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American Laser Games was a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that created numerous light gun laserdisc video games featuring live action full motion video. The company was founded in the late 1980s by Robert Grebe, who had originally created a system to train police officers under the company name ICAT (Institute for Combat Arms and Tactics) and later adapted the technology for arcade games. Its first hit game was Mad Dog McCree, a light gun shooter set in the American Old West. By mid-1995 they were recognized as the leading company in the medium of laserdisc-based arcade games. Almost all arcade games released by the company were light gun shooters and a number of them also had an Old West theme.

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  • ليزر أميركان غيمز (بالإنجليزية: American Laser Games)‏ ، هي شركة ألعاب فيديو أمريكية سابقة كانت موجودة في ولاية نيومكسيكو الأمريكية، أسست أواخر عقد 1980م، وأنتجت عدداً من ألعاب الفيديو مثل ماد دوغ ماكري سنة 1990م، ولعبة سنة 1993م وغيره، وأعلنت حلها سنة 2001م. (ar)
  • American Laser Games was a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that created numerous light gun laserdisc video games featuring live action full motion video. The company was founded in the late 1980s by Robert Grebe, who had originally created a system to train police officers under the company name ICAT (Institute for Combat Arms and Tactics) and later adapted the technology for arcade games. Its first hit game was Mad Dog McCree, a light gun shooter set in the American Old West. By mid-1995 they were recognized as the leading company in the medium of laserdisc-based arcade games. Almost all arcade games released by the company were light gun shooters and a number of them also had an Old West theme. Later, the company turned toward compact disc technology to release its games. Ports of its arcade titles were released for the Sega CD, CD-i and DOS computers equipped with CD-ROM drives. The company was particularly supportive of the 3DO, not only releasing versions of its games for the console, but also offering a modified version of the 3DO platform as an upgrade kit for existing arcade video game cabinets, supporting compressed video versions of their games at a lower cost. In 1995, American Laser Games released Mazer for the 3DO home market and Orbatak (3DO-powered) for the arcade - their first and only in-house non-Full motion video based games. The company also released a series of light-gun controllers, including the 3DO Game Gun and the PC Gamegun, for home computer use. The latter proved unsuccessful due to its poor accuracy. American Laser Games lasted until the mid-to-late 1990s, by which time it had begun making "games for girls" for the PC under the moniker Her Interactive, beginning with McKenzie & Co. In response to a major slump in the arcade industry, American Laser Games ended its direct manufacturing of coin-op machines in November 1995, and turned its focus to developing games for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation. This failed to revive the company's fortunes, and revenues in 1996 were roughly half of the $16 million it generated in 1995. At the end of 1996 ALG laid off a third of its staff, Jan Claesson replaced Grebe as president, and the company began focusing primarily on the Her Interactive line, cancelling all the games in their mainstream line except for Shining Sword. The company eventually closed its doors and was bought out by Her Interactive, which had been spun off before ALG closing and is still making games as of January 2018. In 2000, the development and publishing rights to all of the games that were produced by American Laser Games were purchased by Digital Leisure, Inc from Her Interactive. Many of these games were then re-released for the PC and in DVD TV game format. (en)
  • American Laser Games è stata una società statunitense fondata nel 1989 con sede ad Albuquerque in nel Nuovo Messico, che produceva videogiochi su laser disc giocabili con pistola ottica, realizzati in full motion video. A partire dagli anni 2000, dopo l'acquisizione della società da parte di Her Interactive nel 2001, molti di questi giochi sono stati poi ristampati per PC e in formato DVD. (it)
  • American Laser Games was een computerspelfabrikant van voornamelijk interactieve film voor arcade waarbij de besturing gebeurde met een lichtpistool. De spellen stonden op een laserdisc. Het bedrijf werd in 1988 opgericht door Robert Grebe en de hoofdzetel was in Albuquerque in New Mexico. Hun eerste commerciële succes was Mad Dog McCree, een lightgun shooter dat zich afspeelde in het Wilde Westen. Toen in de huiskamers meer en meer personal computers en spelconsoles verschenen met een cd-rom-lezer begon het bedrijf zijn spellen te porten naar deze systemen, waaronder Sega CD, Cd-i, DOS en 3DO. Voor deze laatste twee platformen bracht het bedrijf zelfs aangepaste hardware uit zoals de en . Toen het hoogtepunt van interactieve film rond 1995 voorbij was, begon het bedrijf zich meer en meer te richten op "computerspellen speciaal voor meisjes". Deze spellen kwamen uit onder het merk . Het eerste spel was Deze koerswijziging zorgde ervoor dat American Laser Games uiteindelijk werd opgedoekt en werd ondergebracht in Her Interactive. In 2000 kocht Digital Leisure de rechten op van de spellen van American Laser Games en bracht deze opnieuw uit voor enkele andere systemen. (nl)
