Indie Built, Inc. was a Salt Lake City, Utah based computer game developer founded in 1982 by Bruce Carver as Access Software. They are popular for creating the golfing Links series and also for creating the video game detective series based on the character Tex Murphy. In 1987, Access announced The Robotic Workshop, a toy kit that allowed users to build and program robots using a home computer. The kit was a precursor to the much more popular Lego Mindstorms kits released in the late 1990s.

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  • Indie Built, Inc. was a Salt Lake City, Utah based computer game developer founded in 1982 by Bruce Carver as Access Software. They are popular for creating the golfing Links series and also for creating the video game detective series based on the character Tex Murphy. In 1987, Access announced The Robotic Workshop, a toy kit that allowed users to build and program robots using a home computer. The kit was a precursor to the much more popular Lego Mindstorms kits released in the late 1990s. The Robotic Workshop included over 50 Capsela parts, including two motors, gears, wheels, and sensors. Access Software was acquired by Microsoft in 1999, became part of Microsoft Game Studios and was renamed to "Salt Lake Games Studio". In 2003 it was renamed again to "Indie Games". In October 2004, Microsoft sold the development studio to Take-Two Interactive (T2) and it took on the name Indie Built. They became part of T2's 2K Games/2K Sports brand. Indie shipped Amped 3 for the launch of Xbox 360 and worked on Top Spin 2 for Xbox 360 developed by Power and Magic. Take 2 suddenly closed Indie Built on April 28, 2006 without publicly stating any reasons for the closure.
  • Indie Built, Inc. war ein US-amerikanisches Entwicklungsstudio für Computerspiele mit Sitz in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gegründet wurde das Unternehmen 1983 von Bruce Carver als Access Software.
  • Indie Built, Inc. era un'azienda statunitense produttrice di videogiochi fondata nel 1983 a Salt Lake City nello Utah da Bruce Carver come Access Software. La società divenne nota per la serie di videogiochi di golf Links e per il videogioco basato sull'investigatore Tex Murpy. Access Software venne acquisita dalla Microsoft nel 1999, e divenne parte della Microsoft Game Studios con il nome di "Salt Lake Games Studio". Nel 2003 venne nuovamente rinominata "Indie Games". Nell'ottobre 2004 Microsoft vendette la società alla Take Two Interactive e prese il nome di Indie Built. Divenne parte delle etichette 2K Games/2K Sports ma il 28 aprile 2006 venne chiusa della Take Two.
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  • Indie Built, Inc. was a Salt Lake City, Utah based computer game developer founded in 1982 by Bruce Carver as Access Software. They are popular for creating the golfing Links series and also for creating the video game detective series based on the character Tex Murphy. In 1987, Access announced The Robotic Workshop, a toy kit that allowed users to build and program robots using a home computer. The kit was a precursor to the much more popular Lego Mindstorms kits released in the late 1990s.
  • Indie Built, Inc. war ein US-amerikanisches Entwicklungsstudio für Computerspiele mit Sitz in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gegründet wurde das Unternehmen 1983 von Bruce Carver als Access Software.
  • Indie Built, Inc. era un'azienda statunitense produttrice di videogiochi fondata nel 1983 a Salt Lake City nello Utah da Bruce Carver come Access Software. La società divenne nota per la serie di videogiochi di golf Links e per il videogioco basato sull'investigatore Tex Murpy. Access Software venne acquisita dalla Microsoft nel 1999, e divenne parte della Microsoft Game Studios con il nome di "Salt Lake Games Studio". Nel 2003 venne nuovamente rinominata "Indie Games".
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