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Dynamix
Dynamix, Inc. was an American developer of video games from 1984 to 2001, best known for the flight simulator Red Baron (1990 video game), ''Red Baron'', the puzzle video game, puzzle game ''The Incredible Machine (video game), The Incredible Machine'', the ''Front Page Sports'' series, ''Betrayal at Krondor,'' and the online multiplayer game ''Tribes (video game), Tribes''. History The company was founded in Eugene, Oregon in 1984 by Jeff Tunnell and Damon Slye. Their first title, ''Stellar 7'', was released before company founding and was later Video game remake, remade with the Dynamix name on it. They made a number of games for the Commodore 64, among them Project Firestart, which was one of the most atmospheric titles for the C64. In the following years, Dynamix created a line of action games for Penguin Software and Electronic Arts, including one of the first games for the Amiga, ''Arcticfox''. Later titles were developed for Activision. After self-publishing their games for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Tunnell
Jeffrey Tunnell is a video game producer, programmer and designer. In 1984 he founded Dynamix with Damon Slye in Eugene, Oregon. In 1990, Tunnell left Dynamix to start Jeff Tunnell Productions. Tunnell would go on to create famous brands such as '' The Incredible Machine'', '' Trophy Bass'', and the ''3-D Ultra Pinball'' series while at Jeff Tunnell Productions. These products were some of the most successful retail products to be published by Dynamix. In 1993, ''Sid & Al's Incredible Toons'' earned Tunnell and Chris Cole a patent for the game's concepts. In 1995, Tunnell returned to Dynamix in a leadership role. In 2001, after Dynamix was disbanded, Tunnell co-founded GarageGames, an independent video game publisher, which is also the developer of the Torque Game Engine. In 2007, GarageGames was acquired by InterActiveCorp, the media conglomerate founded by Barry Diller. Tunnell remained on as Chief Creative Officer of GarageGames. Tunnell was a contributor behind the visi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Slye
Damon Slye (born June 15, 1962) is a computer game game designer, designer, director, and game programmer, programmer. In 1984 he founded Dynamix with Jeff Tunnell in Eugene, Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. He is best known for creating the historic flight simulations ''Red Baron (video game), Red Baron'', ''A-10 Tank Killer'', and ''Aces of the Pacific''. Slye's first product was ''Stellar 7'', an action game for the Apple II which used 3D wireframe graphics. He followed it up with ''Arcticfox'', the first original title Electronic Arts published for the new Amiga computer.DeMaria, Rusel and Wilson, Johnny. ''High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games'', first edition, p.145. 2003: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media In 1994 Slye left Dynamix and the game industry, saying that he wanted a "sabbatical" to study math and physics as well as "playing chess, and skiing, and playing basketball, and doing a lot of reading", but expected to be "building products again" in a year. He founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Baron (1990 Video Game)
''Red Baron'' is a combat flight simulation video game for MS-DOS MS-DOS ( ; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few op ... created by Damon Slye at Dynamix. It was published by Sierra On-Line in 1990. The game was ported for Amiga and Macintosh computers in 1992. The game is set on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front of World War I. The player can engage in single missions or career mode, flying for either the Luftstreitkräfte, German Air Service or the Royal Flying Corps. In the course of the game the player might find themselves either flying in the Manfred von Richthofen, Red Baron's squadron Jagdstaffel 11, Jasta 11, or encountering him as an enemy above the front. An expansion pack, ''Red Baron: Mission Builder'', was released in 1992. A port of the game for the Ninten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra On-Line
Sierra Entertainment, Inc. (formerly On-Line Systems and Sierra On-Line, Inc.) was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1979 by Ken and Roberta Williams. The company is known for pioneering the graphic adventure game genre, including the first such game, '' Mystery House''. It is known for its graphical adventure game series '' King's Quest'', '' Space Quest'', '' Police Quest'', '' Gabriel Knight'', '' Leisure Suit Larry'', and '' Quest for Glory'', and as the original publisher of Valve's ''Half-Life'' series. After seventeen years as an independent company, Sierra was acquired by CUC International in February 1996 to become part of CUC Software. However, CUC International was caught in an accounting scandal in 1998, and many of the original founders of Sierra including the Williamses left the company. Sierra remained as part of CUC Software as it was sold and renamed several times over the next few years. Sierra was formally disestablished as a compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Entertainment
Sierra Entertainment, Inc. (formerly On-Line Systems and Sierra On-Line, Inc.) was an American video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher founded in 1979 by Ken Williams (game developer), Ken and Roberta Williams. The company is known for pioneering the graphic adventure game genre, including the first such game, ''Mystery House''. It is known for its graphical adventure game series ''King's Quest'', ''Space Quest'', ''Police Quest'', ''Gabriel Knight'', ''Leisure Suit Larry'', and ''Quest for Glory'', and as the original publisher of Valve Corporation, Valve's ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'' series. After seventeen years as an independent company, Sierra was acquired by CUC International in February 1996 to become part of CUC Software. However, CUC International was caught in an accounting scandal in 1998, and many of the original founders of Sierra including the Williamses left the company. Sierra remained as part of CUC Software as it was sold and renamed sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcticfox
''Arcticfox'' is a science fiction tank simulation video game developed by Dynamix and published by Electronic Arts in 1986. It was published in Europe by Ariolasoft. A sequel to Dynamix's ''Stellar 7'', it was released on Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MS-DOS, and Apple II. A third game was released in the series in 1991 titled ''Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon''. The game is set in a fictional 2005 where aliens have taken over Antarctica in an attempt to steal the Earth's oxygen. The player is sent to eradicate the intruders using a new super tank codenamed ''Arcticfox''. ''Arcticfox''s design team at Dynamix went on to produce '' The Incredible Machine'' and ''Red Baron''. Gameplay The player must pilot the tank into enemy territory with the goal of knocking out the alien base. The player uses the tank's abilities to destroy the aliens' ships and equipment. The Arcticfox tank is equipped with a cannon, guided missiles, land mines, and is outfitted with radar, a GPS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-10 Tank Killer
