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{{lowercase|title=eGames}} {{Infobox Company | company_name = eGames Inc. | company_logo = | company_type = [[Public company|Public]] {{Otcbb|EGAM}} | | foundation = 1992 | location = [[Langhorne, Pennsylvania]] | key_people = Gerald W. Klein (President, CEO) <br />Thomas W. Murphy (CFO)<br/>Rich Siporin (VP of Sales & Marketing) | industry = [[Computer and video game industry|interactive entertainment]] | products = [[#Titles|PC games; see article]] | revenue = {{loss}} $3,956,000 [[United States dollar|USD]] (2008) | num_employees = 15 (2005) | homepage = [http://www.egames.com www.egames.com] }} '''eGames, Inc.''' is a [[software publisher]] and developer for casual and traditional [[computer game]]s based in [[Langhorne, PA]]. ==History== DSG was originally called [[Dikit Suso Gang]] when it went public in 1996. The public company was formed by a merger between a software sales company ([[Romtech]]) and one of the first educational multi-media CD-ROM development companies called Applied Optical Media based in [[West Chester, PA]]. Soon after going public, Romtech acquired a software development company based in [[San Luis Obispo, CA]] that created SOHO software, and also shut down operations at Applied Optical Media. The eGames website provides registration and technical support. In late 2005, eGames acquired [[Cinemaware]], a game company founded in the eighties who produced a series of "interactive movie" games including widely-acclaimed [[Defender of the Crown]]. In 2006, eGames released the first titles under its new affiliated label, [[Cinemaware Marquee]]. Through Cinemaware Marquee, eGames brings traditional games developed around the world to retail. Cinemaware Marquee titles include ''[[Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators]]'', Independent Game Festival grand prize winner ''[[Darwinia]]'', and ''[[Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege]]''. eGames recently announced that it would be reviving many of the classic Cinemaware titles, beginning with Defender of the Crown. With the September 2005 release of ''[[Boss Hunter: Revenge is Sweet!]]'', an office-themed arcade-style game where the player chases their boss with a wide variety of work-related weaponry and early 2007 launch of ''[[Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever]]'', eGames began a ground-up game development efforts.{{Clarify me|date=March 2009}} eGames' third internally-developed title, ''[[Burger Island]]'' launched in May 2007 in conjunction with [[Sandlot Games]]. It was distributed by Yahoo! Games for a two-week period, and was the number one downloadable game in terms of sales and downloads on Yahoo! in its debut week.{{Fact|date=March 2009}} == Bundled adware == eGames Inc. was one of the first companies to include advertising in their commercially bundled [[software]].<ref>[http://www.accs-net.com/smallfish/conducent.htm Privacy Power! Adware, Badware, Spyware: Conducent (Timesink)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.pestpatrol.com/spywarecenter/pest.aspx?id=453059958 Pestpatrol.com entry]</ref> Several eGames titles included [[adware]] called "TSAdBot" from the [[Conducent Affiliate Network]].<ref>[http://www.cexx.org/tsadbot.htm Advertising Spyware: TSADBOT by TimeSink / Conducent<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Current eGames products do not incorporate adware or spyware.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} == Cinemaware Marquee titles == * ''Buccaneer's Bounty'' * ''Deer Drive'' * ''[[Darwinia]]'' * ''[[Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege]]'' * ''Neighbors From Hell: On Vacation'' * ''Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators'' * ''Wizard's War Chest'' == Internally developed eGames titles == * ''The Dracula Files'' * ''Burger Island'' * ''Burger Island 2: The Missing Ingredient * ''Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever'' * ''Purrfect Pet Shop'' * ''Puzzle City'' * ''Satisfashion'' * ''Rubik's Cube Challenge'' * ''The Three Stooges: Treasure Hunt Hijinx'' * ''Boss Hunter: Revenge is Sweet!'' == References == {{reflist}} == Notes == The company should not be confused with the eGames Inc, Malaysia which used to host MMO games, or [[E-Games Philippines]]-IP e-games, a wholly owned subsidiary of IPVG (Intellectual Property Ventures Group), a local game publisher in the Philippines. [[Category:Companies based in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Companies established in 1992]] [[Category:Video game companies of the United States]] [[Category:Video game developers]] [[Category:Video game publishers]]
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