Digital Reality
Encyclopedia
Digital Reality is an Hungarian video game developer
, located in Budapest
, Hungary
. The company is best known for developing the game Imperium Galactica
series and Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
.
series.
In the following decade, games like Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
, Platoon and Desert Rats VS. Afrika Korps were produced, which achieved quite high scored review ratings on several game-related websites.
They had successful working relationships with significant publishers of the game industry like Activision
or Atari
.
They have also developed, digitally published and distributed several other games, not only for this type of platform.
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
, located in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. The company is best known for developing the game Imperium Galactica
Imperium Galactica
Imperium Galactica is a computer game made by a Hungarian company Digital Reality that combines many of the features of 4X games with some of the features of real-time tactical games. The same company would later make its sequel, Imperium Galactica II, in 1999. Imperium Galactica was published and...
series and Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron, or Hegemonia: Legions of Iron is a 3D real-time strategy game made by Digital Reality and is similar in many respects to Homeworld and Digital Reality's previous game, Imperium Galactica II...
.
History
The company was originally founded under the name of Amnesty Design in 1991. Their first game was released to the Commodore Amiga in the same year and to IBM PC in 1994. In 1997, the company name was changed to Digital Reality and they started to work on the award winning Imperium GalacticaImperium Galactica
Imperium Galactica is a computer game made by a Hungarian company Digital Reality that combines many of the features of 4X games with some of the features of real-time tactical games. The same company would later make its sequel, Imperium Galactica II, in 1999. Imperium Galactica was published and...
series.
In the following decade, games like Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
Haegemonia: Legions of Iron, or Hegemonia: Legions of Iron is a 3D real-time strategy game made by Digital Reality and is similar in many respects to Homeworld and Digital Reality's previous game, Imperium Galactica II...
, Platoon and Desert Rats VS. Afrika Korps were produced, which achieved quite high scored review ratings on several game-related websites.
They had successful working relationships with significant publishers of the game industry like Activision
Activision
Activision is an American publisher, majority owned by French conglomerate Vivendi SA. Its current CEO is Robert Kotick. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles...
or Atari
Atari
Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in...
.
They have also developed, digitally published and distributed several other games, not only for this type of platform.
Games published/developed
- 1994 - ReunionReunion (video game)Reunion, also known as Merit's Galactic Reunion, is a space strategy game. It was the Hungarian game developer company Amnesty Design's first game. The game was programmed by János Kistamás, Krisztián Jámbor, Attila Lendvai , István Árpád Kiss...
(Grand Slam, Amiga/PC) - 1997 - Imperium GalacticaImperium GalacticaImperium Galactica is a computer game made by a Hungarian company Digital Reality that combines many of the features of 4X games with some of the features of real-time tactical games. The same company would later make its sequel, Imperium Galactica II, in 1999. Imperium Galactica was published and...
(GT Interactive, PC) - 1999 - Imperium Galactica II: AlliancesImperium Galactica II: AlliancesImperium Galactica II: Alliances is a real-time game featuring aspects of RTT, RTS and empire-building computer games from the Hungarian-based studio Digital Reality...
(GT Interactive, PC) - 2001 - Haegemonia: Legions of IronHaegemonia: Legions of IronHaegemonia: Legions of Iron, or Hegemonia: Legions of Iron is a 3D real-time strategy game made by Digital Reality and is similar in many respects to Homeworld and Digital Reality's previous game, Imperium Galactica II...
(Dreamcatcher Interactive, PC) - 2001 - Baby Felix Shuffle Puck (LSP, PC)
- 2001 - DinosaurʼUS (LSP, PC)
- 2002 - Extreme GhostbustersExtreme GhostbustersExtreme Ghostbusters is an animated television series and a follow-up to the animated series Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters. It is a part of the film/TV Ghostbusters franchise...
(LSP, PC) - 2002 - Robin Hood Tournament (LSP, PC)
- 2002 - PlatoonPlatoonA platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four sections or squads and containing 16 to 50 soldiers. Platoons are organized into a company, which typically consists of three, four or five platoons. A platoon is typically the smallest military unit led by a commissioned officer—the...
(Strategy First, PC) - 2002 - PapyrusPapyrusPapyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
(LSP, PC) - 2003 - Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage (Wanadoo, PC)
- 2004 - Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps (Monte Cristo, PC)
- 2004 - D-DayD-Day (video game)D-Day is a real-time strategy war-game, that is set during and after the Normandy D-Day landings in 1944. The game features fully rendered 3D viewable from different angles. The player can take control of up to 60 different units, from snipers, to flamethrower units, and can take control of wheeled...
(Monte Cristo, PC) - 2006 - War on Terror (Deep Silver, PC)
- 2007 - War Front: Turning PointWar Front: Turning PointWar Front: Turning Point is an alternate reality real-time strategy computer game set in World War II. It was developed by Digital Reality, and published by CDV and released in the United States on 19 February and Europe on 23 March 2007 for the PC....
(10tacle Studios, PC) - 2010 - Scarabeus: Pearls of Nile (DR Publishing, iPhone)
- 2010 - Liberty Wings (DR Publishing, iPhone)
- 2011 - Dead BlockDead BlockDead Block is a third-person action-strategy video game by developer Candygun Games and publisher Digital Reality, in which three survivors of a zombie outbreak attempt to keep zombies out of a safehouse. It was released on July 6, 2011, on Xbox Live Arcade. It was also released on the PlayStation...
(Candygun Games, DR Publishing, X360, PS3, PC) - 2011 - SkyDrift (DR Publishing, X360, PS3, PC)
- 2011 - Sine Mora (co-developed by Grasshopper ManufactureGrasshopper ManufactureGrasshopper Manufacture, Inc. is a Japanese video game development house founded on March 30, 1998 in Suginami, Japan. Grasshopper gained mainstream attention in 2005 for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 game Killer7...
, PS3, X360) - 2012 - Black Knight Sword (co-developed by Grasshopper ManufactureGrasshopper ManufactureGrasshopper Manufacture, Inc. is a Japanese video game development house founded on March 30, 1998 in Suginami, Japan. Grasshopper gained mainstream attention in 2005 for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 game Killer7...
, PS3, X360)