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Legend Entertainment Company was an American developer and publisher of computer games, best known for creating adventure titles throughout the 1990s. The company was founded by Bob Bates and Mike Verdu, both veterans of the interactive fiction studio Infocom that shut down in 1989. Legend's first two games, Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls and Timequest, had strong sales that sustained the company. Legend also profited from negotiating licenses to popular book series, allowing them to create notable game adaptations such as Companions of Xanth (based on Demons Don't Dream by Piers Anthony) and Gateway (based on the eponymous novel by Frederik Pohl). Legend also earned a reputation for comedic adventures, with numerous awards for Eric the Unready in 1993. As the technology of

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  • Legend Entertainment (en)
  • Legend Entertainment (de)
  • Legend Entertainment Company (fr)
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  • Legend Entertainment war ein von Bob Bates und Mike Verdu im Jahr 1989 gegründetes, US-amerikanisches Entwicklungsstudio für Computerspiele mit Sitz in Chantilly. (de)
  • Legend Entertainment — американская компания, выпускавшая в 1990-е годы компьютерные игры. Наиболее известна несколькими популярными квестами. (ru)
  • Legend Entertainment Company was an American developer and publisher of computer games, best known for creating adventure titles throughout the 1990s. The company was founded by Bob Bates and Mike Verdu, both veterans of the interactive fiction studio Infocom that shut down in 1989. Legend's first two games, Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls and Timequest, had strong sales that sustained the company. Legend also profited from negotiating licenses to popular book series, allowing them to create notable game adaptations such as Companions of Xanth (based on Demons Don't Dream by Piers Anthony) and Gateway (based on the eponymous novel by Frederik Pohl). Legend also earned a reputation for comedic adventures, with numerous awards for Eric the Unready in 1993. As the technology of (en)
  • Legend Entertainment Company (ou Legend Entertainment ou simplement Legend) était un studio de développement de jeux vidéo créé en 1989 par Bob Bates et . En 1998, la compagnie est rachetée par GT Interactive, qui est racheté en 1999 par Infogrames. L'entreprise avait pour objectif de créer des jeux centrés sur des narrations interactives et se spécialisait dans les jeux d'aventures illustrés en mode texte ; de nombreux jeux étaient alors sous licence et basés sur des romans<. (fr)
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