Legacy Games
{{short description|American video game publisher}}
{{about|the video games company|the tabletop game genre|legacy game}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}}{{infobox company
| name = Legacy Games
| logo = File:New Legacy Games Logo.jpg
| foundation = September 1998
| founder = Ariella Lehrer
| location_city = Los Angeles, California
| industry = Video games
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.legacygames.com}}
}}
Legacy Games (also known as Legacy Interactive) is a game publisher and distributor specializing in casual and indie titles for PC, console, and mobile platforms. It offers digital downloads of games through its website, www.legacygames.com. Additionally, Legacy sells physical discs with digital codes at Walmart stores and on Amazon. The company is well-known for its game packs, offering over 100 different bundles of themed hidden object, indie, puzzle, adventure, match 3, and simulation games.
Ariella Lehrer is CEO of Legacy Games, which she founded in 1998. Based in Los Angeles, Legacy Games has created and published many hidden object and adventure game titles based on TV brands such as Ancient Aliens, Doctor Who, Paranormal State, Sherlock Holmes, Criminal Minds, Murder, She Wrote, Ghost Whisperer, Law & Order, ER, Twilight Zone, Psych, Jane Austen, Clueless, Mean Girls, and Pretty in Pink. Legacy's many educational game credits include pioneering "real-life games" such as the Zoo Vet, Pet Pals: Animal Doctor, and Emergency Room products, plus three Crayola creativity titles.
Legacy distributes the games of over 75 developers and publishers, including Artifex Mundi, Microids, Domini Games, Gamehouse, Big Fish Games, Alawar, and Kalypso, among others.
Legacy's Published Titles
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Game Title | Original Release Year | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Wolfe
|2024 |Switch, Xbox, PS4/5 | ||
| Pearls of Atlantis: The Cove | 2022 | iOS, Android, PC, HTML5, Switch, PS5 |
| Ancient Aliens: The Game | 2022 | PC |
| Project Blue Book: Hidden Mysteries | 2021 | PC |
| Crayola Color Blaster | 2016 | Android (Tango-enabled devices) |
| Tarzan Rescue Run | 2016 | Gee Inflight Entertainment, iOS, Android |
| 3D PRINT KITS - Build Your Own Guitar | 2015 | Retail, Amazon |
| 3D PRINT KITS - Build Your Own Desk Clock | 2015 | Retail, Amazon |
| Crayola Bubbles | 2015 | Android, iPad, PC, Intel RealSense |
| K3Y | 2015 | Android, iPad |
| Crayola DJ | 2015 | Android, iPad, HP Sprout, Win8 |
| Chubby Pixie | 2015 | iOS, Android |
| Crayola Color, Draw & Sing | 2014 | PC, iOS, Android |
| Doctor Who | 2014 | PC, Steam |
| The Twilight Zone | 2014 | PC |
| Psych | 2014 | PC |
| Tarzan Unleashed | 2013 | iOS, Android |
| Paranormal State | 2013 | PC, Mac, iOS, Android |
| Jane Austen's Estate of Affairs | 2013 | PC, Mac |
| League of Mermaids | 2013 | PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android |
| Disaster Hero | 2013 | Web Browser |
| Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep | 2013 | PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android |
| Jane Austen Unbound | 2012 | |
| Legends of Atlantis: Exodus | 2012 | PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, iPad |
| Criminal Minds | 2012 | PC, Mac |
| Murder, She Wrote 2 | 2012 | PC, Mac, iPad |
| Ghost Whisperer | 2012 | PC, Mac |
| House M.D. | 2010 | PC, DSi |
| Top Doc | 2010 | iPhone |
| The Lost Cases of 221B Baker St. | 2010 | PC, iPhone |
| The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes 2 | 2010 | PC, Mac |
| Emergency Room: Heroic Measures | 2010 | PC |
| Bird Brain | 2009 | iPhone |
| Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues | 2009 | DS |
| Pretty in Pink | 2009 | PC |
| Legacy Games|Clueless | 2009 | PC |
| Mean Girls | 2009 | PC |
| Murder, She Wrote | 2009 | PC, Mac, iPhone |
| Igor: The Game | 2008 | PC, Wii, Nintendo DS |
| CSI: NY – The Game | 2008 | PC |
| The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes | 2008 | PC |
| Fever Frenzy | 2008 | PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone |
| Pet Pals: New Leash on Life | 2008 | PC, DS |
| Farm Vet | 2008 | PC |
| Brain Spa | 2007 | PC |
| The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures | 2007 | PC |
| Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals | 2007 | PC, Wii, Nintendo DS |
| The Apprentice: Los Angeles | 2007 | PC |
