{{short description|American video game developer}} {{distinguish|Minecraft{{!}}''Minecraft''}} {{Infobox company |name = Mindcraft Software, Inc. |logo = |foundation = 1989 |location = Torrance, California |key_people = Ali Atabek<br>Ed Del Castillo |num_employees = |industry = Video games |revenue = |homepage = |products = ''The Magic Candle'' series |parent = |founder = Ali Atabek }}
'''Mindcraft Software''' (or simply '''Mindcraft''') was an American video game developer, founded in 1989 by Ali Atabek. It is best recognized for the award-winning ''The Magic Candle'' series.<ref name = "CGW2">{{citation | date = October 1989 | magazine = Computer Gaming World | title = Game of the Year Awards | pages = 8, 41}}</ref>
==History== After Ali Atabek enjoyed ''Ultima II'', he created ''Rings of Zilfin'' for SSI. With his wife Ugur Atabek, and business partner Jim Thomas, Atabek formed Mindcraft Software to publish his next game, ''The Magic Candle''.<ref name="Ali N. Atabek">{{cite news | url= https://www.abandonware-france.org/personnalites/atabek-ali-n-4099/ | title=Ali N. Atabek | work=Abandonware France | accessdate=7 Aug 2020}}</ref> By 1993 the company was publishing six titles a year and had about 30 employees.<ref name="cgw199310">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=111 | title=Mindcraft: Keeper Of The Magic Candle's Flame | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=October 1993 | accessdate=26 March 2016 | pages=118, 120}}</ref> The company's games were primarily developed for DOS systems, but they also developed games for Apple II, Commodore 64, and Amiga computers. The company developed 15 games between 1989 and 1997.
==Games developed== {| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;" |- " ! style="width:36px; text-align:center;"|Year ! Game ! Platform |- | style="width:36px; text-align:center;"|1989 || ''The Magic Candle'' || Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, PC-98 |- | style="width:36px; text-align:center;"|1990 || ''The Keys to Maramon'' || Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS |- | style="width:36px; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1991 || ''The Magic Candle II: The Four and Forty'' || DOS |- | ''Rules of Engagement'' || Amiga, DOS |- | style="width:36px; text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|1992 || ''The Magic Candle III'' || DOS |- | ''Siege'' || DOS |- | ''Siege: Dogs of War'' || DOS |- | ''Star Legions'' || DOS |- | ''Tegel's Mercenaries'' || DOS |- | style="width:36px; text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|1993 || ''Ambush at Sorinor'' || DOS |- | ''Bloodstone: An Epic Dwarven Tale'' || DOS |- | ''Strike Squad'' || DOS |- | ''Walls of Rome'' || DOS |}
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==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130124071926/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130124/the_history_of_computer_.php?print=1 The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985–1993)] *[http://www.mobygames.com/company/mindcraft-software-inc/ Mindcraft Software] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416144203/http://www.mobygames.com/company/mindcraft-software-inc |date=2012-04-16 }} at MobyGames
Category:Software companies based in California Category:Video game companies established in 1989 Category:Video game development companies Category:Defunct video game companies of the United States
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