MacSoft Games
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MacSoft was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1993 by Peter Tamte as a subsidiary of WizardWorks, specializing in the production of video game ports from Microsoft Windows to Macintosh operating systems, as well as productivity software. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by GT Interactive (later renamed Infogrames, Inc.), with WizardWorks and MacSoft split into different operations. On January 30, 2003, MacSoft was acquired by Destineer, and founder Peter Tamte again became the company's director. Ultimately, MacSoft shut down due to Destineer's closure in May 2011.
Key facts
- Company.name
- MacSoft
- Company.logo
- Macsoft logo.png
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.fate
- Dissolved together with parent
- Company.founder
- Peter Tamte
- Company.hq_location
- Plymouth, Minnesota, US
- Company.key_people
- Peter Tamte
- Company.num_employees
- 6
- Company.num_employees_year
- 1999
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.macsoftgames.com
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2011-00-00
- inception
- 1993-01-01
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MacSoft was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1993 by Peter Tamte as a subsidiary of WizardWorks, specializing in the production of video game ports from Microsoft Windows to Macintosh operating systems, as well as productivity software. In 1996, WizardWorks was acquired by GT Interactive (later renamed Infogrames, Inc.), with WizardWorks and MacSoft split into different operations. On January 30, 2003, MacSoft was acquired by Destineer, and founder Peter Tamte again became the company's director. Ultimately, MacSoft shut down due to Destineer's closure in May 2011.
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