Quantum Quality Productions
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Quantum Quality Productions (also known by their initials QQP) was a computer games company specializing in strategy game
s and war game
s.
Run by Bruce Williams Zaccagnino
and Mark Baldwin it produced a number of games that achieved "cult status", most prominently The Perfect General
.
In 1994, due to financial difficulties, QQP accepted a buy-out from American Laser Games
, however American Laser Games soon ran into financial problems of their own and QQP stopped production in 1995.
Strategy game
A strategy game or strategic game is a game in which the players' uncoerced, and often autonomous decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome...
s and war game
Wargaming
A wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...
s.
Run by Bruce Williams Zaccagnino
Bruce Williams Zaccagnino
Bruce Williams Zaccagnino is the creator of the model railroad layout and museum Northlandz located near Flemington, New Jersey.-Bruce Williams and Northlandz:...
and Mark Baldwin it produced a number of games that achieved "cult status", most prominently The Perfect General
Perfect General
The Perfect General is a turn-based tactics game designed by Mark Baldwin and published in 1991 by Quantum Quality Productions for the Amiga and DOS. A sequel, The Perfect General II, was released in 1994. A refurbished version of the original is available for Windows since 2003.The game is a...
.
In 1994, due to financial difficulties, QQP accepted a buy-out from American Laser Games
American Laser Games
American Laser Games was a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that created a wide variety of light gun laserdisc video games. The company was founded in the late 1980s by Robert Grebe, who had originally created the system to train police officers under the company name ICAT , and adapted the...
, however American Laser Games soon ran into financial problems of their own and QQP stopped production in 1995.
Partial list of games produced by QQP
- Battles in TimeBattles in TimeBattles in Time was a PC video game and was the first and last product co-developed by Quantum Quality Productions and American Laser Games. The game was a time travel-based strategy game....
- Battles of Destiny
- Bridge Olympiad
- Conquered KingdomsConquered KingdomsConquered Kingdoms is a fantasy strategy computer game developed by Quantum Quality Productions for PC/MS-DOS in 1992.-Plot:The player commands human and fantasy units to seize territory, gaining points for occupying towns, acquiring castles, and defeating enemy units.-Reception:The game was...
- Dealer's Choice Collection
- Erben des Throns
- Grandest FleetGrandest FleetThe Grandest Fleet is a turn-based naval tactics game that was released by Quantum Quality Productions in 1993.-Gameplay:The Grandest Fleet’s primary emphasis is on turn based combat between two opposing forces...
- Lost Admiral
- Merchant Prince
- Perfect General II
- Perfect GeneralPerfect GeneralThe Perfect General is a turn-based tactics game designed by Mark Baldwin and published in 1991 by Quantum Quality Productions for the Amiga and DOS. A sequel, The Perfect General II, was released in 1994. A refurbished version of the original is available for Windows since 2003.The game is a...
- Pure Wargame
- Solitaire's Journey
- WWII: Battles of the South Pacific
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External links
- Quantum Quality Productions at MobyGamesMobyGames-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...