Website: | Interplay Productions |
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Wikipedia: | Wikipedia article |
Interplay Entertainment Corporation is an American video game publisher and developer. The company was founded as Interplay Productions, Inc. in Southern California in 1983 with Brian Fargo as president and three programmers, Jay Patel, Troy Worrell and Bill Heineman. Its original staff came from former employees of a small video game developer called Boone Corporation. Interplay made a name for itself as a quality computer game developer with the role-playing games The Bard's Tale and Wasteland, which were published by Electronic Arts.
Interplay started publishing its own games, starting with Neuromancer and Battle Chess, in 1988, and then moved on to publish and distribute games from other companies, while continuing internal game development. In 1993, Interplay published the hit game Descent, developed by startup Parallax Software.
The company published several notable Star Trek games, including Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Star Trek: Judgment Rites. These games had later CD-ROM editions released with the original Star Trek cast providing voices. Interplay also published the significant Starfleet Academy and Klingon Academy games, and Starfleet Command series, beginning with Star Trek: Starfleet Command. Another game, Star Trek: Secret Of Vulcan Fury, was in development in the late 1990s, with a script written by Star Trek writer Dorothy Fontana; however this title was never completed.
In 1997, Interplay developed and released Fallout, a successful and critically-acclaimed role-playing game set in a retro-futuristic post-apocalyptic setting. Black Isle Studios, an in house developer, followed with the sequel, Fallout 2. The most successful subsequent Interplay franchise was probably Baldur's Gate, a Dungeons & Dragons game that was developed by Bioware and spawned a successful sequel and several expansion packs. Over the years, Interplay's most successful titles were PC games. The company published a few notable console games, such as ClayFighter, Rock 'N Roll Racing, The Lost Vikings, and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, but Interplay was never quite able to establish a long-lasting console franchise.
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Also known as Das Schwarze Auge: Sternenschweif
Traditional, 1992
Non-playable demo
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Role-Playing, 1995
Preview, Preview
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Role-Playing, 1997
Playable demo, Patch
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Role-Playing, 1998
Playable demo
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Screams in the Dark, In the Dark, AITD
Adventure, 1992
Playable demo (installed), Playable demo
Dev: | Infogrames |
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Das Schwarze Auge: Sternenschweif
Traditional, 1992
Non-playable demo
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Blackhawk
Platform, 1994
Playable demo (installed), Playable demo
Dev: | Blizzard Entertainment |
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Inferno, Descent 1
First-Person Shooter, 1994
Shareware (installed), Shareware, Shareware
Dev: | Parallax Software |
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Descent 2
First-Person Shooter, 1995
Playable demo (installed), Playable demo, Playable demo, Preview, Extra
Dev: | Parallax Software |
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep
Role-Playing, 1995
Playable demo (installed), Playable demo
Dev: | FTL Games |
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Thayer's Quest
Dev: | Virtual Image Productions |
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Role-Playing, 1995
Preview, Preview
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Virtual Pool: Snooker
Sport, 1995
Playable demo, Playable demo
Dev: | Celeris |
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Role-Playing, 1997
Playable demo, Patch
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Also known as Murder Death Kill
Shooter, 1997
Playable demo, Patch
Dev: | Shiny Entertainment |
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Pub: | Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Interplay Productions |
Also known as Sand Warriors
Simulation, 1997
Playable demo, Preview, Playable demo
Dev: | Astros Productions, Gremlin Interactive |
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
Role-Playing, 1998
Playable demo
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Pub: | Interplay Productions |
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Descent II |