WizardWorks Group, Inc. was an American
video game developer
A video game developer is 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 large business with em ...
and
publisher
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based in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...
. 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 a subsidiary of WizardWorks, specializing in the production of video game ports from Microsoft Windows to Macintosh operating systems, as well as prod ...
divisions. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by
GT Interactive
Atari, Inc. is an American video gaming company based in New York City, and a subsidiary of the Atari SA holding company. It is the main entity serving the commercial Atari brand globally since 2003. The company currently publishes games based o ...
to become part of their
GT Value Products umbrella, which was later abandoned. Through acquisitions, GT Interactive became
Atari
Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French holding company Atari SA (formerly Infogrames) and its focus is on "video games, consumer hardware, licensing and bl ...
. 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, United States, 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 Sho ...
.
Games published
* ''
911 Fire Rescue
''911 Fire Rescue'' is a 2001 video game from WizardWorks. The player takes on the role of a fire-fighter and has to save victims and extinguish several different types of fires in 17 levels. The player must manage their character's health, oxyge ...
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* ''
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Collectors Edition''
* ''
Beach Head 2000''
* ''
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 nutrition and energy requirements are met by consumption of animal tissues (mainly mu ...
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* ''
Carnivores 2
''Carnivores 2'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Action Forms and published by WizardWorks in North America on October 21, 1999. It is the sequel to the 1998 video game ''Carnivores'' and is the second in the ''Carnivores'' se ...
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* ''
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 Arthro ...
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* ''
D!ZONE''
* ''
Damage Incorporated
''Damage Incorporated'' is a first-person shooter for Mac OS using the ''Marathon 2'' engine and published by MacSoft in 1997. It was ported to Microsoft Windows.
Gameplay
The player commands a squad of four marines in counter-terrorism operati ...
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* ''
Deer Hunter''
* ''
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
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* ''
Duke: Nuclear Winter''
* ''
Duke: The Apocalypse''
* ''
Duke!ZONE
''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a 1996 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by 3D Realms and published by FormGen for MS-DOS. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem (video game), Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', published ...
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* ''
Duke!ZONE II
''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a 1996 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by 3D Realms and published by FormGen for MS-DOS. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem (video game), Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', published ...
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* ''
Duke Assault
''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a 1996 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by 3D Realms and published by FormGen for MS-DOS. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem (video game), Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', published ...
''
* ''
Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach''
* ''
Duke it out in D.C.
''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a 1996 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by 3D Realms and published by FormGen for MS-DOS. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem (video game), Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', published ...
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* ''
Duke Nukem II
''Duke Nukem II'' is a 1993 platform game developed and published by Apogee Software. The game consists of four episodes (of eight levels each), the first available as shareware. It is the follow-up to 1991's ''Duke Nukem'', and followed by ''Du ...
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* ''
Duke Xtreme
''Duke Nukem 3D'' is a 1996 first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed by 3D Realms and published by FormGen for MS-DOS. It is a sequel to the platform games ''Duke Nukem (video game), Duke Nukem'' and ''Duke Nukem II'', published ...
''
* ''
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 Software' ...
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* ''
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''
* ''S!ZONE'' (City pack for
SimCity
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and
SimCity 2000
''SimCity 2000'' is a City-building game, city-building Simulation game, simulation video game jointly developed by Will Wright (game designer), Will Wright and Fred Haslam of Maxis. It is the successor to ''SimCity (1989 video game), SimCity Cla ...
)
* ''
Secret of the Silver Blades''
* ''
Skunny''
* ''
Sporting Clays
Sporting clays is a form of clay pigeon shooting
Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, is a shooting sport involving shooting at shooting target#Clay pigeons, special flying targets known as "clay pigeons" or "clay targ ...
''
* ''
StarCraft: Retribution''
* ''
Stargunner''
* ''
Swamp Buggy Racing''
* ''
Treasures of the Savage Frontier''
* ''
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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