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MicroIllusions, based in Granada Hills, California was a computer game developer
Video game developer

A video game developer is a Computer software Software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers....
 and publisher
Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that Publishing video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
 of the home computer
Home computer

A home computer was a class of personal computer entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as accessible personal computers, more capable than video game consoles....
 era (late 1970s to early 1990s). MicroIllusions, as a company, was a strong supporter of the Commodore Amiga and would typically release a title on that platform before porting
Porting

In computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable Computer program can be created for a computing environment that is different from the one for which it was originally designed ....
 it to others. The company went out of business in or about 1990.

Games

Faery Tale Adventure II: Halls of the Dead (1997), sometimes credited to MicroIllusions, was completed by The Dreamers Guild, Inc.






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MicroIllusions, based in Granada Hills, California was a computer game developer
Video game developer

A video game developer is a Computer software Software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers....
 and publisher
Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that Publishing video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
 of the home computer
Home computer

A home computer was a class of personal computer entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as accessible personal computers, more capable than video game consoles....
 era (late 1970s to early 1990s). MicroIllusions, as a company, was a strong supporter of the Commodore Amiga and would typically release a title on that platform before porting
Porting

In computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable Computer program can be created for a computing environment that is different from the one for which it was originally designed ....
 it to others. The company went out of business in or about 1990.

Applications


  • Transport Controller (animation) (1987) Amiga
  • Photon Paint
    Photon Paint

    Photon Paint is a Hold-And-Modify based bitmap graphics editor for the Commodore Amiga, first released in 1987. It was programmed by Oren Peli at Bazbo Soft and published by MicroIllusions....
     1.0     (1987) Amiga
    Amiga

    The Amiga is a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer....
  • Photon Paint 2.0 (1989) Amiga
  • Edit Decision List Processor (film/video production) (1989) Amiga


Games

  • Ebonstar (1988), Amiga, created by the Dreamers Guild
  • Romantic Encounters at the Dome (1987) Amiga, DOS
    DOS

    DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is a shorthand term for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me....
    , Macintosh
    Macintosh

    File:Imac alu.pngMacintosh, commonly shortened to Mac, is a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc....
  • Faery Tale Adventure (1988) Amiga and Commodore 64
    Commodore 64

    The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of United States dollar595. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes of Random-access memory with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of tha...
     (C64), DOS, Sega Mega Drive
    Sega Mega Drive

    The is a History of video game consoles video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988, North America in 1989, and the PAL region in 1990. Mega Drive was the name used in Japan and Europe, while it was sold under the name Sega Genesis in North America, as Sega was unable to secure legal rights to the Mega Drive name in that region....
  • Fire Power (1989) Amiga, Atari ST
    Atari ST

    The Atari ST is a home computer/personal computer that was commercially available from 1985 to the early 1990s. It was released by Atari Corporation in 1985....
    , C64, DOS
  • Craps Academy (1988) Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
    -only release, Amiga
  • Questmaster 1: Prism of Heheutotol (a.k.a. Dondra: A New Beginning) (1988) C64, DOS (Apple II
    Apple II series

    The Apple II was one of the first highly successful mass produced microcomputer products, manufactured by Apple Computer and introduced in 1976....
     version by Spectrum Holobyte
    Spectrum HoloByte

    Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. was a video game developer and video game publisher originally based in Alameda, California.The company was founded in 1983 in video gaming and was most famous for its simulation games, notably the Falcon series of flight simulators and Vette!, a driving simulator from 1989 in video gaming....
    )
  • Laser Squad
    Laser Squad

    Laser Squad is a turn-based tactics computer game, originally released for the ZX Spectrum and later for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and Atari ST computers, as well as IBM PC compatible....
     (published, 1988) Amiga, Amstrad CPC
    Amstrad CPC

    The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. "CPC" stands for 'Colour Personal Computer', although it was possible to purchase a CPC with a Green screen display as well as with the standard colour screen ....
    , Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum
    ZX Spectrum

    The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. Referred to during development as the ZX81 Colour and ZX82, the machine was launched as the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair to highlight the machine's colour display, compared with the black-and-white of its predec...


Faery Tale Adventure II: Halls of the Dead (1997), sometimes credited to MicroIllusions, was completed by The Dreamers Guild, Inc. for various platforms.

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  • from MobyGames
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    MobyGames is a website devoted to cataloging Video game, both past and present. The site contains an extensive database of video game information....