Which game was invented first, X-COM or Summit?
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X-COM X-COM (sometimes stylized as "X-Com") is a science fiction video game franchise featuring an elite international organization tasked with countering alien invasions of Earth. The series began with the strategy video game "" created by Mythos Games and MicroProse in 1994. The original line up by MicroProse included six published and at least two cancelled games, as well as two novels. The "X-COM" series, in particular its original entry, achieved a sizable cult following and has influenced many other video games; including the creation of a number of clones, spiritual successors, and unofficial remakes.
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Summit (game) Summit is a Cold War board wargame introduced in 1961 by Milton Bradley as "The Top Level Game of Global Strategy", with an updated release in 1971. Each player chooses one of the major powers from the 1950s/1960s era and controlled their economic and military buildup during each turn, much like Risk.
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Earthlock: Festival of Magic Earthlock: Festival of Magic is a role-playing video game developed and published by the Norwegian company Snowcastle Games for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U. The Xbox One version was launched on September 1, 2016 worldwide, with the PlayStation 4 and Wii U versions to follow suit at a later date.
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Z8Games Z8Games is an online gaming portal of CrossFire, an online first-person-shooter. Z8Games also currently hosts Lost Saga, a 3D fighting game, which Z8Games made available for Canadian and American users. Z8Games previously hosted the MMORPG Metin 2, and the Sports game Fishing Hero. Z8Games is owned by Smilegate West, a Canadian online media publisher. Z8Games offers multiple versions of CrossFire targeting different regions like North America, South America, Brazil, and Europe.
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Capitalism (video game) Capitalism is a business simulation video game first published in 1995 by Interactive Magic, developed by Enlight for the Macintosh and MS-DOS and designed by Trevor Chan. Other similar business simulation games include "Industry Giant, Entrepreneur" and "The Corporate Machine." "Capitalism" may be the first successful business simulation game.
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Top Management II Top Management II (トップマネジメントⅡ ) is a multiplatform video game that emphasizes strategy and economic expansion.
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Chip Morningstar Chip Morningstar is an author, developer, programmer and designer of software systems, mainly for online entertainment and communication. He graduated from University of Michigan in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. While at the University of Michigan he also performed research in the Space Physics Research Laboratory, where he wrote device drivers and CAD software for electronic circuitry. Morningstar held many jobs throughout his career in the research and development of technology and programs. Most notably was Morningstar's role as project leader for Lucasfilm's "Habitat", the first large-scale virtual multiuser environment. In March 2001, Morningstar and colleague Randy Farmer were awarded the inaugural "First Penguin Award" by the International Game Developers Association for their work on Habitat. He also participated in Project Xanadu, for which the word hypertext was first coined. Additionally, he is credited with coining the term avatar for an on-screen representation and pre-Internet work in online information marketplaces.
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Accolade (company) Infogrames North America, Inc. (formerly Accolade, Inc.) was an American video game developer and publisher based in San Jose, California. The company was founded as Accolade in November 1984 by Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead, who had previously co-founded Activision in October 1979.
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XBAND XBAND (stylized as XB∀ND) was one of the first online console gaming networks, and was available for Super NES and Genesis systems. It was produced by Catapult Entertainment, a Cupertino, California-based software company. It is the only modem released in America to have been officially licensed by Nintendo. It debuted in various areas of the United States in late 1994 and 1995. Online console gaming networks were eventually stabilized in the sixth and later generations of video games, such as Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Nintendo Network.
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Clusterball "Clusterball" is a 2000 video game featuring futuristic sport gameplay created by the Swedish Company Daydream Software and published by Strategy First, RealNetworks and Daydream Software itself.
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Best of X Best of X is a sales pitching competition in Germany in key locations. The Best of X program starts with the application or recommendation of startups to the Board of Ambassadors; consisting of key people in the startup scene: serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and business angels, influential corporates, etc.. Each of the region's most influential entrepreneurial institutions nominate 8 candidates, two more startups join the final event by winning the public vote. At the final event the 10 startups will introduce themselves, deliver a pitch which is followed by a Q&A by the jury.
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PAX (event) PAX (originally known as Penny Arcade Expo) is a series of gaming festivals held in Seattle, Boston, Melbourne, Philadelphia, and San Antonio. PAX was created by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the authors of the "Penny Arcade" webcomic, because they wanted to attend a show exclusively for gaming.
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Code Hero Code Hero was a planned educational video game by Primer Labs, designed by Alex Peake. The game was supposed to teach players how to write programming languages by having them do so in a 3D world.
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Zynga Zynga is an American video game developer running social video game services founded in July 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. The company develops social games that work stand-alone on mobile phone platforms such as Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone and on the Internet through its website, Zynga.com, and social networking websites such as Facebook, Google+, and Tencent QQ. Zynga states its mission as "connecting the world through games." The company was named in honor of Zinga, CEO Mark Pincus' deceased American bulldog.
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Summit Group Summit Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include communication, trading, energy & power, shipping.
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Enlight Software Enlight Software is a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment. The company was founded by Trevor Chan in 1993, and their first project was the economic strategy game "Capitalism", which was published by Interactive Magic in 1995. In 1997, they released "Capitalism Plus" (an updated version of "Capitalism") and the real-time strategy game "Seven Kingdoms". Later games include "Virtual U", "Capitalism II", "", "", "Restaurant Empire", "Zoo Empire", "Marine Park Empire" and "Restaurant Empire II".
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XS Software XS Software JSCo is a Bulgarian worldwide producer, developer and publisher of browser-based multiplayer online games with more than 40 million registered and 4 000 000 daily active players.
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Whac-A-Mole Whac-A-Mole is a popular arcade redemption game invented in 1976 by Aaron Fechter of Creative Engineering, Inc.
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Top Management (video game) Top Management (ファミコン トップマネジメント ) is a multiplatform business simulation video game that turns the player into a highly respected corporate title holder.
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Sports Mogul Sports Mogul Inc. is a United States computer game developer and publisher with 5 employees, founded in 1997 by Clay Dreslough. They are the creators of Baseball Mogul, Masters of the Gridiron, Football Mogul and Baseball Mogul Online. They were originally known as Infinite Monkey Systems.
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Summit (The Outer Limits) "Summit" is an episode of "The Outer Limits" television show. It first aired on 21 May 1999, during the fifth season.
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Mountain (video game) Mountain is a simulation video game developed by David OReilly and published by Double Fine Productions. It was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS and Android in July 2014. The game is an idle game in which the only influence the player can have on the game is at the start of the game where the player is tasked to draw objects. The game is designed to be played in the background while the player uses other applications.