In addition to PC publication, Burger Island was released for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, and iOS platforms. įollowing the success of Burger Island, eGames developed several additional titles with TechFront, including sequel Burger Island 2: The Missing Ingredient (2009), hidden object vampire adventure The Dracula Files (2009), pet adoption time management game Purrfect Pet Shop (2008), city-building puzzler Puzzle City (2007), fashion design time management game Satisfashion (2008), licensed puzzler Rubik's Cube Challenge (2007), and licensed comic hidden object game Three Stooges: Treasure Hunt Hijinx (2008). It was distributed by Yahoo! Games for a two-week period, and was the number one downloadable game in terms of sales and downloads on Yahoo! in its debut week. eGames' third internally developed title, Burger Island launched in May 2007 in conjunction with Sandlot Games. With the September 2005 release of Boss Hunter: Revenge is Sweet!, an office-themed arcade-style game where the player chases their boss with a wide variety of work-related weaponry and early 2007 launch of Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever, eGames began in-house game development efforts working primarily with Brazil-based TechFront Studios, Ltd. eGames announced that it would be reviving many of the classic Cinemaware titles, beginning with Defender of the Crown. Cinemaware Marquee titles include Space Rangers 2: Dominators, Independent Game Festival grand prize winner Darwinia, and Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege. Through Cinemaware Marquee, eGames brought traditional games developed around the world to retail. In 2006, eGames released the first titles under its new affiliated label, Cinemaware Marquee. In late 2005, eGames acquired Cinemaware, a game company founded in the eighties who produced a series of "interactive movie" games including widely acclaimed Defender of the Crown. Soon after going public, Romtech acquired a software development company based in San Luis Obispo, California that created SOHO software, and also shut down operations at Applied Optical Media.ĮGames' flight simulator Xtreme Air Racing was a runner-up for GameSpot 's annual "Best Simulation on PC" award, which went to Flanker 2.5. The public company was formed by a merger between a software sales company ( Romtech) and one of the first educational multi-media CD-ROM development companies called Applied Optical Media based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. EGames was originally called Rom-Tech when it went public in 1996.
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