Cyberlore Studios

Cyberlore Studios, Inc. was an American game development studio for computer games in Northampton (Massachusetts ).

Company History

The studio was founded in 1992 by Lester Humphreys, Ken Grey and Herb Perez, previously held key roles in the development of the SSI title The Dark Queen of Krynn. The first self-developed title was based on behalf of SSI on the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons License Al- Qadim: The Genie's Curse. As a result, the company developed as commissioned works several enhancements to the games of other developers, including Warcraft 2: Beyond the Dark Portal, Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Price of Loyalty and several add -ons to Mechwarrior 4, 2000 appeared with Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is the only original, resulting in self-development title of the company, received an extension in the following year. In 2003, the company released a about Atari adaptation of the board game Risk and 2004 simulation game Playboy: The Mansion, which was based on the life of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. After Cyberlores Publishing Partners Hip Games 2005 the business ceased, was also Cyberlore on the development of computer games. A majority of the workforce was laid off and the focus shifted to the business founded in 2004 for serious games and training software for businesses. After the conversion, the company has continued software under the name Minerva.

Games

  • Al- Qadim: The Genie's Curse (1994, DOS)
  • Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall (1995, Windows, Mac OS)
  • Warcraft 2: Beyond the Dark Portal (1996, Windows)
  • Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Price of Loyalty (1997, Acorn Archimedes, Windows)
  • Deadlock 2: War of the Altars (1998, Windows)
  • Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (2000, Windows, Linux, Mac OS)
  • Majesty: The Northern Expansion (2001, Windows, Linux)
  • Mechwarrior 4: Black Knight (2001, Windows)
  • Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries (2002, Windows)
  • Risk: World Domination (2004, PlayStation 2)
  • Playboy: The Mansion (2004, Windows, PS2, Xbox)

In addition Cyberlore was supportive to the games from other developers Studios at:

  • Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor (2001, Windows)
  • Star Trek: Away Team (2001, Windows)
Types of business entity Northampton (Massachusetts) MS-DOS MobyGames
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