| Pet Pals: Animal Doctor | 2006 | PC |
| The Apprentice | 2006 | PC |
| ER | 2005 | PC |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2005 | PC |
| Law & Order: Justice Is Served | 2004 | PC |
| Zoo Emergency | 2004 | PC |
| Zoo Vet | 2004 | PC |
| Law & Order: Double or Nothing | 2003 | PC |
| 911 Paramedic | 2002 | PC |
| Law & Order: Dead on the Money | 2002 | PC |
| Vet Emergency 2 | 2002 | PC |
| Vet Emergency | 2002 | PC |
| Emergency Room: Code Red | 2001 | PC |
| Emergency Room 3 | 2001 | PC |
| Code Blue | 2000 | PC |
| Emergency Room: Life or Death | 2000 | PC |
| Emergency Room: Disaster Strikes | 1999 | PC |
| Emergency Room 2 | 1999 | PC, Macintosh (PowerPC) |
| Emergency Room
|1995 |PC (published as Legacy Software) |
Awards
Crayola DJ
- Parents' Choice Award Winner - 2015 Mobile App Award - Fun Stuff{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=33571|title=Parents' Choice Award Winner - 2015 Mobile App Award - Fun Stuff - Crayola DJ}}
- (NAPPA) National Parenting Publications Awards: 2015 Bronze Winner{{cite web|url=http://www.nappaawards.com/single-post/2015/09/18/Crayola-DJ-by-Legacy-Games|title=NAPPA 2015 Bronze Winner - Crayola DJ}}
- Creative Child Magazine: 2015 Mobile App Creative Play of the Year Award{{cite web|url=https://awards.creativechild.com/product/342-crayola-dj-mobile-app|title=Creative Child Magazine: 2015 Mobile App Creative Play of the Year Award - Crayola DJ}}
- The Parenting Center: The National Parent Center's Seal of Approval{{cite web|url=http://the-parenting-center.com/crayola-dj/|title=The Parenting Center: The National Parent Center's Seal of Approval - Crayola DJ}}
- Kids First! Certified Endorsement{{cite web|url=http://www.kidsfirst.org/detail/214231.html/|title=Kids First! Certified Endorsement - Crayola DJ}}
Atlantis: Pearls of the Deep
- Gamezebo's 2012 Match-3 Game of the Year{{cite web|url=http://www.gamezebo.com/news/2012/12/12/best-match-3-games-2012|title=Gamezebo.com 2012 Match-3 Game of the Year}}
Zoo Vet
- Parents' Choice Approved Award Winner{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=17358&award=xx&from=Software%20for%20Children|title=Parents' Choice Approved Award Winner - Zoo Vet}}
- National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval{{cite web|url=http://the-parenting-center.com/seal-of-approval-winner-holiday-2004-zoo-vet/|title=National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval - Zoo Vet}}
Pet Pals: Animal Doctor
- Parents' Choice Silver Award Winner{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=21893&StepNum=1|title=Parents' Choice Silver Award Winner - Pet Pals: Animal Doctor}}
Pet Pals: New Leash on Life
- Parents' Choice 2009 Gold Award Winner{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=25840&StepNum=1&award=aw|title=Parents' Choice 2009 Gold Award Winner - Pet Pals: New Leash on Life}}
The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures
- Game Tunnel 2007 Kid's Game of the Year – Innovation{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=23742&StepNum=1&award=aw|title=Game Tunnel 2007 Kid's Game of the Year – Innovation - The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures}}
Zoo Vet Endangered Animals
References
Further reading
- {{Cite web |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=2021-05-15 |title=How Legacy Games still has a good business selling DVD games at Walmart |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/how-legacy-games-still-has-a-good-business-selling-cd-games-at-walmart/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}
- {{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Will |date=2017-11-02 |title=Augmented reality, CD-ROMS and ignoring collectible monsters: HitPoint Studios' new President details an AR future |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/66917/hitpoint-studios-new-president-details-an-ar-future/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=Pocket Gamer}}
- {{Cite web |last=Desatoff |first=Sam |date=2023-02-07 |title=Legacy Games announces new indie publishing initiative|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230207015036/https://gamedaily.biz/article/2048/legacy-games-announces-new-indie-publishing-initiative |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=GameDaily.biz}}
External links
- {{official|url=http://www.legacygames.com}}
Category:Video game companies of the United States