WizardWorks Group, Inc. was an American
video game developer
A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a larg ...
and
publisher
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based in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company was founded in 1980 and, in 1993, WizardWorks opened the
CompuWorks and
MacSoft
MacSoft was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1993 by Peter Tamte as subsidiary of WizardWorks, specializing in the production of video game ports from Microsoft Windows to Macintosh operating systems, as well as produc ...
divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by
GT Interactive
GT, Gt or G-T may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Games
* GT Interactive, an American video game developer
* GameTrailers, a video game website
* ''Golden Tee Golf'', golf video game
* Gran Turismo (series), ''Gran Turismo'' (series), a series ...
to become part of their
GT Value Products
GT, Gt or G-T may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Games
* GT Interactive, an American video game developer
* GameTrailers, a video game website
* '' Golden Tee Golf'', golf video game
* ''Gran Turismo'' (series), a series of racing video games ...
umbrella, which was later abandoned. Through acquisitions, GT Interactive became
Atari. On March 29, 2004, Atari, Inc. closed down all operations of WizardWorks, and folded outstanding projects into their publishing branch in
Beverly, Massachusetts
Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, and a suburb of Boston. The population was 42,670 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. A resort, residential, and manufacturing community on the Massachusetts North Shore, Beverly incl ...
.
Games published
* ''
911 Fire Rescue''
* ''
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Collectors Edition''
* ''
Beach Head 2000
''Beach Head 2000'' is a first-person shooter game developed by Digital Fusion. It was originally released by WizardWorks for Microsoft Windows and MacSoft for Mac OS as a "value-priced" release. A loose video game remake, remake of the 1983 comput ...
''
* ''
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold''
* ''
Carnivores
A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other ...
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* ''
Carnivores 2''
* ''
Carnivores Ice Age''
* ''
Casper''
* ''
Championship Pool''
* ''
Chasm: The Rift''
* ''
Claw
A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds). Some invertebrates such as beetles and spiders have somewhat similar fine, hooked structures at the end of the leg or tars ...
''
* ''
D!ZONE''
* ''
Damage Incorporated''
* ''
Deer Hunter
Deer hunting is hunting for deer for meat and sport, an activity which dates back tens of thousands of years. Venison, the name for deer meat, is a nutritious and natural food source of animal protein that can be obtained through deer huntin ...
''
* ''
Deer Hunter 2: Monster Buck Pack''
* ''
Deer Hunter 2''
* ''
Deer Hunter 3 Gold''
* ''
Deer Hunter 3''
* ''
Deer Hunter 4''
* ''
Deer Hunter 5: Tracking Trophies''
* ''
Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars''
* ''Dirt Track Racing: Australia''
* ''
Dirt Track Racing''
* ''
Duke: Nuclear Winter''
* ''
Duke: The Apocalypse''
* ''
Duke!ZONE
''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem (video game), Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', published by 3D Realms.
''Duke Nukem 3D'' features the adventures ...
''
* ''
Duke!ZONE II
''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem (video game), Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', published by 3D Realms.
''Duke Nukem 3D'' features the adventures ...
''
* ''
Duke Assault''
* ''
Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach''
* ''
Duke it out in D.C.''
* ''
Duke Nukem II''
* ''
Duke Xtreme''
* ''
Emergency: Fighters for Life''
* ''Fun Pack 3D''
* ''
H!ZONE''
* ''
Hell to Pay''
* ''
Harley-Davidson: Race Across America''
* ''
In Pursuit of Greed
''In Pursuit of Greed'' (also known as ''Assassinators'') is a science fiction-themed first-person shooter (FPS) video game released in 1995 for DOS , developed by Mind Shear Software and published by Softdisk.
Release
After Mind Shear Softwar ...
''
* ''
Innova Disc Golf''
* ''
Leadfoot''
* ''
Montezuma's Return''
* ''
Ozzie's Forest''
* ''Perdition's Gate''
* ''
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus''
* ''
Q!ZONE''
* ''
Rudolph's Magical Sleigh Ride''
* ''
Robot Arena''
* ''
Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter''
* ''
Secret of the Silver Blades''
* ''
Skunny''
* ''
Sporting Clays
Sporting clays is a form of clay pigeon shooting, often described as "golf with a shotgun" because a typical course includes from 10 to 15 different shooting stations laid out over natural terrain. For safety, the course size is often no smaller ...
''
* ''
StarCraft: Retribution''
* ''
Stargunner
''Stargunner'' is a 1996 horizontal scrolling shooter computer game published by Apogee Software and released for DOS and Windows.
Gameplay
The player controls a craft on a horizontal perspective going to the right. Enemies can approach from in f ...
''
* ''
Swamp Buggy Racing''
* ''
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
''Treasures of the Savage Frontier'' (1992) is a Gold Box Dungeons and Dragons role-playing video game. It was developed by Beyond Software and published by SSI for the Amiga and DOS.
Plot overview
A few weeks after the events of ''Gateway to ...
''
* ''
W!ZONE''
* ''
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse''
References
External links
* (archived on October 9, 2001)
Video game companies established in 1980
Video game companies disestablished in 2004
Defunct video game companies of the United States
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