MacSoft

MacSoft
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	1993; 31 years ago
Founder	Peter Tamte
Defunct	May 2011; 13 years ago
Fate	Dissolved together with parent
Headquarters	Plymouth, Minnesota, U.S.
Key people	Peter Tamte
Number of employees	6 (1999)
Parent	WizardWorks (1993–1996); Infogrames, Inc. (1996–2003); Destineer (2003–2011);
Website	macsoftgames.com

MacSoft was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1993 by Peter Tamte as a subsidiary of WizardWorks, specializing in the production of video game ports from Microsoft Windows to Macintosh operating systems, as well as productivity software.^[2] In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by GT Interactive (later renamed Infogrames, Inc.), with WizardWorks and MacSoft split into different operationals. On January 30, 2003, MacSoft was acquired by Destineer, and founder Peter Tamte again became the company's director.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Games published

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Collectors Edition
Age of Empires
Age of Empires II
Age of Empires III
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Age of Mythology
Beach Head 2000
Civilization II
Dark Vengeance
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
Duke Nukem 3D
Fallout
Halo: Combat Evolved
Lode Runner 2
Mac Arcade Pak
Mac Arcade Pak 2
Master of Orion II
Max Payne
Myth III: The Wolf Age
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Quake
Railroad Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon 3
Rainbow Six
Rise of Nations Gold Edition
Terminal Velocity
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove
Unreal
Unreal Tournament 2004
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse
Zoo Tycoon 2

References

^ Stern, Zack (1999). "A Visit to MacSoft". Inside Mac Games. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
^ "Game-maker Destineer buys MacSoft". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
^ "Destineer acquires MacSoft". January 30, 2003.
^ "Q&A: Tamte on Destineer's Four-Pronged Approach". May 21, 2007.
^ "Infogrames Sells MacSoft To Destineer, Peter Tamte Once Again In Charge Of Mac Gaming Publisher". macobserver.com. January 30, 2003. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
^ "Destineer buys MacSoft from Infogrames".

External links

Official website

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[1] Stern, Zack (1999). "A Visit to MacSoft". Inside Mac Games. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved June 12, 2023.

[2] "Game-maker Destineer buys MacSoft". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved March 4, 2021.

[3] "Destineer acquires MacSoft". January 30, 2003.

[4] "Q&A: Tamte on Destineer's Four-Pronged Approach". May 21, 2007.

[5] "Infogrames Sells MacSoft To Destineer, Peter Tamte Once Again In Charge Of Mac Gaming Publisher". macobserver.com. January 30, 2003. Retrieved March 7, 2012.

[6] "Destineer buys MacSoft from Infogrames".

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