Parallax Software was a video game developer

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...

 best known for creating the Descent

Descent (video game)

Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Entertainment Corp. in 1995. The game features six degrees of freedom gameplay and garnered several expansion packs...

series of computer games

Personal computer game

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. Parallax Software was started in 1993 by Matt Toschlog and Mike Kulas. After the release of Descent II

Descent II

Descent II is a 3D first-person shooter video game noted for popularizing the use of true 3D rendering technology and providing the player with six full degrees of freedom to move and to look around....

in 1997, the company was split to form Volition, Inc. (Mike Kulas) in Champaign, Illinois

Champaign, Illinois

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, and Outrage Entertainment

Outrage Entertainment

Outrage Entertainment was a video game developer created in December 1997, when Parallax Software decided to split in two . Their headquarters were located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and had a staff mostly composed people who worked for Parallax Software, and were led by Matt Toschlog...

 (Matt Toschlog) in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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. Both companies were later bought by the publisher

Video game publisher

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 THQ

THQ

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. In July 2003, Outrage was shut down, but Volition Inc. continues to develop video games.

Games

• Descent
  Descent (video game)
  Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed by Parallax Software and released by Interplay Entertainment Corp. in 1995. The game features six degrees of freedom gameplay and garnered several expansion packs...
  
  
• Descent + Descent 2
• Descent I and II: The Definitive Collection
• Descent II
  Descent II
  Descent II is a 3D first-person shooter video game noted for popularizing the use of true 3D rendering technology and providing the player with six full degrees of freedom to move and to look around....
  
  
• Descent II: Destination Quartzon
• Descent II: The Infinite Abyss
• Descent II: Vertigo Series
• Descent Maximum
• Descent Venture Pack
• Descent: Anniversary Edition
• Descent: Levels of the World

External links

• Parallax Software profile on MobyGames
  MobyGames
  -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...
  
  
• Volition Inc. official site