The Attic Entertainment Software GmbH was a German
video game developer and
publisher
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that was founded in September 1990 by Hans-Jürgen Brändle, Jochen Hamma and
Guido Henkel in
Albstadt
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Geography
Albstadt is spread across a variety of ...
,
Baden-Württemberg
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. Attic has been inactive since 2001. The founder, Hans-Jürgen Brändle, was reported to have died in Las Vegas during the month of August, 2005.
Attic's breakthrough was the so-called ''Northlands Trilogy'' (''
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny'', ''
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail'' and ''
Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva''), a series of
role-playing video games based upon the popular German
tabletop role-playing game
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''
The Dark Eye
''The Dark Eye'' (German: ''Das Schwarze Auge'', lit. "The Black Eye") is a German tabletop role-playing game with a high fantasy theme created by Ulrich Kiesow and launched by Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH and Droemer Knaur Verlag in 1984 ...
''.
List of games
*1990 - ''Lords of Doom'' (
Amiga,
Atari ST,
C64,
MS-DOS
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)
*1991 - ''
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'' (
Amiga)
*1991 - ''
Spirit of Adventure'' (
Amiga,
Atari ST,
C64,
MS-DOS
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)
*1991 - ''Drachen von Laas'' (
Amiga,
MS-DOS
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)
*1993 - ''
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny'' (
Amiga,
MS-DOS
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)
*1994 - ''
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail'' (
MS-DOS
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)
*1995 - ''Fears'' (
Amiga) publisher only
*1995 - ''
Druid: Daemons of the Mind'' (
MS-DOS
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) German: ''Der Druidenzirkel: Im Netz der Träume''
*1997 - ''Herrscher der Meere'' (
MS-DOS
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)
*1997 - ''
Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva'' (
MS-DOS
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)
Unreleased
*''The Lady, the Mage and the Knight'' (with
Larian Studios
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)
References
Video game development companies
Video game companies established in 1990
Video game companies disestablished in 2001
Defunct video game companies of Germany
Companies based in Baden-Württemberg
German companies established in 1990
German companies disestablished in 2001
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