Dinamic Multimedia was a Spanish

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and

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created in 1993 which was created after the bankruptcy of

Dinamic Software Dinamic Software was a Spanish video game producer and publishing company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent compa ...

in 1992 by some of its former members. After having released several titles, they filed for bankruptcy in September 2001.

History

The "jewel in the crown" of the company was the

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series, which featured an annual installment for a decade. Originally only featuring the Spanish leagues, later versions were developed for

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(''PC Calcio'') and

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(''PC Fútbol Apertura'' and ''Clausura''). For the broader English market, ''EuroLeague Football'' was released in 2000, following a brief licensing of the ''

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'' franchise in the late 1990s. Dinamic also released other sports games, such as ''PC Basket'', ''PC Atletismo'' or ''Eurotour Cycling'', as well as adventure games such as '' Hollywood Monsters'', one of the biggest projects in Spanish game development history. Most of the house titles and Spanish-produced games were marketed as budget titles and were fiercely championed by the local gaming press. In their late years, Dinamic expanded to Italy (in 1997) and distributed several titles in Spain, including high-profile titles such as '' Flying Corps Gold'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1999, the Ruíz brothers and Carlos Abril left the company on disagreements with the main owner, and co-founded FX Interactive. Dinamic fell into financial turmoil during the first half of 2001. The publisher's ventures related to the

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—such as the

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'' La Prisión''—proved unsuccessful, and the company was caught in the global dot-com collapse. By early March, rumors had spread that Dinamic was in danger of closing. The company responded that only its online division was being shuttered, and traditional game projects such as '' Runaway: A Road Adventure'' were not in jeopardy, despite their delays. However, key faculty secretly departed Dinamic to join

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during the period, and Dinamic entered

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and cut 39 jobs in late March. Dinamic owed a significant debt of 1.5 billion pesetas to multiple creditors by this time. On September 24, Dinamic announced its

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, following its financial upheaval earlier in the year. Although certain commentators had speculated that ''Runaway''s sales would save the publisher, it was ultimately Dinamic's last published title. Dinamic's bankruptcy came as a major blow to the domestic game market: at the time, a writer for

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reported the closure as "bad news ... for the battered Spanish game software industry". In retrospect, David Navarro of ''

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'' called it "probably the most traumatic event that the Spanish video game industry has experienced in history".

Games

Dinamic Multimedia published the following games: * ''Arctic Moves'' * ''EuroTour Cycling'' * '' Hollywood Monsters'' * ''M-Alien Paranoia'' * ''La Prision'' * ''Los justicieros'' * ''PC Atletismo'' * ''PC Selección Española de Fútbol: Eurocopa 96 Dinamic Multimedia'' * ''Resurrection: The Return of the Black Dragon'' * '' Runaway: A Road Adventure'' * ''PC Basket'' series * ''

'' series * '' PC Calcio'' series * '' PC Premiere'' series * ''Space Clash. The Last Frontier'' (1999, from EnigmaEnigma
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References

External links

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