Mindcraft

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|name = Mindcraft Software, Inc.

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|foundation = 1989

|location = Torrance, California

|key_people = Ali Atabek
Ed Del Castillo

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|industry = Video games

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|homepage =

|products = The Magic Candle series

|parent =

|founder = Ali Atabek

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Mindcraft Software (or simply Mindcraft) was an American video game developer, founded in 1989 by Ali Atabek. It is best recognized for the award-winning The Magic Candle series.{{citation | date = October 1989 | magazine = Computer Gaming World | title = Game of the Year Awards | pages = 8, 41}}

History

After Ali Atabek enjoyed Ultima II, he created Rings of Zilfin for SSI. With his wife Ugur Atabek, and business partner Jim Thomas, Atabek formed Mindcraft Software to publish his next game, The Magic Candle.{{cite news | url= https://www.abandonware-france.org/personnalites/atabek-ali-n-4099/ | title=Ali N. Atabek | work=Abandonware France | accessdate=7 Aug 2020}} By 1993 the company was publishing six titles a year and had about 30 employees.{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=111 | title=Mindcraft: Keeper Of The Magic Candle's Flame | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=October 1993 | accessdate=26 March 2016 | pages=118, 120}} The company's games were primarily developed for DOS systems, but they also developed games for Apple II, Commodore 64, and Amiga computers. The company developed 15 games between 1989 and 1997.

Games developed

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" ! style="width:36px; text-align:center;"\|Year ! Game ! Platform
style="width:36px; text-align:center;"\|1989	The Magic Candle	Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, PC-98
style="width:36px; text-align:center;"\|1990	The Keys to Maramon	Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS
style="width:36px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"\|1991	The Magic Candle II: The Four and Forty	DOS
Rules of Engagement	Amiga, DOS
style="width:36px; text-align:center;" rowspan="5"\|1992	The Magic Candle III	DOS
Siege	DOS
Siege: Dogs of War	DOS
Star Legions	DOS
Tegel's Mercenaries	DOS
style="width:36px; text-align:center;" rowspan="5"\|1993	Ambush at Sorinor	DOS
Bloodstone: An Epic Dwarven Tale	DOS
Strike Squad	DOS
Walls of Rome	DOS

References

External links

[https://archive.today/20130124071926/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130124/the_history_of_computer_.php?print=1 The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985–1993)]
[http://www.mobygames.com/company/mindcraft-software-inc/ Mindcraft Software] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416144203/http://www.mobygames.com/company/mindcraft-software-inc |date=2012-04-16 }} at MobyGames

Category:Software companies based in California

Category:Video game companies established in 1989

Category:Video game development companies

Category:Defunct video game companies of the United States