Mindcraft Software (or simply Mindcraft) was an American video game developer, founded in 1989 by Ali Atabek. It is best recognized for the award-winning ''

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'' series.

History

After Ali Atabek enjoyed '' Ultima II'', he created ''Rings of Zilfin'' for SSI. With his wife Ugur Atabek, and business partner Jim Thomas, Atabek formed Mindcraft Software to publish his next game, ''

''. By 1993 the company was publishing six titles a year and had about 30 employees. The company's games were primarily developed for DOS systems, but they also developed games for

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, Commodore 64, and

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computers. The company developed 15 games between 1989 and 1997.

Games developed

References

External links

The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985–1993)Mindcraft Software
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