Imagic

Imagic at a Glance

Imagic was an American developer based in Los Gatos, California that operated from 1982 to 2002. The company formed in 1981 with staff who came from Atari and Mattel. They released a substantial number of titles for early 1980s consoles and computers before folding in 1986. Their output was heavily concentrated in the 1980s where they published 32 games. Only one game appears in their catalog from the 2000s. The list includes Saikyou Ginsei Shogi 2 from October 2002. Their library shows a strong preference for arcade style games with 24 titles in that genre. Shooters were also a major focus with 13 releases. They made four simulators, four adventure games, and two racing titles. Platformers, card games, strategy games, and RPGs each had only one entry. Imagic focused primarily on the Atari 2600 with 18 games. The Intellivision received 13 titles. Eight games appeared on Commodore C64, C128, or MAX systems. Six DOS games and five ColecoVision releases round out their top platforms. They also made four games for Atari 8-bit computers, Apple II, and Texas Instruments TI-99 systems. Three titles went to the Commodore VIC-20 and ZX Spectrum. Quality ratings from IGDB show mixed results across their five rated titles. The average score sits at 65.8 out of 100. No game reached a great rating above 80. All five rated games fell into the good range between 60 and 79. Atlantis from 1982 holds the highest score at 78.9. Cosmic Ark follows with 65.7. Demon Attack scored 62.3 while Dragonfire got 62.2. Safecracker completed the top list with a 60 rating. The company did not maintain a consistent output over time. They released many games shortly after forming and then stopped production by 1986. Later releases like Crime and Punishment, Touchdown Football, I, Damiano, and Sherlock Holmes in Another Bow appeared in the mid-1980s before the collapse. Their catalog remains small with only 34 total games listed on PlayPile. Most of these are from a short period during the early video game boom.

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