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Computer games were one of the first forms of video games to exist, as games like Spacewar! were made using college owned computers. However, it wasn't until the rise of the personal computer in the 1970's and early 80's that PC games began to take off, both with consumers and producers. Many games, such as text-based adventure games and role-playing games, began to take shape. However, with the events of Doomsday, the computer industry suffered a devastating crash, as many computer manufactures and software developers were lost in the attacks. Though more well-off places such as South America and Oceania would retain computer technology, it many places it was lost entirely, and even today many places still import their computers. Games, however, would prove to be surprisingly versatile, as many people began creating games using either local or imported technology.
ANZC[]
Atarisoft[]
Atarisoft is the computer gaming label of Atari, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded in the year 2010, Atari had actually been publishing computer titles since the year 2000, the Atarisoft label was meant to distinguish between ports of their arcade games and original titles. Atarisoft's first game, retroactively, was the graphic adventure title Star Trek: Enterprise, which put players in the Starship Enterprise during Captain Kirk's five-year mission, with a story taking elements from both the original series and it's animated follow up. Other popular titles include Imperium: City of Rome, a strategy game series centered around the rise of the Roman civilization, Time of Myths, an RPG in a setting based on Hellenistic mythology, and Amusements and Wonders, a theme park simulator.
Melbourne House[]
Melbourne House, formerly known as Beam Software, is a computer games developer and publisher based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1980 as the development branch of Melbourne House, Beam Software would release several games, including an illustrated text adventure game based on The Hobbit. After Doomsday, Beam Software would switch focus to a series of educational titles for use in libraries. In 1988, Beam Software would revive the Melbourne House name, and begin self-publishing. Their most successful game to date is Mission Impossible, a codifier of the stealth genre.
South America[]
Ordem Jogos[]
Ordem Jogos is a computer game company based in Brazil. In 2021, they would release their "magnum opus" - one of the most popular computer games across South America, Hopestar is an adventure game based 500 years in the future, during which the player takes the role of a colony ship passenger who has discovered their ship going off course from its pre-determined route to another system. Upon arriving in the uncharted system, the passengers discover two habitable planets which can be "explored" via a menu-based "fast travel" system. The game is innovative in that the player may name their own character, select its gender and even obtain three possible endings.
North America[]
WyoArts[]
Though the United States would largely lack a local computer industry, with most computers being imported from Mexico and South America, several individuals began making software on their own. In 2020, several of these individuals, who had graduated from the University of Wyoming, would form their own game team, WyoArts. Their most famous games are a trilogy of adventure games based on the Star Wars trilogy, adapting several key scenes into a series of puzzles and events. These games put WyoArts on the map, and inspired several other graphical adventure games.
Japan[]
Hudson Soft[]
Hudson Soft is a Japanese company based in Sapporo in Hokkaido. It was founded in 1973 and has existed as a publishing company for computer games. They have released a variety of games in a variety of genres, from platformers to adventure titles. Their most famous character is Bomberman, a white robot and the star of his own game series.
List of software publishers[]
| Name | Country | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| WyoArts |  USA
|
Laramie |
| Screentime Studios |  MEX
|
Mexico City |
| Atarisoft |  NZ
|
Auckland |
| Melbourne House |  AUS
|
Melbourne |
| American Software | Sydney | |
| Ordem Jogos |  BR
|
Rio de Janeiro |