Dinamic Software
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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
. At the end of the 1980s, another company, Aventuras AD
destinated to produce text adventures, was born from Dinamic Software.
, creating some amateur self made games. On their first attempt as a company, they created NCM, which would later become Dinamic. Their original idea was simply to create a team of programmers, they never thought that it would start such an intense commercial activity.
On their first months, they created themselves all the code, recorded themselves the programs on tape, designed and printed artboxes and manuals, and distributed them, as well as designing their ads to publish them on newspapers and magazines. Their official debut was Yenght, a text adventure with graphics for ZX Spectrum
, and Artist, a graphic design program, both released in 1983. But their first commercial success would come with the release of Saimazoom in 1984, which would start a trilogy, followed by Babaliba and Abu Simbel Profanation.
In 1986, Victor Ruiz would create Camelot Warriors, and the same year he would start the "Moves" trilogy, with Army Moves
in 1986, followed by Navy Moves in 1998. In 1991, Arctic Moves was designed to be published for the Atari ST
, but this version was not released due to Dinamic's bankruptcy. The game would be redesigned for PC and published in 1995 by Dinamic Multimedia
.
With Fernando Martin Basket Master, which was one of the most sold Spanish videogames to date, they started a tradition to hire famous people, mainly sportmen, to make videogames, something imitated by the rest of the Spanish companies of the time, and later by themselves, releasing Aspar GP Master and Míchel Fútbol Master Super Skills.
1987 proved to be their most active year. They release one of the most commercially successful text adventures in Spain, Don Quijote, based on the book by Cervantes
and the cartoon series released at the time. With it they created the trademark Aventuras Dinamic which would be dedicated entirely on text adventures. However, text adventures, with or without graphics, proved to be commercially unsuccessful in the Spanish market, and Aventuras Dinamic was bought by Andrés Samudio, so he could create Aventuras AD
, on the condition that he would produce the games, but Dinamic had to distribute them, and so it was.
Other titles with massive Spanish and international distribution were Game Over, and Phantis (this one released in the United Kingdom as Game Over II). Their covers included girls with sexy corsets, which were heavily censored outside Spain. It is specially rememeberd the case of Game Over where a nipple was visible, and it was covered in the UK with the Dinamic logo, a screen capture or directly with a redrawn corset in subsequent editions. Other successful titles by Dinamic were Freddy Hardest (1987) and its sequel Freddy Hardest II (1989), Turbo Girl (1988), and After the War
(1989).
During the Golden age of Spanish software, Dinamic distributed their own games in Spain, as well as the ones by Aventuras AD and other minor companies, becoming a rival to Erbe Software in this work. However, with the change of decade, and the migration to 16 bit platforms, sale figures started declining. After launching Narco Police (1991), they became unable to distribute anymore their titles.
Their last title, Risky Woods
, could be released, exclusively for 16 bit platforms, thanks to co-production with Zeus Software, and distribution by Electronic Arts
, since Dinamic Software was already immerse in an economical crisis that would lead to their closedown in bankruptcy in 1992. One year later, the Ruiz brothers, with Carlos Abril (one of the designers of Panthis) and the owner of HobbyPress, José Ignacio Gómez-Centurión, would create a new company, which was named Dinamic Multimedia in honor of the defunct company, but would only be owned on a 30% by the Ruiz Brothers.
Golden Era of Spanish Software
The Golden Era of Spanish Software was a time, between 1983 and 1992, when Spain became the second 8 bit entertainment software producer in Europe, behind only the United Kingdom...
. One year later, a part of its owners founded an independent company named Dinamic Multimedia
Dinamic Multimedia
Dinamic Multimedia was a Spanish software house and publisher created in 1993 which was created after the bankruptcy of Dinamic Software in 1992 by some of its former members. After having released several titles, they filed for bankruptcy in September 2001....
. At the end of the 1980s, another company, Aventuras AD
Aventuras AD
Aventuras AD was a videogame Spanish producer, one of the most popular in Spain during the Golden Era of Spanish Software in the eighties, specialized in text adventure games. It was created as a seal split from Dinamic Software in 1987...
destinated to produce text adventures, was born from Dinamic Software.
History
At the beginning of the 1980s, young brothers Pablo, Nacho and Victor Ruiz have their first contact with computers. In the case of Victor Ruiz, he started with a Sinclair ZX81Sinclair ZX81
The ZX81 was a home computer produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Scotland by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and was designed to be a low-cost introduction to home computing for the general public...
, creating some amateur self made games. On their first attempt as a company, they created NCM, which would later become Dinamic. Their original idea was simply to create a team of programmers, they never thought that it would start such an intense commercial activity.
On their first months, they created themselves all the code, recorded themselves the programs on tape, designed and printed artboxes and manuals, and distributed them, as well as designing their ads to publish them on newspapers and magazines. Their official debut was Yenght, a text adventure with graphics for ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
, and Artist, a graphic design program, both released in 1983. But their first commercial success would come with the release of Saimazoom in 1984, which would start a trilogy, followed by Babaliba and Abu Simbel Profanation.
