Paragon Software Corporation or just Paragon Software was a video games developer that was founded in 1985 by Mark E. Seremet

Mark E. Seremet

Mark E. Seremet is the CEO of Zoo Games. He is best known for being the co-founder of Take-Two Interactive where he served as it CEO from 1993-1998 and the CEO of Spreadshirt from 2005-2006. In addition, he helped found Paragon Software, who developed a few of the first video games based from the...

 and Antony Davies. Paragon released its first game in 1987 and is primarily known for their work on CRPGs based on Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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 franchises and GDW role-playing settings. They released titles on the following platforms; ZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum

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, Amiga

Amiga

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, PC

Personal computer

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:DOS

DOS

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, Atari ST

Atari ST

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 and Commodore 64

Commodore 64

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. Paragon Software was published through Microprose

MicroProse

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, and was based out of Greensburg

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, Pennsylvania

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, United States

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. MicroProse acquired Paragon outright in July, 1992. As part of MicroProse, the Paragon team developed Challenge of the Five Realms and BloodNet. Soon after, many of the former Paragon principals moved on to co-found or work for Take-Two Interactive, and what was once Paragon ceased to exist.

Game list

• Alien Fires 2199 A.D.(1987)
• The Amazing Spider-Man
  The Amazing Spider-Man (video game)
  The Amazing Spider-Man is an action / puzzle platformer video game starring the Marvel comic book character Spider-Man. The game was developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises Ltd., and released in 1990 for the Amiga, and later ported to PC:MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and Atari ST...
  
   (1989)
• Guardians of Infinity: To Save Kennedy (1989)
• Master Ninja: Shadow Warriors of Death (1986)
• MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy
  MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy
  MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a 1990 computer game produced by Game Designers Workshop licensee Paragon, based on the Traveller universe, for Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS operating environments.-Plot:...
  
   (1989)
• MegaTraveller 2: Quest for The Ancients (1991)
• Millennium: The Return to Earth (1991)
• The Punisher (1988)
• Space: 1889
  Space: 1889 (computer game)
  Space: 1889 is a computer game developed by Paragon Software in 1990 for the PC/MS-DOS.-Plot:Space: 1889 a science-fiction role-playing adventure based on the Space: 1889 role-playing game by Game Designers' Workshop...
  
   (1990)
• Spider-Man and Captain America in: Dr. Doom's Revenge (1988)
• Troika (1991)
• Twilight 2000 (1992)
• Twilight's Ransom (1988)
• Wizard Wars (1988)
• X-Men: Madness in The Murderworld (1989)
• X-Men 2: Fall of the Mutants (1989)

External links

• Paragon Software Corporation at MobyGames
  MobyGames
  -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...
  
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