Silmarils (company)
French computer game developer (1987–2003)
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Silmarils was a French computer game software company founded in 1987 by Louis-Marie and André Rocques. It produced games for PC, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Macintosh, Atari ST and Atari Falcon.[1]
| Industry | Video game |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founders |
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| Defunct | 2003 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | France |
The company is most closely associated with its Ishar series. Crystals of Arborea was one of the first games to feature a real-time 3D environment and a large world with very few limits on movement. The company went bankrupt in 2003, and in 2004 the Rocques brothers and another former Silmarils member, Pascal Einsweiler, founded a new studio called Eversim, specializing in political strategy games.[2]
The company was named after J. R. R. Tolkien's Silmarils.
Games
- 1987
- 1988
- Mad Show
- 1989
- Le Fetiche Maya
- Targhan (planned for Sega Genesis)[3]
- Windsurf Willy
- 1990
- Colorado (planned for Sega Genesis)[3]
- Crystals of Arborea
- Star Blade (planned for Sega Genesis)[3]
- 1991
- Boston Bomb Club
- Metal Mutant
- Storm Master
- Xyphoes Fantasy
- 1992
- Bunny Bricks
- Ishar I: Legend of the Fortress
- 1993
- 1994
- 1996
- 1997
- Time Warriors
- 1998
- 2001
- Arabian Nights
- Les Visiteurs: La Relique de Sainte Rolande
- 2003
- unknown
- Asghan 2