''A-10 Tank Killer'' is a 1989 combat flight simulation video game for DOS developed and published by Dynamix. An Amiga version was released in 1990. The game features an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft. Following the success of ''Red Baron'', version 1.5 was released in 1991 which included Gulf War missions and improved graphics and sounds. Several mission packs were sold separately. A sequel published by Sierra, '' Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer II'', was released in 1996. Gameplay The gameplay consists of the player piloting an A-10 Thunderbolt II "tank killer" through various combat missions set in the Gulf War air campaign as well as a fictional European scenario. The player receives a mission briefing, has the opportunity to customize a weapon load-out before starting the mission, and is debriefed after the mission. Reception According to Sierra On-Line, combined sales of ''A-10 Tank Killer'' and its sequel surpassed 250,000 units by the end of March 1996. ''Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stellar 7
''Stellar 7'' is a first-person vehicle simulation game, tank simulation video game based on the 1980s arcade game ''Battlezone (1980 video game), Battlezone'' in which the player assumes the role of a futuristic tank pilot. The game was created by Damon Slye for the Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1983, then remade in the early 1990s for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Classic Mac OS. There are three sequels: ''Arcticfox'' (1986), ''Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon'' (1991), and ''Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge'' (1993). Gameplay The player's tank, the Raven, has a front-facing cannon with an unlimited supply of bullets. The cannon can fire up to two shots at a time. The tank also has a cloaking device that, when triggered, would render it invisible to enemies for about a minute. Gauges on the right side of the screen indicate the amount of shields and power remaining. The tank starts with enough power to cloak twice, and power slowly trickles away as the time passes. The game ends when either shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid & Al's Incredible Toons
''Sid & Al's Incredible Toons'' is a puzzle video game developed by Dynamix and released by Sierra On-Line in 1993. Summary This video game is designed with the same style as that of '' The Incredible Machine'', except that the game takes place on a cartoon stage instead of a laboratory. The game focuses on the humorous adventures of the game's two main characters, Sid E. Mouse and Al E. Cat (both puns on 'city mouse' and 'alley cat', respectively), as each tries to make life unbearable for the other. It features 100 puzzles and an editor, which allows players to design their own puzzles. The main objective of the game is to finish a "puzzle-piece" photograph by completing each puzzle. When each puzzle (or level) is completed a missing piece on the photograph is replaced. ''Sid & Al's Incredible Toons'' is the predecessor of '' The Incredible Toon Machine''. Critical reception The game received positive reviews from critics. ''Computer Gaming World'' in 1994 said that "''Sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribes (video Game)
''Starsiege: Tribes'' is a first-person shooter video game. It is the first of the ''Tribes (video game series), Tribes'' video game series and follows the story from ''Metaltech: Earthsiege'' and ''Starsiege''. It was developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line in 1998. An expansion pack, ''Tribes Extreme'', was cancelled; it was supposed to add single-player missions, multiplayer maps, and bot Artificial intelligence, AI. Gameplay ''Tribes'' is a squad-based multiplayer online game. The story is set in the 40th century, after humanity has settled across the galaxies via jumpgates. Conflict has broken out between several factions of humans, the four largest of which are the Children of the Phoenix, who descend from people isolated from the Great Human Empire during the "jumpgate diaspora", Blood Eagle, a force of imperial knights originally sent from the Empire to subdue Humans who have gone 'tribal' over time, and Diamond Sword and Starwolf, who are of secondary import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredible Machine (video Game)
''The Incredible Machine'' (''TIM'') is a series of video games in which players create a series of Rube Goldberg devices. They were originally designed and coded by Kevin Ryan and produced by Jeff Tunnell, the now-defunct Jeff Tunnell Productions, and published by Dynamix; the 1993 through 1995 versions had the same development team, but the later 2000–2001 games have different designers. All versions were published by Sierra Entertainment. The entire series and intellectual property were acquired by Jeff Tunnell-founded PushButton Labs in October 2009. PushButton Labs was later acquired by Playdom, itself a division of Disney Interactive, so as of now the rights are held by The Walt Disney Company. A new game by Jeff Tunnell, called '' Contraption Maker'', is the spiritual successor to the ''Incredible Machine'' series. It was produced by Spotkin Games, a company founded by Jeff Tunnell, and features the same developers of the original ''Incredible Machine''. The game was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betrayal At Krondor
''Betrayal at Krondor'' is an MS-DOS-based role-playing video game developed by Dynamix and released by Sierra Entertainment, Sierra On-Line in the summer of 1993 in video gaming, 1993. ''Betrayal at Krondor'' takes place largely in Midkemia, the fantasy literature, fantasy world developed by Raymond E. Feist in his ''Riftwar'' novels. The game is designed to resemble a book, separated into chapters and narrated in the third-person with a quick-save bookmark feature. Although neither the dialog nor narrative were written by Feist himself, the game is considered canon, having been novelized as ''Krondor: The Betrayal'' five years later. Events in the game were also written into the ''Riftwar'' novels. PyroTechnix completed a sequel, ''Return to Krondor'', which was released by Sierra in 1998. Its protracted development experienced development hell, considerable delay, and the finished product was not nearly as warmly received as ''Betrayal''. GOG.com released an Emulator, emulate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
