Malfador Machinations
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Defunct | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Santa Rosa, California |
Key people | Aaron Hall Russell Saito |
| Products | The Space Empires series |
| Parent | Strategy First |
| Website | www.malfador.com |
Malfador Machinations was a small game company based in Santa Rosa, California. They were best known for their Space Empires series.
Brief history[edit]
Malfador Machinations was created by Aaron Hall to publish Space Empires II, the sequel to his self-produced 4X game, Space Empires, which was released two years earlier in 1993.[1][2] Space Empires II was a strong success, often being included in limited form in shareware collections, including Romtech's best selling Galaxy of Games series. On September 6, 2002 Malfador Machinations broke with its reputation for space themed games by releasing a hack-n-slash role-playing game entitled Dungeon Odyssey, but this was not as successful as the Space Empires games and never received a sequel.
On April 5, 2006, Malfador Machinations was acquired by Strategy First.[3][4]
Malfador's last game was Space Captain, which was released to the Google Play store in 2014.[5] While it continued many concepts from the Space Empires series, it was more focused on elements of combat and exploration rather than the micromanagement that the series had been known for, and is the last release from the company.
Games[edit]
- Space Empires II (1995)
- Space Empires III (1997)
- Space Empires IV (2000)
- Dungeon Odyssey (2002)
- Space Empires: Starfury (2003)
- Space Empires V (2006)
- World Supremacy (2010)
- Space Captain (2014)
References[edit]
- ^ "IGN - Malfador Machinations". Retrieved 2017-04-20.[dead link]
- ^ ""Interview with Aaron Hall, creator of Space Empires"". Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ Dobson, Jason (April 5, 2006). "Strategy First Acquires Malfador Machinations". Gamasutra. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ "Strategy First Acquires The Assets Of Malfador Machinations". gamesindustry.biz. April 5, 2006. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ "Space Captain on Google Play". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
External links[edit]
- Official site, (offline) via Internet Archive
- 1995 establishments in California
- 2006 disestablishments in California
- American companies established in 1995
- Companies based in Santa Rosa, California
- Companies based in Sonoma County, California
- Space Empires
- Video game companies established in 1995
- Video game companies disestablished in 2006
- Defunct video game companies of the United States
- Video game development companies