3d6 Games was an American video game developer founded by ex-

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programmers William S. Schmitt and Troy Sheets. The studio was initially active between 1999 and 2002, during which period it created games exclusively for the

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and

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. The company developed original games based on properties such as ''

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'' (IP by

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), '' The Revenge of Shinobi'' (IP by

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) and '' Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms'' (also original IP by Sega). Two internal projects from the studio, ''Rocket Dog!'' and ''Slider'', were never completed. In 2012, 3d6 Games was relaunched as a developer for mobile games for iOS, Android and

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. However, the company only released one game (''Sums Academy'' for iOS) after the relaunch, and has not been active since 2013.

Games

* ''

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(2000, Game Boy Color)'' * '' Road Rash (2000, Game Boy Color)'' * '' Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 (2000, Game Boy Color)'' * ''

(2001, Game Boy Advance)'' * '' Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001, Game Boy Advance)'' * ''

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(2001, Game Boy Advance)'' * '' The Revenge of Shinobi (2002, Game Boy Advance)'' * '' Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002, Game Boy Advance)'' * ''Sums Academy (2013, iPhone/iPad)''

References

Defunct video game companies of the United States Video game companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in California Video game companies disestablished in 2015 {{US-videogame-company-stub