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The company was founded by Joel Billings , a Wargame enthusiast. He hired Programmers John Lyon , who wrote '' Computer Bismarck '', and Ed Williger , who wrote '' Computer Ambush ''. Both games were written in BASIC as were many of SSI's early games. ''Computer Bismarck'' was released for the Apple II in January 1980 and for the TRS-80 later in the year. Chuck Kroegel , the co-author with David Landry of many of the early SSI wargames, joined the company as an employee in 1983 and led product development for over ten years.

SSI also expanded into Role-playing Game s in 1984 with titles such as '' Wizard's Crown '', '' Questron '' and the '' Phantasie '' series.

In 1987 , SSI acquired the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) license from TSR and published 30 AD&D titles over the following years, starting with '' Pool Of Radiance '' in 1988 . The TSR products formed the core of games released using the Gold Box engine.

SSI was acquired by Mindscape in 1994 , spent time as part of Mattel , and finally became part of Ubisoft (in March 2001 ), who have since retired the brand name.

GAMEOGRAPHY

1979

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'' Field Of Fire ''

'' Fifty Mission Crush ''

'' Galactic Gladiators ''

'' Questron ''

1985

'' Cartel$ & Cutthroat$ ''

'' Computer Ambush ''

'' Colonial Conquest ''

'' Mech Brigade ''

'' Norway 1985 ''

'' Operation Market Garden ''

'' Phantasie ''

'' Rebel Charge At Chickamauga ''

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1986

'' Demon's Winter ''

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'' Phantasie II ''

'' Roadwar 2000 ''

'' Wargame Construction Set ''

'' Warship ''

'' Wizard's Crown ''

1987

'' B-24 Combat Simulator ''

'' Battle Of Antietam ''

'' Colonial Conquest ''

'' Kampfgruppe ''

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'' Rings Of Zilfin ''

'' Roadwar 2000 ''

'' Roadwar Europa ''

'' Shard Of Spring, The ''

'' War Of The Lance ''

1988

'' Dungeon Master's Assistant Volume I ''

'' Heroes Of The Lance ''

'' Operation Market Garden ''

'' Pool Of Radiance ''

'' President Elect ''

'' Questron 2 ''

'' Sons Of Liberty ''

'' Star Command ''

'' Stellar Crusade ''

'' Typhoon Of Steel ''

1989

'' Battles Of Napoleon ''

'' Curse Of The Azure Bonds ''

'' Dragons Of Flame ''

'' Dungeon Master's Assistant Volume II ''

'' First Over Germany ''

'' Hillsfar ''

'' Red Lightning ''

'' Storm Across Europe ''

'' Sword Of Aragon ''

1990

'' Champions Of Krynn ''

'' Countdown To Doomsday ''

'' Dragonstrike ''

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'' Second Front ''

'' Secret Of The Silver Blades ''

'' Shadow Sorcerer ''

'' Waterloo ''

1991

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'' Death Knights Of Krynn ''

'' Eye Of The Beholder ''

'' Pools Of Darkness ''

'' Gateway To The Savage Frontier ''

'' Medieval Lords ''

'' Neverwinter Nights For AOL '', first Graphical MMO

'' No Greater Glory ''

'' Tony La Russa Baseball '' ( 1991 - 1993 )

'' Western Front ''

1992

'' A Line In The Sand ''

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'' Cyber Empire ''

'' Eye Of The Beholder 2 ''

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'' Gary Grigsby's Pacific War ''

'' Great Naval Battles 1 ''

'' Prophecy Of The Shadow ''

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'' Stronghold ''

'' Treasures Of The Savage Frontier ''

'' The Dark Queen Of Krynn ''

'' The Summoning ''

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1993

'' Clash Of Steel ''

'' Dungeon Hack ''

'' Eye Of The Beholder 3 ''

'' Fantasy Empires ''

'' Gary Grigsby's War In Russia ''

'' Great Naval Battles 2 ''

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'' Legend Of Valour ''

'' The Settlers ''

'' Tony La Russa Baseball II ''

'' Unlimited Adventures ''

'' Stronghold '', first 3D style RTS

1994

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'' Archon Ultra ''

'' Cyclones ''

'' Dark Legions ''

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'' Great Naval Battles 3 ''

'' Imperialism ''

'' Menzoberranzan ''

'' Panzer General ''

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'' Thuderscape ''

'' Veild Of Darkness ''

1995

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1996

'' Allied General ''

'' Anvil Of Dawn ''

'' Fantasy General ''

'' Great Naval Battles 5 ''

'' Necrodome ''

'' Silent Hunter ''

'' Star General ''

'' Su-27 Flanker ''

'' War Wind ''

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1997

'' Dark Colony ''

'' Pacific General ''

'' Panzer General For Windows 95 ''

'' Panzer General II ''

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1998

'' Imperialism ''

'' Panzer Commander ''

'' People's General '' (a.k.a. Dynasty General)

'' Soldiers At War ''

'' Steel Panthers ''

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1999

'' Flanker 2.0 ''

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'' Warlords Battlecry ''

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1985 story about SSI

MobyGames' entry on SSI

The Underdogs' entry on SSI

The History of SSI Games!

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