Simutronics

• GemStone IV, Simutronics' flagship product, a text-based multiplayer fantasy game, which has seen over one million users over the years. It is the longest-lived commercial MUD game, followed by Avalon: The Legend Lives.{{ cite web | title = Facts about early Avalon the Legend Lives | url = https://www.avalon-rpg.com/guide/facts }}{{ cite web | title = Raph Koster's Timeline of Online Worlds | date = 13 January 2014 | url = http://www.raphkoster.com/games/the-online-world-timeline/ }}
• DragonRealms, a 1996 MUD set in GemStone{{'s}} Elanthia world, with popularity on online services AOL, Compuserve, and Prodigy. In comparison with GemStone, DragonRealms{{'s}} has more skill-based gameplay.{{cite web

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• CyberStrike, also known as CyberStrike Classic, a graphical futuristic ship combat game. It won the first ever "Online Game of the Year" award from Computer Gaming World magazine in 1993.{{Cite magazine |date=October 1993 | title = CGW's Game of the Year Awards | magazine = Computer Gaming World | issue = 111 | pages = 70–74 | url = http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_111.pdf }}

• Tiny Heroes, a tower defense game for iPhone and iPad, released in 2011{{cite web | url=http://toucharcade.com/2011/09/09/tiny-heroes-review/ | title = Tiny Heroes Review | date = 9 September 2011 | first = Nissa | last = Campbell | work = Touch Arcade}}
• One Epic Knight, an endless runner game, released in 2012{{cite web | url = http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/175943/Run_for_Gold_One_Epic_KnightLaunch_Date_Announced_Sprintsfor_Free_onto_iOS_Devices_August_23.php | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204917/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/175943/Run_for_Gold_One_Epic_KnightLaunch_Date_Announced_Sprintsfor_Free_onto_iOS_Devices_August_23.php | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 3, 2016 | title = Run for Gold! One Epic Knight Launch Date Announced, Sprints for Free onto iOS Devices August 23 | date = 14 August 2012 |work = Gamasutra}} for iOS devices and in 2013 for Android{{cite web | url= http://www.androidauthority.com/underrated-game-list-for-android-may-2013-219850/ | title = The 6 most underrated games for Android: May 2013 edition | first = Brad | last = Ward | date = 5 June 2013 | work = Android Authority}}
• Lara Croft: Relic Run, a spin-off sequel to the Lara Croft sub-series in the Tomb Raider franchise and a mission-based runner released on iOS and Android in 2015.
• Siege: Titan Wars, a 3D real-time PvP game that launched on iOS and Android in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Suckley |first=Matt |date=2017-07-06 |title=Simutronics on Siege: Titan Wars and 30 years of multiplayer gaming |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview/66140/simutronics-on-30-years-of-multiplayer-gaming/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=pocketgamer.biz}}
• Siege: World War II, a wartime sequel to Siege: Titan Wars, launched on iOS and Android in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Larsson |first=Jörgen |date=19 September 2018 |title=Stillfront Group AB: Simutronics announces "SIEGE: World War II" |url=https://www.stillfront.com/en/stillfront-group-ab-simutronics-announces-siege-world-war-ii-2/ |website=stillfront.com}}

• Modus Operandi, a MUD set on a fictional Caribbean island, originally designed to encourage mystery-based roleplay, which closed on November 2, 2015.
• Alliance of Heroes, formerly Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes, this adventure-based MUD was set in the universe of the TV shows Hercules: The Legendary Journeys & Xena: Warrior Princess. In later years the game changed its license, and removed specific Hercules & Xena trademarks, and ran as a retooled "tongue in cheek" mythology MUD until its closure on November 2, 2015.
• Orb Wars, (no longer available) an early graphical game involving team combat between wizards
• GemStone ][ (no longer available), an early commercial text-based multiplayer fantasy game
• GemStone III (morphed into GemStone IV), a text-based multiplayer game which was originally based on the Rolemaster rules from Iron Crown Enterprises
• CyberStrike 2, a sequel to CyberStrike, released in 1998

{{Main|HeroEngine}}

HeroEngine is a 3D game engine and server technology platform developed specifically for building MMO-style games, based around a system similar to the IFE using the Hero Script Language (HSL). Originally developed for the company's own game Hero's Journey - vaporware which never made it to the testing stage - the engine has since been licensed by other companies.{{cite press release | publisher = Business Wire | date = August 8, 2006 | url = http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060808005769&newsLang=en |title = BioWare Licenses Simutronics HeroEngine for MMO Game Project | location = Austin Game Conference 2006}} Simutronics sold the HeroEngine to Idea Fabrik, Plc. on August 5, 2010.{{cite web | url = http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/599200-wolfgangbrand/85715-idea-fabrik-plc-purchases-heroengine-technologies |title = Idea Fabrik Plc purchases HeroEngine technologies | date = 5 August 2010 | first = Wolfgang |last = Brand}}

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• {{cite magazine | magazine = Inc. Magazine | url = http://www.inc.com/magazine/19991015/14255.html | title = Pure Internet Play | first = Nancy K. |last = Austin | date = 15 October 1999}}
• {{cite book

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| title = Designing Virtual Worlds

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• {{cite book | first = Amy Jo | last = Kim | author-link=Amy Jo Kim | title = Community Building on the Web | year = 2000 | publisher = Peachpit Press | isbn =0-201-87484-9}}
• {{cite magazine | magazine = Inc. Magazine | url = http://www.inc.com/magazine/19991015/14325.html | title = Recruiting Strategies: Motivation | date = 15 October 1999 | quote = THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE FORCE: With all the hype that surrounded the opening of Star Wars: Episode I --The Phantom Menace, it's no surprise that the film created a minor truancy problem for some companies. Like numerous other CEOs whose companies made this year's list, David Whatley of Simutronics Corp. (#295), in Rockville, Md., decided to do a preemptive strike. "I thought it would be more cost-effective to see the movie as a group," he says. "It was either that or have people call in sick for a week."}}

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• [https://www.simutronics.com/ Simutronics company website]
• [http://www.play.net/ Play.net, Simutronics on-line games website]
• [http://www.oneepicknight.com One Epic Knight website]
• [https://www.siegeworldwarii.com/ Siege: World War II website]
• [http://www.mobygames.com/company/simutronics-corporation Simutronics profile] from MobyGames
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20040506183704/http://games.ign.com/objects/026/026712.html Simutronics profile] from IGN
• [http://www.giantbomb.com/simutronics-corporation/65-5629/ Simutronics profile] from Giant Bomb

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