MacSoft

{{Short description|American software company}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox company

| name = MacSoft

| logo = Macsoft logo.png

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Video games

| fate = Dissolved together with parent

| founded = {{Start date and age|1993}}

| founder = Peter Tamte

| defunct = {{End date and age|2011|05}}

| hq_location = Plymouth, Minnesota, U.S.

| key_people = Peter Tamte

| num_employees = 6{{cite web|first=Zack|last=Stern|url=http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/99/macsoft/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815105923/http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/99/macsoft/|title=A Visit to MacSoft|website=Inside Mac Games|archivedate=August 15, 2000|date=1999|accessdate=June 12, 2023}}

| num_employees_year = 1999

| parent = {{Unbulleted list|WizardWorks {{small|(1993–1996)}}|Infogrames, Inc. {{small|(1996–2003)}}|Destineer {{small|(2003–2011)}}}}

| website = {{URL|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.{{Cite web|title=Game-maker Destineer buys MacSoft|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2003/02/03/daily50.html|access-date=2021-03-04|website=www.bizjournals.com}} 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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1009001/macsoft.html |title = Destineer acquires MacSoft|date = January 30, 2003}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/104977/QA_Tamte_On_Destineers_FourPronged_Approach.php |title = Q&A: Tamte on Destineer's Four-Pronged Approach| date=May 21, 2007 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/Infogrames_Sells_MacSoft_To_Destineer_Peter_Tamte_Once_Again_In_Charge_Of_M |title=Infogrames Sells MacSoft To Destineer, Peter Tamte Once Again In Charge Of Mac Gaming Publisher |publisher=macobserver.com |date=January 30, 2003 |accessdate=March 7, 2012}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destineer-buys-macsoft-from-infogrames/1100-2909912/ |title = Destineer buys MacSoft from Infogrames}} Ultimately, MacSoft shutdown due to Destineer's closure in May 2011.