Digital Reality Software Kft. (formerly Amnesty Design) was a Hungarian
video game developer based in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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. It was founded in 1991 as Amnesty Design, and started to work on their upcoming title, ''
Reunion'', which would be released in 1994 by
Grandslam Video, for
Amiga and
MS-DOS
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. In 1997, leading up to the release of ''
Imperium Galactica
''Imperium Galactica'' is a 4X video game, developed by Digital Reality. The same company would later make its sequel, ''Imperium Galactica II'', in 1999. ''Imperium Galactica'' was published and distributed by GT Interactive in 1997. The soundtr ...
'', the company changed its name to Digital Reality. In the following decade, games like ''
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron'', ''
Platoon
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A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as Law enforcement officer, law enforcement officers, military personnel, or Security guard, secur ...
'', ''
SkyDrift'' and ''
Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps
''Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps'', released as ''Afrika Korps vs. Desert Rats'' outside the UK and U.S., is a real-time tactics game that is based on the North African campaign of World War II. The single player missions are playable as the Germ ...
'' were produced, all to positive reception.
In 2006, Digital Reality opened a subsidiary studio, Whiz Software, in cooperation with
CDV Software, and in 2011, they spun off a
digital distribution subsidiary, Digital Reality Publishing. Digital Reality silently shut down in 2013. In February 2016, Austrian publisher
Nordic Games acquired a range of
intellectual properties formerly under the Digital Reality banner, withunder also ''
Black Knight Sword
is a side-scrolling platform game co-developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and Digital Reality. It was released in North America on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network on December 11, 2012 and on Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on Decemb ...
'', ''Imperium Galactica'' and ''
Sine Mora''.
Games developed
References
Defunct video game companies of Hungary
Video game companies established in 1991
Video game companies disestablished in 2013
Video game development companies
1991 establishments in Hungary
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