  • American Laser Games foi uma empresa de criação de jogos para video-game, sediada em Albuquerque, Novo México, Estados Unidos. (pt)
  • American Laser Games (ALG) — американская компания, разработчик видеоигр, один из основных производителей интерактивных фильмов в 1990-х годах. Располагалась в Альбукерке, Нью-Мексико. Была основана в конце 1980-х годов Робертом Гребом (Robert Grebe), ранее создавшим систему для тренировки полицейских и решившим адаптировать её для более широкого рынка развлечений, в частности для аркадных игровых автоматов. Позже, в связи с ослабеванием рынка игровых автоматов, компания стала поддерживать игровую консоль 3DO — как в качестве способа выхода на рынок домашних видеоигр, так и для продолжения участия в аркадном бизнесе за счёт использования более дешёвой платформы 3DO для игровых автоматов. В 1995 году компания выпустила игры для 3DO и для аркадных автоматов на основе аппаратуры 3DO — свои единственные игры, не основанные на технологии FMV. Компанией также был выпущен световой пистолет PC Gamegun для IBM PC. Он не получил успеха, в частности из-за низкой точности стрельбы. Компания продолжала функционировать до конца 1990-х годов. В 1995 году компанией был создан лейбл Her Interactive, под которым она начала выпуск «игр для девочек» для IBM PC. Это привело к финансовым трудностям и закрытию компании. Незадолго до закрытия ALG, лейбл Her Interactive выделился в самостоятельную компанию и приобрёл ALG. В 2000 году все права на игры ALG были проданы Her Interactive компании . Многие из игр были переизданы этой компанией для IBM PC и DVD-проигрывателей. (ru)
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  • Bought out byHer Interactive (en)
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  • ليزر أميركان غيمز (بالإنجليزية: American Laser Games)‏ ، هي شركة ألعاب فيديو أمريكية سابقة كانت موجودة في ولاية نيومكسيكو الأمريكية، أسست أواخر عقد 1980م، وأنتجت عدداً من ألعاب الفيديو مثل ماد دوغ ماكري سنة 1990م، ولعبة سنة 1993م وغيره، وأعلنت حلها سنة 2001م. (ar)
  • American Laser Games è stata una società statunitense fondata nel 1989 con sede ad Albuquerque in nel Nuovo Messico, che produceva videogiochi su laser disc giocabili con pistola ottica, realizzati in full motion video. A partire dagli anni 2000, dopo l'acquisizione della società da parte di Her Interactive nel 2001, molti di questi giochi sono stati poi ristampati per PC e in formato DVD. (it)
  • American Laser Games foi uma empresa de criação de jogos para video-game, sediada em Albuquerque, Novo México, Estados Unidos. (pt)
  • American Laser Games was a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that created numerous light gun laserdisc video games featuring live action full motion video. The company was founded in the late 1980s by Robert Grebe, who had originally created a system to train police officers under the company name ICAT (Institute for Combat Arms and Tactics) and later adapted the technology for arcade games. Its first hit game was Mad Dog McCree, a light gun shooter set in the American Old West. By mid-1995 they were recognized as the leading company in the medium of laserdisc-based arcade games. Almost all arcade games released by the company were light gun shooters and a number of them also had an Old West theme. (en)
  • American Laser Games was een computerspelfabrikant van voornamelijk interactieve film voor arcade waarbij de besturing gebeurde met een lichtpistool. De spellen stonden op een laserdisc. Het bedrijf werd in 1988 opgericht door Robert Grebe en de hoofdzetel was in Albuquerque in New Mexico. Hun eerste commerciële succes was Mad Dog McCree, een lightgun shooter dat zich afspeelde in het Wilde Westen. (nl)
  • American Laser Games (ALG) — американская компания, разработчик видеоигр, один из основных производителей интерактивных фильмов в 1990-х годах. Располагалась в Альбукерке, Нью-Мексико. Была основана в конце 1980-х годов Робертом Гребом (Robert Grebe), ранее создавшим систему для тренировки полицейских и решившим адаптировать её для более широкого рынка развлечений, в частности для аркадных игровых автоматов. Позже, в связи с ослабеванием рынка игровых автоматов, компания стала поддерживать игровую консоль 3DO — как в качестве способа выхода на рынок домашних видеоигр, так и для продолжения участия в аркадном бизнесе за счёт использования более дешёвой платформы 3DO для игровых автоматов. В 1995 году компания выпустила игры для 3DO и для аркадных автоматов на основе аппаратуры 3DO — свои (ru)
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  • أميركان ليزر غيمز (ar)
  • American Laser Games (it)
  • American Laser Games (nl)
  • American Laser Games (pt)
  • American Laser Games (ru)
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