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Monte Cristo (company)
Monte Cristo was a French computer game developer and publisher, based in Paris. It was established in 1995 by former Credit Suisse First Boston vice-president Jean-Marc de Fety and former Mars & Co strategy senior consultant Jean-Cristophe Marquis. The company was led by Jean-Christophe Marquis and Jérome Gastaldi since 2002. Monte Cristo declared bankruptcy in May 2010 following poor sales of ''Cities XL''. The first training program was followed by Wall Street Trader, which was named "best educational software" by the European Commission, among others, for its accurate simulation of international stock market conditions, and is one of the most successful games in this genre. Next, the company developed Start Up 2000, which allows players to realistically start and run their own business. Games developed and published * References External links Monte Cristo Multimediaat MobyGames MobyGames is a commercial website that catalogs information on video games and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Island
''Dino Island'' is a 2002 PC business simulation video game developed and published by Monte Cristo. In the game, the player builds and manages a dinosaur theme park, and can also crossbreed various dinosaurs to create new ones. ''Dino Island'' received "generally unfavorable" reviews according to Metacritic. Gameplay ''Dino Island'' is a theme park simulator. It is rendered in full 3D - players can rotate, pan and zoom at will. Dinosaurs, staff and visitors are fully animated. The game uses a typical point and click and menu interface. Set in a more or less near future, scientists have managed to recreate dinosaurs. In order to fund research, government has set up dinosaur-themed amusement parks that the player will manage. Dinosaurs In ''Dino Island'', there are 20 natural dinosaur species, including ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Troodon'', ''Giganotosaurus'', '' Parasaurolophus'', ''Iguanodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', and '' Pachycephalosaurus''. The dinosaurs are classified in 6 fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverfall
''Silverfall'' is an action role-playing video game, developed by software company Monte Cristo for Windows. A port has been made for PlayStation Portable. An expansion for the Windows version of the game, entitled ''Silverfall: Earth Awakening'', was released in 2008. ''Silverfall: Gold Edition'' was also released in 2008, containing the main game as well as the expansion. ''Silverfall'' shares many similarities with popular games, '' Diablo'' and ''Diablo 2''. It also has strong influences from ''Sacred''. Players choose a character from one of four races (Human, Elf, Troll, Goblin) and develop their "class" (fighter, archer, mage, etc.) by assigning various skills as they level up. Characters can be either male or female, and gameplay will differ slightly based on the selection. ''Silverfall'' is a quest-based game which centers around a conflict between nature and technology, allowing players to develop an allegiance to one of these areas, which allows the development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xplosiv
Empire Interactive was a British video game developer and publisher based in London. Founded in 1987 by Ian Higgins and Simon Jeffrey, it was acquired by Silverstar Holdings in 2006 and went out of business in 2009. History Empire Interactive was established by Ian Higgins (chief executive officer) and Simon Jeffrey (managing director) in 1987. In November 2000, the company acquired development studio Razorworks. As well as full priced titles, Empire also had a budget range of titles, Xplosiv, for PC and PS2. Initially launched for PC in January 2000, Xplosiv published titles in Europe from third parties such as Sega and Microsoft. Later, in 2003 Empire launched titles for PS2. In March 2002 Empire acquired music creation software eJay. Silverstar Holdings, a U.S. public company listed on NASDAQ, offered to acquired Empire Interactive in late October 2006. The deal was accepted by 90% of Empire Interactive's shareholders by late November, and so Silverstar Holdings acquir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cdv Software Entertainment
CDV Software Entertainment AG (formerly CDV Software GmbH, stylized as cdv) was a German publisher of video games founded 1989 in Karlsruhe. On April 17, 2000, cdv became a Frankfurt stock market traded company. In the beginning of the 2000s, CDV was the biggest German publisher in the German video game market. As of the 2006 annual financial statements, the company also reported balance sheet over-indebtedness of EUR 1.9 million, which is, however, covered by a subordinated loan taken out in 2005 (see also mezzanine capital) in the amount of EUR 3.8 million. The company's financial position is based on a balance sheet of EUR 1.9 million. They opened a UK office in 2008. In 2010, VG247 reported that they filed for preliminary insolvency when SouthPeak Games failed to pay a settlement. After only a few employees were still working in the company and the share price had been tumbling for some time, CDV filed for bankruptcy on April 12, 2010. Published titles * ''American Conque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Life (video Game)
''City Life'' is a city-building video game developed by Monte Cristo. It is the first modern building game to allow the player to work in full 3D environment. It is published in France by Focus, in the UK and Germany by Deep Silver and in North America by CDV. It was released in May 2006. ''City Life'' allows players to zoom in and see every little bit of detail. The placement method allows buildings to be placed at an angle, as also seen in Sierra Games' ''Caesar IV''. More recently, the game has been criticized for lack of many detailed elements, such as weather, disasters, and more "in depth" user control. Summary ''City Life'' continues the very long tradition of city-building and construction and management games that was originally started by ''Utopia'' from developer Don Daglow and Will Wright's ''SimCity'' series by allowing the player to customize their urban city's roads, buildings, finances, ordinances and much more. ''City Life'' utilizes a three dimensional g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Th3 Plan
''The Plan'' is a stealth action game developed by French studio Eko Software. The game was released in Europe for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2 in March 2006 and exclusively for PlayStation 2 in April 2007 in North America. Plot Professional thieves Robert Taylor, Alan Siegel, and Stephen Foster are hired by the mafia to steal two Rembrandt paintings from a museum in exchange for an extremely valuable diamond. Foster brings his girlfriend, Valerie Carrera, along on the job. The team is able to get one of the paintings out, but the alarm is tripped in the process. Foster immediately flees in the getaway van with a shocked Valerie and the stolen painting, leaving Robert on the side of the road and Alan trapped inside the museum as the police close in. Robert manages to escape, but Alan is arrested. Five years later, Robert visits Alan in prison and tells him about a plan to ruin Foster in revenge for abandoning them. Assisted by Valerie, Robert breaks Alan out of prison to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7 Sins (video Game)
''7 Sins'' is a life simulation video game where the player must get to the top of the social ladder and make decisions related to the seven deadly sins. The game is set in the fictional Apple City. Throughout the game, the player makes decisions based on pride, wrath, greed, envy, lust, sloth and gluttony. Once a relationship has been built new missions are unlocked. In total there are seven chapters and one hundred non-player characters to interact with. '' PC Zones staff rated the game 6 out of 10, stating "We can't wholeheartedly recommend 7 Sins as a total gaming experience..", but added "... it honestly isn't anywhere near as bad as some might tell you. They're just too timid to admit it." See also *List of PlayStation 2 games (A–K) References External links''7 Sins''at GameSpot''7 Sins''at IGN *''7 Sins''at GameSpy GameSpy was an American provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games founded in 1996 by Mark Surfas. After the release of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Siege
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy. Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. The Ancient Egyptians and Mayans colored their faces red in ceremonies; Roman generals had their bodies colored red to celebrate victories. It was also an important color in China, where it was used to color early pottery and later the gates and walls of palaces. In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal. The 19th century brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
