Dinamic Multimedia was a Spanish

Spain

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 software house

Software house

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 and publisher

Software publisher

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 created in 1993 which was created after the bankruptcy of Dinamic Software

Dinamic Software

Dinamic Software was a Spanish videogames producer and publisher company. It was founded in 1983, and its activity ceased in 1992, comprising the Golden Era of Spanish Software. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent company named Dinamic Multimedia...

 in 1992 by some of its former members. After having released several titles, they filed for bankruptcy in September 2001.

History

The "jewel in the crown" of the company was the PC Fútbol

PC Fútbol

PC Fútbol was a series of football management simulation games developed by Spanish developers Dinamic Multimedia. It was one of the big successes in the Spanish PC market, spawning several titles from 1992 until the studio's closure in 2001...

 series, which featured an annual installment for a decade. Originally only featuring the Spanish leagues, later versions were developed for Italy

Italy

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 (PC Calcio) and Argentina

Argentina

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 (PC Fútbol Apertura and Clausura). For the broader English market, EuroLeague Football was released in 2000, following a brief licensing of the Premier Manager franchise in the late 1990s. Dinamic also released other sports games, such as PC Basket, PC Atletismo or Eurotour Cycling, as well as adventure games such as Hollywood Monsters

Hollywood Monsters

Hollywood Monsters is an adventure game by the Spanish developer Pendulo Studios which was released in 1997. The game received an indirect sequel in 2011 known in Spain as Hollywood Monsters 2 and internationally as The Next BIG Thing....

, one of the biggest projects in Spanish game development history. Most of the house titles and Spanish-produced games were marketed as budget titles

Budget range

Budget range is the name given to software that are sold for a fraction of a regular product price...

 and were fiercely championed by the local gaming press. In their late years, Dinamic expanded to Italy (in 1997) and distributed several titles in Spain, including high profile titles such as Flying Corps Gold, Blade Runner, Sega Rally Championship 2 and Shogo

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division

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.

In 1999, the Ruíz brothers and Carlos Abril left the company on disagreements with the main owner, and co-founded FX Interactive. After that, Dinamic Multimedia focused on an internet portal, but the Dot-com bubble

Dot-com bubble

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 burst led Dinamic Multimedia to bankruptcy in 2001.

Games

As Dinamic Multimedia the following games were published::

• Arctic moves
• EuroTour Cycling
• Hollywood Monsters
  Hollywood Monsters
  Hollywood Monsters is an adventure game by the Spanish developer Pendulo Studios which was released in 1997. The game received an indirect sequel in 2011 known in Spain as Hollywood Monsters 2 and internationally as The Next BIG Thing....
  
  
• La Prision
• Los justicieros
• PC Atletismo
• PC Selección Española de Fútbol: Eurocopa 96 Dinamic Multimedia
• Resident Evil
• Resurrection: The Return of the Black Dragon
• Runaway
  Runaway: A Road Adventure
  Runaway: A Road Adventure is a point and click adventure game developed by Péndulo Studios, S.L. in 2001. The game follows the long tradition of two-dimensional adventure games like the first two installments of the Broken Sword series...
  
  
• PC Basket serie
• PC Fútbol
  PC Fútbol
  PC Fútbol was a series of football management simulation games developed by Spanish developers Dinamic Multimedia. It was one of the big successes in the Spanish PC market, spawning several titles from 1992 until the studio's closure in 2001...
  
   serie
• PC Calcio serie
• PC Premiere serie
• Space Clash. The Last Frontier (1999, from Enigma)
• Toyland Racing

External links

• Dinamic Multimedia games at computeremuzone.com.