Aspyr Media

Aspyr Media

Aspyr Media, Inc. (IPAEng|əsˈpaɪər) is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to the Mac OS platform. It has been in business since 1996, and as of 2003 owns 60 percent of the Mac entertainment market. Aspyr has worked closely with partners like Universal, Paramount, Warner Bros., LucasArts, Electronic Arts, Activision and Eidos, to bring brands like "Harry Potter", "The Sims", "The Sims 2 and Sims Life Stories", "Madden NFL Football", "Star Wars", "Tony Hawk", "Battlefield 1942", "Command and Conquer Generals (Mac OS X)", " (Mac OS X)", "Doom 3", "Call of Duty" and "Call of Duty 2", "Quake 4" and "Tomb Raider" to the Macintosh platform.

In recent years, they have begun porting console games to Windows and Game Boy Advance and publishing games, such as Wideload Games' "Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse"", for Mac, Windows and the Xbox. In addition, Aspyr has produced and distributes several albums and documentaries. They have also created a "Call of Duty 2" game for the Pocket PC although it is not a direct port. A port of the console game ' was created by Aspyr. Also notable is Aspyr's port of ' to the PC and Mac platforms.

Copy protection

Aspyr uses SecuROM copy protection on PC game discs, such as in "Stubbs the Zombie" and "Dreamfall". [ [http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2445&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=1 Edge Magazine - Video Games, Game News, and Gaming Jobs | Edge Online ] ] [ [http://ragnartornquist.com/?p=145 Another batch of Dreamfall questions at RagnarTornquist.com ] ]

See also

* Aspyr Game Agent
* List of games ported by Aspyr media

References

External links

* [http://www.aspyr.com/ Aspyr Home Page]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/aspyr-media-inc Aspyr's profile] from MobyGames


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