSI. It is set in the fictional ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe. It was produced by Games Workshop in 1999, and concerns the invasion of a Tyranid Hive fleet and the Eldar and Imperial efforts to defeat it. The game was re-released in 2015 on GOG.com. Gameplay The game has three modes. In the "campaign mode" the player controls the Eldar forces and follows the efforts of the Craftworld Iyanden to conquer a Maiden World, a lost colony of the ancient Eldar race. During the campaign an additional and far more dangerous foe, the alien Tyranids, emerge and the Eldar and Imperial forces unite to defeat them. In "skirmish" mode the player can play as the Imperium, Eldar or Tyranids. The Imperial forces include the Imperial Guard, the Red Hunter chapter of Space Marines, and Sisters of Battle. In multiplayer mode the player can battle other players online. Reception The game rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter
''TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter'' is a sports game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by ASC Games for Microsoft Windows in 1998. A sequel, ''TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter 2'', was released in 1999 developed by Monolith Productions using their LithTech LithTech is a game engine developed by Monolith Productions and comparable with the Quake and Unreal engines. Monolith and a number of other video game developers have used LithTech as the basis for their first-person shooter games. Monolith in ... engine. Reception The game received mixed to unfavorable reviews from critics. References External links * 1998 video games Hunting video games North America-exclusive video games Spike (TV network) Unreal Engine games Video games developed in the United States Windows games Windows-only games DreamForge Intertainment games Multiplayer and single-player video games ASC Games games {{sports-videogame-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DarkSpyre
''DarkSpyre'' is a 1990 video game produced by Event Horizon Software (later known as DreamForge Intertainment) for MS-DOS. It was released the following year for the Amiga. ''Darkspyre'' is a dungeon crawl style role-playing game. It uses top-down graphics and randomly generated dungeons, similar to a roguelike Roguelike (or rogue-like) is a subgenre of role-playing computer games traditionally characterized by a dungeon crawl through procedurally generated levels, turn-based gameplay, grid-based movement, and permanent death of the player charac .... in 1992, '' The Summoning'' was released as a sequel. It did not rely on DarkSpyre's random dungeon mechanic, instead using pre-designed levels. Plot The gods of War, Magic, and Intellect created the Darkspyre to find a champion to overcome the final challenge of mankind. The player must locate the five runes of power within Darkspyre to master the tests and prevent the destruction of the world. Reception The game wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |