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and founded in 1994 by David Stafford, Mike Sandige and Kevin Gliner. They developed ''Tritryst'' for

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, and '' Jack Nicklaus 4'' for

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. The Space Cadet pinball table from ''Full Tilt!'' was also included with Microsoft Plus 95 and several versions of

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History

The company was founded in 1994 by David Stafford, Mike Sandige and Kevin Gliner. In 1996, the company was acquired by Maxis Software, Inc. and renamed Maxis South. As Maxis South, they developed games such as Marble Drop and an unreleased '' Diablo''-type game called ''Crucible''. A year later, in June 1997, the entire company was acquired by Electronic Arts, Inc. for $125 million. Crucible, Remnants, and Nightfall - three titles in development from Maxis South have been canceled as a result.

Game credits

*'' Jack Nicklaus 4'' (1997) *'' Marble Drop'' (1997) *''

'' (1995) *''TriTryst'' (1995)

References

Video game companies established in 1994 Video game companies disestablished in 1997 Defunct companies based in Texas Defunct video game companies of the United States Video game companies of the United States Maxis {{US-videogame-company-stub