- DotEmu
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DotEmu is a French video game company created in 2007 by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand, with its headquarters in France. This company initially dedicated to B2B adaptation and emulation of old games and now provides a B2C distribution service on dotemu.com.
Distribution service: Users can purchase old PC games by download, get iPhone/iPod Touch games from the iTunes Store or directly play online games in their web browser.
Products’ history
Launched in February 2007, DotEmu is dedicated to emulation and fast porting of old games on today’s platforms: PC, iPhone/iPod Touch and Web/Flash games. Games are packaged using in-house emulation software, binary patched or bundled using Open Source emulation such as ScummVM and DOSBox.
As of May 6, 2010, 7 games have been adapted by DotEmu:
- Nicky Boom 1 (developed by Microïds) adapted on PC, Smartphone, iPhone/iPod Touch, Internet
- Nicky 2 (developed by Microïds) adapted on PC, Windows iPhone/iPod Touch, Internet
- Krypton Egg (developed by HitSoft) adapted on PC and iPhone/iPod Touch
- Golvellius (developed by D4Entreprise) adapted on iPhone/iPod Touch
- Boulder Dash Classic & Arcade (developed by First Star Software) adapted on PC & Internet
- Street Fighter II - Champion Edition (developed by Capcom) adapted on Internet/Flash with the association of Gametap.
- Silmarils Collection (developed by Silmarils): 16 games such as Ishar Trilogy, Robinson's Requiem, Deus, Transarctica, etc. adapted in PC.
- Gobliiins Trilogy (developed by Coktel Vision) available on PC and soon on iPhone/iPod touch
- Raptor: Call of the Shadows 2010 Edition (developed by Mountain King Studios) available on PC
- R-Type for Android. [1]
DotEmu, a games distributor
On May 6, 2010 DotEmu opens its own online distribution service on DotEmu.com gathering computer games, Flash games and iPhone/iPod touch binary patched, emulated or ported from old video games. As of May 14, 2010, DotEmu’s catalogue is made up of 36 games. Either available on PC, iPhone/iPod Touch or online, games are added on a weekly basis and are mostly multilingual.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of some PC games distributed on DotEmu.com:
- Atlantis 3 & Atlantis Evolution (developed by Cryo Interactive)
- Broken Sword 2 & 3 (developed by Revolution Software)
- Gobliiins Trilogy (developed by Coktel Vision)
- Maupiti Island (developed by Lankhor)
- Syberia 1 & 2 (developed by Microïds)
- Commandos 1 & 2 & 3 (developed by Pyro Studios)
External links
- DotEmu official website
- DotEmu corporate website
- http://www.industrygamers.com/releases/8414/
- http://www.pcgamersworld.com/2010/05/grand-opening-of-dotemu-com-online-store/
- http://uk.wireless.ign.com/articles/102/1027462p1.html
- http://toucharcade.com/2008/12/08/classic-platformer-nicky-boom-comes-to-the-iphone/
- http://toucharcade.com/2009/02/08/classic-arkanoid-clone-krypton-egg-comes-to-the-iphone/
- http://www.afjv.com/studios/dotemu.htm
- http://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2010/00042520-dotemu-ou-le-retour-des-vieilleries.htm
- http://www.canardpc.com/news-46150-le_6_mai__dotemu_les_tous_.html
- http://www.jeuxvideopc.com/news/28329-dotemucom-ouvre-portes.php
- http://www.01net.com/editorial/515904/dotemu-les-archeologues-du-jeu-video/
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