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    Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher. The company, founded in 1983, was known for its simulation games, notably...
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    company lost most of its UK-based personnel and became a subsidiary of Spectrum HoloByte. Subsequent cuts and corporate policies led to Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs...
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  • MicroProse, the studio he co-founded. After MicroProse was acquired by Spectrum Holobyte, Meier left with other designers to form Firaxis Games in 1996, which...
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    (1992), Spectrum HoloByte Falcon 3.0 (1991), Spectrum HoloByte Crisis in the Kremlin (1991), Spectrum HoloByte Super Tetris (1991), Spectrum HoloByte Stunt...
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  • Welltris (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    in the Tetris series. Adaptations were made by Sphere, Inc., for Spectrum HoloByte, and by Infogrames. It was released for MS-DOS compatible operating...
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    Tetris (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    rights to sister company Spectrum HoloByte. The latter obtained the rights after a visit to Mirrorsoft by Spectrum HoloByte president Phil Adam in which...
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  • Tetris Classic (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    Tetris Classic is a 1992 puzzle video game developed and published by Spectrum HoloByte for DOS systems. It is an adaptation of the 1985 Soviet video game...
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  • F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft. The games, mostly published by Spectrum HoloByte, were noted for their high level of realism unseen in contemporary...
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  • Gazillionaire (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    video game developed by American studio LavaMind and published by Spectrum HoloByte for the PC. Gazillionaire is a trading game involving trading exotics...
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  • top enemy aces flying MiGs. Top Gun: Fire at Will was released by Spectrum Holobyte in 1996 for Mac OS, MS-DOS, Windows, and PlayStation. The PlayStation...
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  • Soko-Ban (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    Soko-Ban is a puzzle video game published in the United States by Spectrum HoloByte in 1988. It is based on the 1982 Japanese video game Sokoban. This...
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  • Faces...tris III (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    Faces...tris III is a puzzle video game developed by Spectrum HoloByte in 1990 for the Macintosh, Amiga and MS-DOS. Faces is the fourth game in a series...
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  • BreakThru! (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    Steve Fry for the Japanese company ZOO Corporation and published by Spectrum HoloByte for the North American market. The game would later be re-released...
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  • Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity is an adventure game by Spectrum HoloByte, based on the Star Trek universe. It was released in 1995 for DOS...
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    arrange blocks into lines without any gaps. The game was released by Spectrum Holobyte for MS-DOS in 1987, Atari Games in arcades in 1988, and sold 30 million...
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  • other, so that he can eventually destroy them and conquer the land. Spectrum Holobyte filed a lawsuit after Acclaim published the PC version in January...
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  • Intrigue! (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    an adventure video game developed by Kinemation and published by Spectrum HoloByte for Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1986. International terrorists are...
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    1708. Many versions of Tetris, including those by Atari/Tengen and Spectrum Holobyte, used faux Cyrillic to spell the name as TETЯIS (tetyais) to emphasize...
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    Falcon (video game) (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    Falcon) in the Falcon series of the F-16 jet fighter's simulators by Spectrum HoloByte. Originally developed by Sphere for Macintosh and MS-DOS in 1987 and...
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    Soviet Union, received international releases through Mirrorsoft and Spectrum Holobyte in 1988. Pajitnov created a sequel to Tetris, entitled Welltris, which...
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  • involved with a number of publishers including Mirrorsoft, Mindscape, Spectrum Holobyte, Virgin, and Empire Interactive. Rowan's involvement with Mirrorsoft...
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  • Top Gun: Fire at Will (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    Top Gun: Fire at Will is a video game developed and published by Spectrum HoloByte for DOS, Windows, PlayStation, and Mac OS. It is a licensed game in...
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  • Tank: The M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Simulation (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank Simulation is a 1989 video game published by Spectrum HoloByte. Tank is a game in which an armor simulation includes a training scenario...
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  • - Super Cars (Expansion) Tetra Quest Tetris (Mirrorsoft) Tetris (Spectrum Holobyte) Tetris II Strikes Back Thai Boxing Their Finest Hour - The Battle...
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  • Yeager's Air Combat Electronic Arts (1991) Flight of the Intruder Spectrum Holobyte (1991) Wings Over Vietnam Third Wire (2004) Jane's Fighters Anthology...
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  • Falcon 3.0 (category Spectrum HoloByte games)
    flight simulator video game developed by Sphere Inc. and published by Spectrum HoloByte in 1991 as third official main entry in the Falcon series of the F-16...
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    video plugin for web browsers. In 1994 SoftVideo was licensed to Spectrum Holobyte for use in its CD-ROM games including Falcon Gold and Star Trek: The...
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  • novel as well. Developed by Rowan Software, Ltd. and published by Spectrum Holobyte, the game allowed players the choice of flying either the A-6 intruder...
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  • Chase 1988 Westwood Associates Disney Software Dondra 1987 Spectrum Holobyte Spectrum Holobyte Donkey Kong 1984 Michael Cranford Atarisoft Doom Cavern 1980...
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    games appeared, each including a track editor: Stunt Driver from Spectrum Holobyte (1990) and Stunts from Broderbund (1991). In 1990, SNK released beat...
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