In 1986, Victor Ruiz would create Camelot Warriors, and the same year he would start the "Moves" trilogy, with Army Moves
Army Moves
Army Moves is a scrolling shooter game developed by Dinamic Software for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum. It was first released in and published by Dinamic in Spain and by Imagine Software. Dinamic Software also developed a MS-DOS version of the game, published...
in 1986, followed by Navy Moves in 1998. In 1991, Arctic Moves was designed to be published for the Atari ST
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
, but this version was not released due to Dinamic's bankruptcy. The game would be redesigned for PC and published in 1995 by Dinamic Multimedia
Dinamic Multimedia
Dinamic Multimedia was a Spanish software house and publisher created in 1993 which was created after the bankruptcy of Dinamic Software in 1992 by some of its former members. After having released several titles, they filed for bankruptcy in September 2001....
.
With Fernando Martin Basket Master, which was one of the most sold Spanish videogames to date, they started a tradition to hire famous people, mainly sportmen, to make videogames, something imitated by the rest of the Spanish companies of the time, and later by themselves, releasing Aspar GP Master and Míchel Fútbol Master Super Skills.
1987 proved to be their most active year. They release one of the most commercially successful text adventures in Spain, Don Quijote, based on the book by Cervantes
Cervantes
-People:*Alfonso J. Cervantes , mayor of St. Louis, Missouri*Francisco Cervantes de Salazar, 16th-century man of letters*Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban composer*Jorge Cervantes, a world-renowned expert on indoor, outdoor, and greenhouse cannabis cultivation...
and the cartoon series released at the time. With it they created the trademark Aventuras Dinamic which would be dedicated entirely on text adventures. However, text adventures, with or without graphics, proved to be commercially unsuccessful in the Spanish market, and Aventuras Dinamic was bought by Andrés Samudio, so he could create Aventuras AD
Aventuras AD
Aventuras AD was a videogame Spanish producer, one of the most popular in Spain during the Golden Era of Spanish Software in the eighties, specialized in text adventure games. It was created as a seal split from Dinamic Software in 1987...
, on the condition that he would produce the games, but Dinamic had to distribute them, and so it was.
Other titles with massive Spanish and international distribution were Game Over, and Phantis (this one released in the United Kingdom as Game Over II). Their covers included girls with sexy corsets, which were heavily censored outside Spain. It is specially rememeberd the case of Game Over where a nipple was visible, and it was covered in the UK with the Dinamic logo, a screen capture or directly with a redrawn corset in subsequent editions. Other successful titles by Dinamic were Freddy Hardest (1987) and its sequel Freddy Hardest II (1989), Turbo Girl (1988), and After the War
After the War (video game)
After The War is a video game in which the player controls a character through a post-apocalyptic city, probably after a nuclear war. Released and unreleased artworks by Luis Royo and Alfonso Azpiri reveals that the city should be a post-nuclear version of New York City.-Summary:The game was...
(1989).
During the Golden age of Spanish software, Dinamic distributed their own games in Spain, as well as the ones by Aventuras AD and other minor companies, becoming a rival to Erbe Software in this work. However, with the change of decade, and the migration to 16 bit platforms, sale figures started declining. After launching Narco Police (1991), they became unable to distribute anymore their titles.
Their last title, Risky Woods
Risky Woods
Risky Woods, known as in Japan, is a computer game developed by Dinamic Software and Zeus Software, and published by Electronic Arts in December 1992. The game has a side-scroll view, and a fantasy theme...
, could be released, exclusively for 16 bit platforms, thanks to co-production with Zeus Software, and distribution by Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
, since Dinamic Software was already immerse in an economical crisis that would lead to their closedown in bankruptcy in 1992. One year later, the Ruiz brothers, with Carlos Abril (one of the designers of Panthis) and the owner of HobbyPress, José Ignacio Gómez-Centurión, would create a new company, which was named Dinamic Multimedia in honor of the defunct company, but would only be owned on a 30% by the Ruiz Brothers.
List of titles
- Abu Simbel, Profanation
- After The WarAfter the WarAfter the War is an album by Irish rock guitarist Gary Moore, released in 1989. Like Moore's prior album Wild Frontier, this album contains elements of his celtic roots....
- Amc/Astro Marine Corps
- Army MovesArmy MovesArmy Moves is a scrolling shooter game developed by Dinamic Software for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum. It was first released in and published by Dinamic in Spain and by Imagine Software. Dinamic Software also developed a MS-DOS version of the game, published...
- Arquímedes XXI
- Artist
- Aspar GP Master
- Babaliba
- Bestial Warrior
- Bestial Warrior, Gunstick
- Bronx (juego)
- Buggy Ranger
- Camelot Warriors
- Capitán Sevilla
- Cobra's Arc
- Comando Tracer/The Last Commando
- Cosmic Sheriff
- Don Quijote
- Dustin
- El Capitán Trueno
- Fernando Martín Basket Master
- Freddy Hardest
- Freddy Hardest 2 : In South Manhattan
- Game Over
- Hammer Boy
- Hundra
- La guerra de las vajillas
- Mapsnatch
- Megacorp
- Meganova
- Megaphoenix
- Lo mejor de Dinamic
- Míchel Fútbol Master Super Skills
- Narco Police
- Navy Moves
- Nonamed
- Olé toro
- Los pájaros de Bangkok
- Phantis (published as Game Over II outside Spain)
- Phantomas
- Phantomas 2
- Risky WoodsRisky WoodsRisky Woods, known as in Japan, is a computer game developed by Dinamic Software and Zeus Software, and published by Electronic Arts in December 1992. The game has a side-scroll view, and a fantasy theme...
- Rocky
- Saimazoom
- Satan
- Simulador profesional de tenis
- Sgrizam
- Turbo Girl
- Videolimpic
- West Bank
- Yenght