Pangea Software

Pangea Software, Inc.
Type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	1987
Headquarters	Austin, Texas
Key people	Brian Greenstone, CEO
Website	http://www.pangeasoft.net

Pangea Software is an Apple product game company based in Austin, Texas that is owned and operated by Brian Greenstone. Founded in 1987, the company began as a developer of Apple IIGS games, with the first (and most notable) being Xenocide. In 1991, they switched to Macintosh development; notable titles included Power Pete, Nanosaur, Bugdom, Cro-Mag Rally, and Otto Matic. Since 2008, the company has mostly ceased developing Mac games and instead chosen to focus on iOS games,^[1] due to the latter being a more lucrative market.

Pangea specializes in video games, the majority of which are 3D third person shooters. They have a shareware/demo version available for download from their website; serial numbers must be purchased to unlock the full versions. In 1995, Pangea made a deal with Apple to bundle their games with Macintosh computers; this deal ended in 2006, when Apple transitioned to Intel CPUs and decided to stop bundling third-party software.

In addition to games, Pangea also specializes in panoramic photography services.

List of games

Developed

Apple IIGS

Xenocide (1989)
Grackle (1989)
Copy Killers (1989)
Quadronome (1989)

Senseless Violence: The Survival of the Fetus (1989)
Orbizone (1989)
Senseless Violence II: You Use, You Die (1990)
Cosmocade, with: Journey to Calibus and Naxos (1990)

Macintosh

Firefall Arcade (1993)
Bloodsuckers (1993)
Power Pete / Mighty Mike (1995)
Gerbils (1996)
Weekend Warrior (1996)
Nanosaur (1998)
Bugdom (1999)
Cro-Mag Rally (2000)

Otto Matic (2001)
Bugdom 2 (2002)
Enigmo (2003)
Billy Frontier (2003)
Nanosaur 2: Hatchling (2004)
Enigmo 2 (2006)
Pangea Arcade, with: Firefall, Warheads, and Nucleus (2006)
Leaf on the Wind (2014)

Published

Runic (Macintosh, 2007), developed by CodeTurbine

Other products

In 1984 Brian Greenstone released his first game, Bloodsuckers, as shareware for the 8-bit Apple II. In 1993 he programmed and co-designed Harley's Humongous Adventure for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Brian Greenstone has also written The Ultimate Game Programming Guide (2004), a book about programming a 3D game engine for Mac OS X.

Since 2006, Pangea has also provided a panoramic photography service, allowing customers to have a 360˚ view of an area that can be navigated and interacted with via a cursor.

References

↑ Chris Ullrich. "TUAW @SXSW Interview: Pangea Software CEO Brian Greenstone".

External links

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[1] Chris Ullrich. "TUAW @SXSW Interview: Pangea Software CEO Brian Greenstone".