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MacSoft Games
MacSoft was an American video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher founded in 1993 by Peter Tamte as subsidiary of WizardWorks, specializing in the production of Porting, 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 * ''Gold Box#Collections, 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 (video game), Dark Vengeance'' * ''Deadlock: Planetary Conquest'' * ''Duke Nukem 3D'' * ''Fallout gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a same management being substantially controlled by same entity/group are called sister companies. The subsidiary can be a company (usually with limited liability) and may be a government- or state-owned enterprise. They are a common feature of modern business life, and most multinational corporations organize their operations in this way. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, or Citigroup; as well as more focused companies such as IBM, Xerox, and Microsoft. These, and others, organize their businesses into national and functional subsidiaries, often with multiple levels of subsidiaries. Details Subsidiaries are separate, distinct legal entities f ... [...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 probl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of Orion II
''Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares'' is a 4X turn-based strategy game set in space, designed by Steve Barcia and Ken Burd, and developed by Simtex, who developed its predecessor ''Master of Orion'' and ''Master of Magic''. The IBM PC compatible, PC version was published by MicroProse in 1996 in video gaming, 1996, and the Macintosh version a year later by MacSoft, in partnership with MicroProse. The game has retained a large fan base, and is still played online. ''Master of Orion II'' won the Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1996, and was well received by critics, although reviewers differed about which aspects they liked and disliked. It is used as a yardstick in reviews of more recent space-based 4X games. Plot Long before the time in which the game is set, two extremely powerful races, the Orions and the Antarans, fought a war that devastated most of the galaxy. The victorious Orions, rather than exterminate the Antarans, imprisoned them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lode Runner 2
''Lode Runner 2'' is a puzzle-platform game released in 1998 in video gaming, 1998 for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. It is a sequel to ''Lode Runner'' and its remakes. Like the earlier ''Lode Runner's Rescue'', ''Lode Runner 2'' has isometric projection, isometric-perspective 2D graphics. It was developed by Presage Software and distributed by GT Interactive for Microsoft Windows and MacSoft for the Macintosh. Gameplay Players can play as a male or female Lode Runner, named Jake Peril and Jane according to the manual, but the player's default name is Digmo (which is changeable). The goal is to collect gold to advance to the next level, avoiding the Mad Monks along the way. Players are able to move in six different directions on a freeform map (accounting for falling and going up and down ladders). There are separate levels designed for cooperation, as well as Deathmatch (gaming), deathmatch in multiplayer mode. Development The game uses a distant perspective so as to minimize scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat Evolved
''Halo: Combat Evolved'' is a 2001 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released as a launch game for Microsoft's Xbox (console), Xbox video game console on November 15, 2001. The game was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2003. It was later released as a downloadable Xbox Original for the Xbox 360. ''Halo'' is set in the 26th century, twenty-sixth century, with the player assuming the role of the Master Chief (Halo), Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier. The Chief is accompanied by Cortana (Halo), Cortana, an artificial intelligence. Players battle aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo (megastructure), Halo, a ring-shaped artificial world. Bungie began the development of what would eventually become ''Halo'' ''CE'' in 1997. Initially, the game was a real-time strategy game that morphed into a third-person shooter before becoming a first-person shooter. During develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |