Pangea Software
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2021) |
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas |
Key people | Brian Greenstone |
| Website | pangeasoft |
Pangea Software is a video game developer based in
Macintosh and later iOS. Pangea found its primary success with a series of 3D games, when 3D hardware accelerators first began to appear on the Macintosh, beginning with Nanosaur in 1998 and extending into the early 2000s. Bugdom was included with new iMac models. In addition to games, Pangea also provides panoramic photography
services.
History
Pangea Software began as a developer of
Macintosh development; notable titles included Power Pete, Nanosaur, Bugdom, Cro-Mag Rally, and Otto Matic. In 1995, Pangea made a deal with Apple to bundle their games with Macintosh computers; this deal ended in 2006, when Apple transitioned to Intel CPUs
and decided to stop bundling third-party software.
Since 2008, the company has mostly ceased developing Mac games and instead chosen to focus on iOS games,[1] due to the latter being a more lucrative market.
Games
Apple IIGS
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Macintosh
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Published
- Runic (Macintosh, 2007), developed by CodeTurbine
Other products
In 1990, Xenocide was ported to the IBM PC by Manley & Associates without the involvement of Pangea Software.
In 1993, Brian Greenstone programmed and co-designed Harley's Humongous Adventure for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
In 2004, Brian Greenstone wrote The Ultimate Game Programming Guide, a book about programming a 3D
Mac OS X
.
Since 2006, Pangea has also provided a
cursor
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References
- ^ Chris Ullrich. "TUAW @SXSW Interview: Pangea Software CEO Brian Greenstone".
