Developed by Papyrus Design Group and distributed by Electronic Arts (EA), Indianapolis 500: The Simulation, known as Indy 500, was simplistic and grand all in a singular game that was released for DOS and Amiga.
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The Now Defunct Maxis Software Tops List of the Top Five Defunct Video Game Developers
Although games and series may continue on after company or licence acquisitions, mergers and bankruptcy, the original developers who created the games can at times be forgotten, but that’s now how it should be.
Game developers deserve the same recognition that the original artists get when their songs are covered by newer or different musical acts. In truth it’s their legacy, because like the original artists who wrote the musical notes and lyrics of a song that gets covered, these original developers created the script and code to the original game and that should not be forgotten.
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Small Oddities: A Library, Computers, a Shambler, a Female Dwarf, Lupin and Jigen
Art like inspiration can come from anywhere. As an example below are five great pieces of art from all over the world. A library photo from France, a photo of old computers from the United States, Quake fan art from Spain, a female dwarf from Czech Republic and Lupin the Third fan art from Russia.
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DinoPark Tycoon helped peak dinosaur fever in 1993
During the summer of 1993, Jurassic Park stormed through theaters and into our hearts. But that wasn’t the only dinosaur media in our hearts, especially if you were a student in elementary or middle school. “I have a game” would have been the safer words for John Hammond to say, as opposed to “I have an Island off the coast of Costa Rica,” but even though it didn’t work out for Hammond, that didn’t mean you couldn’t create your own Jurassic Park… with DinoPark Tycoon!
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Lemmings marched blindly into a Wonderful Gaming Legacy
Before mindless games like Candy Crush and Angry Birds and before you could control Pikmin as pawns, there was a mindless game with over 100 levels called Lemmings. It was developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in 1991 for the Amiga before being ported over to many other platforms of the day.
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