Zombie Studios was an American independent

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. It was formed in 1994 as Zombie, LLC by Joanna Alexander and Mark Long, formerly of the Sarnoff Research Center. Alexander and Long founded Zombie after they completed the design of a

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for

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at Sarnoff in 1993. Zombie has designed and produced over 30 games for major platforms. They created a value label in 2005, Direct Action Games, to design and produce value titles for both PC and consoles. Zombie Studios shut down in January 2015 with its owners' retirement. Former staffers of the company subsequently founded a new studio, Builder Box Games (now Hardsuit Labs), who acquired some of Zombie Studio's former IPs.

Games developed

*'' Ice & Fire'' (1995) *''

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'' (1995) *''

Zork Nemesis ''Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands'' is a graphic adventure game developed by Zombie LLC, published by Activision, and released in 1996 for Windows 95, MS-DOS, and Macintosh. It is the eleventh game in the ''Zork'' series, and the first title n ...

'' (1996) *''

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'' (1996) *''CyberSpace Mountain- VR Ride'' (1997) *'' Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way'' (1998) *'' Spec Ops: Ranger Team Bravo'' (1998) (''Rangers Lead the Way'' expansion) *'' Spearhead'' (1998) *''Body Glove's Bluewater Hunter'' (1999) *'' Spec Ops II: Green Berets'' (1999) *'' Spec Ops II: Operation Bravo'' (2000) (''Green Berets'' expansion) *'' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials'' (2000) ('' Rogue Spear'' expansion) *'' Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol'' (2000) *''Spec Ops II: Omega Squad'' (2000) *'' Spec Ops: Ranger Elite'' (2001) *'' Spec Ops: Covert Assault'' (2001) *'' Alcatraz: Prison Escape'' (2001) *'' Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Search for the Journal'' (2001) *'' Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Trial by Fire'' (2001) *'' Delta Force: Task Force Dagger'' (2002) *''

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'' (2002) *'' Shadow Ops: Red Mercury'' (2004) *''

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'' (2009) *'' Blacklight: Tango Down'' (2010) *'' Saw II: Flesh & Blood'' (2010) *'' Blackwater'' (2011) *'' Blacklight: Retribution'' (2012) *''Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition'' (2012) *''Special Forces: Team X'' (2013) *''

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'' (2014) *''Phantom Army'' (2014)

Direct Action Games

*''Combat: Task Force 121'' (2005) *'' World War II Combat: Road to Berlin'' (2006) *'' World War II Combat: Iwo Jima'' (2006) *''CQC: Close Quarters Conflict'' (2006)

United States Armed Forces games

The developer was commissioned by the

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to co-develop a series of

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and

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games. Some games were developed entirely by the developer, but some were co-developed with the U.S. Army Development Team, and others were made with other game developers. *'' America's Army: Special Forces'' (2003) *''Future Force Company Commander'' (2006) *''

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'' *''AH-64D Apache Simulator'' *''Future Soldier Trainer'' *''Convoy Trainer'' *''JROTC First Aid Trainer''

References

External links

Official website
via

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