MacSoft was an American
video game developer
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and
publisher
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founded in 1993 by Peter Tamte as a subsidiary of
WizardWorks, specializing in the production of
video game ports from
Microsoft Windows
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to
Macintosh
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operating systems, as well as
productivity software
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. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by
GT Interactive
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(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.
Ultimately, MacSoft shutdown due to Destineer's closure in May 2011.
Games published
* ''
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Collectors Edition''
* ''
Age of Empires
''Age of Empires'' is a series of historical real-time strategy video games, originally developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios.
The first title in the series, ''Age of Empires'', focused on events in Europe, Afri ...
''
* ''
Age of Empires II''
* ''
Age of Empires III''
* ''
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties''
* ''
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs''
* ''
Age of Mythology
''Age of Mythology'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released on October 31, 2002 in North America and on November 14, 2002 in Europe.
A spin-off from the ''A ...
''
* ''
Beach Head 2000''
* ''
Civilization II''
* ''
Dark Vengeance''
* ''
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest''
* ''
Duke Nukem 3D
''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a 1996 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by 3D Realms and published by FormGen for MS-DOS. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem (video game), Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', published ...
''
* ''
Fallout''
* ''
Halo: Combat Evolved''
* ''
Lode Runner 2''
* ''Mac Arcade Pak''
* ''Mac Arcade Pak 2''
* ''
Master of Orion II''
* ''
Max Payne''
* ''
Myth III: The Wolf Age''
* ''
Neverwinter Nights
''Neverwinter Nights'' is a series of video games developed by BioWare and Obsidian Entertainment, based on the ''Forgotten Realms'' campaign setting of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Aside from also being set around the city Nev ...
''
* ''
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark''
* ''
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide''
* ''
Quake''
* ''
Railroad Tycoon''
* ''
Railroad Tycoon 3''
* ''
Rainbow Six''
* ''
Rise of Nations Gold Edition''
* ''
Terminal Velocity
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''
* ''
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove''
* ''
Unreal''
* ''
Unreal Tournament 2004''
* ''
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse''
* ''
Zoo Tycoon 2''
References
External links
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Companies based in Plymouth, Minnesota
Macintosh software companies
Video game companies established in 1993
Video game companies disestablished in 2011
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Defunct companies based in Minnesota
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