| Company name | Description | Games |
|---|---|---|
Macintosh |
At the Carnival | |
Macrocom, Inc.
Macrocom created ICON: Quest for the Ring (1984), one of the earlier examples of an action role-playing game, as well as its follow-up The Seven Spirits of Ra (1987). The company was notable for using a tweaked text mode that allowed for seemingly 320x200x16-color graphics on any CGA card.
|
The Seven Spirits of Ra | |
Maelstrom Games Ltd
Maelstrom Games was the publishing company and label created by Mike Singleton in about 1988 when he found it impossible to find another publisher for Dark Spectre.
|
Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom, Midwinter, Red Ghost, Ring Cycle | |
Magellan Consulting Neue Medien GmbH |
Splitterwelten | |
Magic Lemon Software
Magic Lemon Software was the one-man development studio of Don Lemons. Next to The Infernal Tome, the studio is also responsible for the three Bandor games.
In June 1993 a shareware / demo version of ShadowKeep 1- The Search was released, this was to be the first in a trilogy of shareware RPG games.
|
The Infernal Tome | |
Magic Quest, Inc. |
Time Treks | |
Magnetic Fields Ltd.
Best known for racing games, Shaun Southern and Andrew Morris started Mr Chip Software in 1982, initially working on the Commodore 64. They become Magnetic Fields some years later, and created the seminal Lotus and Super Cars lineages for Gremlin.
|
Lotus 3, Supercars International | |
Magnetic Images
A developer and publisher whose biggest success was Lost Dutchman Mine is 1989.
|
Lost Dutchman Mine | |
Magnetic Scrolls
Magnetic Scrolls was a British game developer founded in 1984 by Anita Sinclair, Ken Gordon and Hugh Steers and located in London, England.
They mostly developed text adventure games, until the popularity of that genre began to fade and they were acquired by MicroProse in 1992. They collaborated with MicroProse in the development of The Legacy: Realm of Terror.
|
Pawn, Jinxter, Legacy - Realm of Terror, The, Myth, Corruption, The Guild of Thieves | |
Mainstream America |
Barney Bear goes to the Farm, Barney Bear Goes To School, Barney Bear Goes to Space | |
Maitai Entertainment |
Battle Stations | |
Major Developments |
Total Eclipse | |
Makh-Shevet Ltd.
Makh-Shevet (מחשבת) was an Israeli PC games developer, publisher, localizer and distributor during the 90s.
The company filed for bankruptcy in 1997.
|
Cruel World | |
Makkoya Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Makkoya (막고야) was a South Korean software house founded in January 1992 and entitled after an ancient mythical name for Korea. Its president was Hong Donghee. They developed games in various genres for the PC, including the board game Segyun-jeon (1992), the first Korean-made game with VGA graphics, and its sequels. In 2004 they switched to online games, but none of them went beyond beta status.
|
Segyun-jeon | |
Manic Media Productions Ltd. |
SuperKarts | |
Manley & Associates, Inc.
Founded in 1992 and acquired by Electronic Arts in 1996.
|
Dinopark Tycoon, Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Hometown, U.S.A. | |
Marathon Technology, Inc. |
Digging for Buried Treasure | |
March Street Press |
Berlin Wall | |
Marco Cat |
Janji Boy | |
Mark "Atomjack" Mackey |
XQuest | |
