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Revision as of 20:44, 27 September 2005 by Elonka (talk | contribs) (→Simutronics Products)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Simutronics is the online games company responsible for GemStone IV, DragonRealms, and many other games. Simutronics was founded by David Whatley, who currently still owns and runs the company. It is located in Saint Charles, Missouri, with additional offices in Maryland.
The company's flagship product, GemStone IV, has been running for around 15 years. GemStone was on General Electric's internet service provider GEnie for a number of years before moving to AOL and Prodigy before Simutronics moved to their own domain: play.net.
Simutronics Products
All of the following titles are multiplayer online games:
- GemStone, Simutronics' flagship product, a text-based multiplayer fantasy game, which has seen over one million users over the years, and is the longest-running commercial MUD in the world.
- GemStone Platinum - The same game world as GemStone, but with a smaller player-base.
- Orb Wars, (no longer available) an early graphical game involving team combat between wizards
- DragonRealms, set in the same fantasy world as GemStone, only at a later place in time. Additional versions include DragonRealms Platinum, and DragonRealms: Fallen.
- Modus Operandi RPG, a crime-solving MUD.
- Alliance of Heroes, formerly Hercules & Xena, this adventure-based MUD is set in the Hercules & Xena universe.
- CyberStrike, winner of the first ever "Online Game of the Year" award from Computer Gaming World magazine in 1993.
- Hero's Journey, an upcoming graphical MMORPG, scheduled for 2006 release