Fantasoft
Fantasoft was a computer game company which programmed and promoted a number of shareware games with a primary focus on the Apple Macintosh platform. Dormant since about 2005. It was founded by Sean Sayrs, Peter Hagen, and Tim Phillips.
Also recorded as Fantasoft LLC
Fantasoft
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- Fantasoft
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- United States
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- video game industry
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Fantasoft was a computer game company which programmed and promoted a number of shareware games with a primary focus on the Apple Macintosh platform. Dormant since about 2005. It was founded by Sean Sayrs, Peter Hagen, and Tim Phillips.
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Created to develop, market, and distribute the shareware game Realmz, which was MacUser Shareware Game of the Year in 1995–96. Following the success of Realmz, Fantasoft created or marketed other Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platform games, most notably Spiderweb Software's early Exile series.
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• Name — Fantasoft • Industry — Video games • Founder — Sean Sayrs Peter Hagen Tim Phillips • Website — fantasoft.com
Development
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• Realmz • Final Star (canceled) • New Centurions Published: • Enigma Software: • Squish • Peregrine (canceled) • Spiderweb Software • Exile: Escape from the Pit • Exile II: Crystal Souls • Exile III: Ruined World • Flying Mikros Interactive • Monkey Shines • Monkey Shines 2: Gorilla Warfare • Alien Attack • Jelly Software: • DOWN • Freemen Software: • King of Parking • Rain'Net • Bugs Bannis • The Alchemist Guild • Lance (canceled) • Coach Potato Software • CommishWare 99
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Fantasoft is recorded as video game publisher. Situated in United States.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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