Freeverse Inc. (originally Freeverse Software) was a developer of
computer and video game and
desktop software based in New York City which was acquired by
Ngmoco in 2010. Ngmoco was itself acquired later that year, and shut down in 2016.
History
Ian Lynch Smith founded Freeverse in 1994 as a
shareware
Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost. Often the software has limited functionality or incomplete documentation until the user sends payment to the software developer ...
company. The first product was a version of ''
Hearts Deluxe'' for the Mac that used
game artificial intelligence
In video games, artificial intelligence (AI) is used to generate responsive, adaptive or intelligent behaviors primarily in non-player characters (NPCs) similar to human-like intelligence. Artificial intelligence has been an integral part of vid ...
based on Smith's studies in
cognitive science, the subject for which he received his degree from
Vassar College
Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely fol ...
. On February 22, 2010, it was announced that Freeverse had been acquired by ngmoco.
On October 12, 2010, Japanese-based
DeNA
Dena (in Luri and fa, ) is the name for a sub-range within the Zagros Mountains, Iran. Mount Dena, with length and average width, is situated on the boundary of the Isfahan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Pro ...
announced its acquisition of ngmoco for $400,000,000. Ngmoco became the regional headquarters for all Western subsidiaries of DeNA, including studios in Vancouver, Santiago de Chile, Amsterdam, and Stockholm. However, on October 18, 2016, DeNA announced the closure of all Western subsidiaries, including ngmoco.
Mac games
Original titles
* ''3D Bridge Deluxe''
* ''3D Hearts Deluxe''
* ''3D Pitch Deluxe''
* ''3D Euchre Deluxe''
* ''3D Spades Deluxe''
* ''3D Crazy Eights''
* ''
Active Lancer''
* ''
Airburst''
* ''
Airburst Extreme''
* ''Arcane Arena''
* ''Atlas: The Gift Of Aramai''
* ''Big Bang Board Games''
* ''Big Bang Brain Games''
*
Burning Monkey
** ''Burning Monkey Casino''
** ''Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab''
** ''Burning Monkey Solitaire''
** ''Burning Monkey Mahjong''
* ''Classic Cribbage''
*''Classic Gin Rummy''
* ''Deathground''
* ''Enigma''
* ''Hoyle Casino 2009''
* ''Hoyle Puzzle And Board 2009''
* ''Hoyle Cards 2009''
* ''Kill Monty''
* ''Neon Tango''
* ''Solace''
* ''ToySight''
*
''WingNuts: Temporal Navigator''
* ''
WingNuts 2: Raina's Revenge''
Ports
* ''
Heroes of Might and Magic V
''Heroes of Might and Magic V'' is the fifth installment of the ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' fantasy turn-based strategy video game series. The game was released by Ubisoft in Europe on May 16, and then in the United States and Canada on May 2 ...
''
* ''
Legion Arena''
* ''Jeopardy! Deluxe''
* ''
Wheel of Fortune Deluxe!''
* ''
Marathon 2: Durandal'' for Xbox LIVE Arcade
Published games
* ''8th Wonder Of The World''
* ''Hordes Of Orcs''
* ''
KnightShift
''Polanie II'' , also known as ''KnightShift'' and ''Once Upon a Knight'', is a real-time strategy and role-playing video game hybrid developed by Reality Pump Studios and released by Topware Interactive for the PC Windows and OS X in 2003. T ...
''
* ''
Massive Assault''
* ''Northland''
* ''
Payback''
* ''
Project Nomads''
* ''
Robin Hood: The Legend Of Sherwood''
* ''
Spartan''
* ''
X2: The Threat''
iOS games
* ''Big Bang Sudoku''
* ''MotoChaser''
* ''Warpgate''
* ''Jared Smith''
* ''SimStapler''
* ''Big Bang Board Games''
* ''Tranquility Application, Tranquility''
* ''Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab''
* ''Flick Bowling''
* ''Plank Game, Plank''
* ''Flick Fishing''
* ''Flick Baseball Pro''
* ''Burning Monkey Casino''
* ''SlotZ Racer''
* ''
Days of Thunder!''
* ''
Top Gun
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''
* ''Grunts (video game), Grunts''
* ''Fairy Trails''
* ''
Postman''
* ''
Flick NBA Basketball
''Flick NBA Basketball'' is a basketball video game developed and published by Freeverse. It was released on April 27, 2009, for the iOS (Apple), iOS. The game was the first for the platform to be officially licensed by the National Basketball A ...
''
* ''Eye Glasses''
* ''
Skee-Ball''
* ''
Parachute Ninja''
Applications
*
BumperCar
* Comic Life - Created by
plasq
* Lineform
*
MacAddict
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Menu Madness
*
Periscope
A periscope is an instrument for observation over, around or through an object, obstacle or condition that prevents direct line-of-sight observation from an observer's current position.
In its simplest form, it consists of an outer case with ...
*
Sound Studio
References
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Ngmoco
Video game development companies
Video game publishers
Macintosh software companies
Video game companies of the United States
Companies based in New York City
Video game companies established in 1994