Difference between revisions of "Lion Entertainment"
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| − | '''Lion Entertainment, Inc.''' was a development company in | + | '''Lion Entertainment, Inc.''' was a development company in Austin, Texas, best known for porting PC games such as ''Doom II'' and ''Quake'' to the Macintosh, though it also developed two original ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' games for the 3DO. It was incorporated on June 8, 1993, and dissolved on November 16, 1999. The president was Douglas Grounds, previously a programmer with New World Computing and SSI. |
| − | Lion | + | Lion shut its doors in August 1997. [https://www.bluesnews.com/archives/aug97-1.html] Afterwards, Grounds and others started up 3DO Austin. [https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.mac.games.action/c/X6FcR66qJZ4/m/lHjx0AariqcJ] Programmers Phil Sulak and Ken Cobb founded Westlake Interactive [https://www.macworld.com/article/175903/macsoft-10.html], which continued development of the Mac versions of ''Shadow Warrior'' and ''Unreal''. In 1999, Grounds formed another Mac development company called Entuitive! Software Inc. [https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mac-gaming-breaks-new-grounds/1100-2450346/] |
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===3DO=== | ===3DO=== | ||
*''DeathKeep'' (US Publisher: SSI) | *''DeathKeep'' (US Publisher: SSI) | ||
| − | *''Slayer''/ ''Lost Dungeon'' (US/EU Publisher: SSI; JP Publisher: T&E Soft) | + | *''Slayer'' / ''Lost Dungeon'' (US/EU Publisher: SSI; JP Publisher: T&E Soft) |
===Macintosh=== | ===Macintosh=== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.mac.games.action/c/renYlHDU0PU/m/valrzgSwNQMJ Usenet: Douglas Grounds lists games Lion converted to Macintosh] | *[https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.mac.games.action/c/renYlHDU0PU/m/valrzgSwNQMJ Usenet: Douglas Grounds lists games Lion converted to Macintosh] | ||
| + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/19980218035216/http://www.imgmagazine.com:80/gametalk/gametalk_lion.html ''Inside Mac Games'': Mac gamers share their thoughts on the loss of Lion (Internet Archive Wayback Machine)] | ||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:38, 25 March 2024
Lion Entertainment, Inc. was a development company in Austin, Texas, best known for porting PC games such as Doom II and Quake to the Macintosh, though it also developed two original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons games for the 3DO. It was incorporated on June 8, 1993, and dissolved on November 16, 1999. The president was Douglas Grounds, previously a programmer with New World Computing and SSI.
Lion shut its doors in August 1997. [1] Afterwards, Grounds and others started up 3DO Austin. [2] Programmers Phil Sulak and Ken Cobb founded Westlake Interactive [3], which continued development of the Mac versions of Shadow Warrior and Unreal. In 1999, Grounds formed another Mac development company called Entuitive! Software Inc. [4]
Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources
3DO
- DeathKeep (US Publisher: SSI)
- Slayer / Lost Dungeon (US/EU Publisher: SSI; JP Publisher: T&E Soft)
Macintosh
- Deadlock: Planetary Conquest (US/EU Publisher: MacSoft)
- Doom II (US Publisher: GT Interactive; JP Publisher: Imagineer)
- Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition (US Publisher: MacSoft)
- Heroes of Might and Magic (US Publisher: New World Computing)
- Mario Teaches Typing (CD-ROM version) (US Publisher: MacPlay)
- Quake (US Publisher: MacSoft)
- Super Wing Commander (US Publisher: Origin)
- The Ultimate Doom (US Publisher: GT Interactive)
- Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (US/EU Publisher: Origin)
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (US Publisher: Origin)
PlayStation
- Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (US/EU Publisher: Origin)
Windows
- DeathKeep (US Publisher: SSI)
