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Ciberbit, Produções de Software S.A. is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 software and multimedia developer based in Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...

. It developed the CBRetail Software, a powerful tool aimed at people in the area of commerce or retail. http://coimbravirtual.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=91
http://figueiravirtual.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=91

Founded in 1995, and a pioneer in developing software in Portugal, Ciberbit was the first company to release a commercial videogame http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/portugal-1111, Portugal 1111: A Conquista de Soure
Portugal 1111: A Conquista de Soure
Portugal 1111: A Conquista de Soure is a real-time strategy game developed by Ciberbit, a Portuguese multimedia company, in partnership with the Municipality of Soure and historians from the University of Coimbra...

, which was completely produced and designed inside Portugal, making it an important milestone for the Portuguese software industry.

Ciberbit also worked in partnership with Microsoft TV
Microsoft TV
Microsoft TV is a division within Microsoft Corporation that develops Smart TV software platforms for use in set top boxes to access programming over a Cable TV network. It provides integrated audio, video and data services over a single network.-UltimateTV:...

to create multiplayer games for future TV devices. http://www.microsoft.com/tv/content/Press/PressReleases/MSTVIndustrySupportPR.mspx

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