Silmarils
Silmarils was a French computer game software company founded in 1987 by Louis-Marie and André Rocques. It produced games for PC, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Macintosh, Atari ST and Atari Falcon. The company is most closely associated with its Ishar series.
Silmarils
- Founded
- 1987
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- Activity
- video game industry
- Dissolved
- 2003
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Silmarils was a French computer game software company founded in 1987 by Louis-Marie and André Rocques. It produced games for PC, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Macintosh, Atari ST and Atari Falcon. The company is most closely associated with its Ishar series.
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Crystals of Arborea was one of the first games to feature a real-time 3D environment and a large world with very few limits on movement. The company went bankrupt in 2003, and in 2004 the Rocques brothers and another former Silmarils member, Pascal Einsweiler, founded a new studio called Eversim, specializing in political strategy games. The company was named after J.
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• Founders — * Louis-Marie Rocques • André Rocques • Industry — Video game • Hq Location Country — France • Defunct — 2003 • Fate — Bankruptcy
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Games
• 1987 • Manhattan Dealers • 1988 • Mad Show • 1989 • Le Fetiche Maya • Targhan (planned for Sega Genesis) • Windsurf Willy • 1990 • Colorado (planned for Sega Genesis) • Crystals of Arborea • Star Blade (planned for Sega Genesis); also known as Starblade • 1991 • Boston Bomb Club • Metal Mutant • Storm Master • Xyphoes Fantasy • 1992 • Bunny Bricks • Ishar I: Legend of the Fortress • 1993 • Ishar II: Messengers of Doom • Transarctica • 1994 • Robinson's Requiem • Ishar 3: The Seven Gates of Infinity • 1996 • Deus • 1997 • Time Warriors • 1998 • Asghan: The Dragon Slayer • 2001 • Arabian Nights • Les Visiteurs: La Relique de Sainte Rolande • 2003 • Inspector Gadget: Mad Robots Invasion • unknown • Asghan 2
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