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Oop just noticed that I had Lost Vikings series under Interplay but Blizzard have proved they control the series these days by releasing the first one on their site for free, much the same as Blackthorn that I removed before...
Updated for the release of Stealth Fighter - pushed the 'Changes' section into a new post!
Added black mirror series under Nordic because of this announcement:
http://www.nordicgames.at/index.php/article/nordic_games_acquires_black_mirror_ip
Just stumbled across this topic, I LOVE what you're doing here Fever_Discordia, bookmarked! And +1 for you! Really hope a lot of these games will one day see a GOG release!

I have this weird (lol) obsession with everything that has to do with Sierra games (I'm also collecting physical releases of all their games :-) ), and think there might be a few missing on the list here, under the Activision heading. I'm new to this whole, at times, confusing rights issues, so I apologise before hand if some of these do not belong in this topic, for any of the reasons you have stated in your first message (unsigned publisher/licensed/other games in the series already on GOG, ... ), or were already mentioned before.

Ok, here we go: :-)

<span class="bold">Lighthouse: The Dark Being</span>:
Published by Sierra in 1996. I remember reviews of this game back in the day mentioned Coktel as the developer of this game, but I can find no trace of that on the actual box of the game, nor on Mobygames. As far as I can tell, this was on original IP and wasn't part of a series.

<span class="bold">Air Bucks</span> and <span class="bold">Space Bucks</span>:
Air Bucks was developed and released by Impressions in 1992. An updated version of the game was then released as v1.2 in the Sierra Originals budget line a year later after Sierra took over Impressions (so I assume the rights to the game should now be in the hands of Activision). Space Bucks was developed by Impressions and published by Sierra in 1996. Both games are business simulation games, so while Space Bucks is not an 'official' sequel, they do belong to the same 'Bucks' series.

<span class="bold">Robert E. Lee: Civil War General</span> and
<span class="bold">Grant-Lee-Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals</span>:
Civil War Generals series, also developed by Impressions and both games were published by Sierra (first one in 1996, the second one in 1997). Both games were TBS war games, and looks like they were an original Impressions IP, and not part of their other series.

<span class="bold">Fast Attack</span>
A submarine simulation game, developed by Software Sorcery (no idea who they are lol, but apparently they also developed Conqueror AD 1086, which is on the list, for Sierra) and published by Sierra in 1996. Again, looks like this was an original IP and not part of another series (eg it's not part of Dynamix's Aces series).

And then there's one more Microprose adventure game that might belong on this list as well. I don't know which IPs all transferred to Tommo (in fact, not sure which Micrprose IP they got, but judging by recent additions to GOG, it was quite a lot :-) ). And that game is <span class="bold">Return of the Phantom</span>. According to Mobygames, it was developed by MPS Labs which is also linked to Dragonsphere and Rex Nebular, two Microprose adventures that are already on GOG! :-) Return of the Phantom dates from 1993. It does seem that it was loosely based on the 'Phantom of the Opera' novel from 1909, but I think that one's too old to cause any licensing issues.

Again, I apologise if any of these don't belong in this topic! :-) Oh, and I don't know about the quality of all of these, but like you said in an earlier post, the list does not judge. :-D
Post edited June 01, 2014 by Corwim
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Corwim: Just stumbled across this topic, I LOVE what you're doing here Fever_Discordia, bookmarked! And +1 for you! Really hope a lot of these games will one day see a GOG release!

I have this weird (lol) obsession with everything that has to do with Sierra games (I'm also collecting physical releases of all their games :-) ), and think there might be a few missing on the list here, under the Activision heading. I'm new to this whole, at times, confusing rights issues, so I apologise before hand if some of these do not belong in this topic, for any of the reasons you have stated in your first message (unsigned publisher/licensed/other games in the series already on GOG, ... ), or were already mentioned before.

Ok, here we go: :-)

<span class="bold">Lighthouse: The Dark Being</span>:
Published by Sierra in 1996. I remember reviews of this game back in the day mentioned Coktel as the developer of this game, but I can find no trace of that on the actual box of the game, nor on Mobygames. As far as I can tell, this was on original IP and wasn't part of a series.

<span class="bold">Air Bucks</span> and <span class="bold">Space Bucks</span>:
Air Bucks was developed and released by Impressions in 1992. An updated version of the game was then released as v1.2 in the Sierra Originals budget line a year later after Sierra took over Impressions (so I assume the rights to the game should now be in the hands of Activision). Space Bucks was developed by Impressions and published by Sierra in 1996. Both games are business simulation games, so while Space Bucks is not an 'official' sequel, they do belong to the same 'Bucks' series.

<span class="bold">Robert E. Lee: Civil War General</span> and
<span class="bold">Grant-Lee-Sherman: Civil War 2: Generals</span>:
Civil War Generals series, also developed by Impressions and both games were published by Sierra (first one in 1996, the second one in 1997). Both games were TBS war games, and looks like they were an original Impressions IP, and not part of their other series.

<span class="bold">Fast Attack</span>
A submarine simulation game, developed by Software Sorcery (no idea who they are lol, but apparently they also developed Conqueror AD 1086, which is on the list, for Sierra) and published by Sierra in 1996. Again, looks like this was an original IP and not part of another series (eg it's not part of Dynamix's Aces series).

And then there's one more Microprose adventure game that might belong on this list as well. I don't know which IPs all transferred to Tommo (in fact, not sure which Micrprose IP they got, but judging by recent additions to GOG, it was quite a lot :-) ). And that game is <span class="bold">Return of the Phantom</span>. According to Mobygames, it was developed by MPS Labs which is also linked to Dragonsphere and Rex Nebular, two Microprose adventures that are already on GOG! :-) Return of the Phantom dates from 1993. It does seem that it was loosely based on the 'Phantom of the Opera' novel from 1909, but I think that one's too old to cause any licensing issues.

Again, I apologise if any of these don't belong in this topic! :-) Oh, and I don't know about the quality of all of these, but like you said in an earlier post, the list does not judge. :-D
Thank-you very much!
I added all those Sierra-Activision ones as well as "Edward Grabowski's The Blue & The Gray" which got bundled with the 2 Civil War Generals games at one point but seems to be its own thing
http://www.mobygames.com/game/edward-grabowskis-the-blue-the-gray
Not sure how I missed Lighthouse - Duh!
With the Tonmo games, we're in the strange position of having a legal document - here:
http://docs.bmcgroup.com/Atari/nysb_1-13-bk-10176_313.pdf
(pages 74 and 75 are the relevant ones)
Listing exactly what they bought from the Atari estate - so far all the Tommo Atari releases have been from this list...
Glad you like the list and thanks again!

Oh BTW, I added 'Killer Is Dead' under Deep Silver recently too - damn good to see that one come to PC, if not yet to GOG!
Post edited June 02, 2014 by Fever_Discordia
And now I've added an Arcen Games section, as I've been meaning to since they came to my attention when Bionic Dues was released here
Post edited June 02, 2014 by Fever_Discordia
Added Watch_Dogs to Ubisoft - Duh!
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Corwim: snip
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Fever_Discordia: Thank-you very much!
I added all those Sierra-Activision ones as well as "Edward Grabowski's The Blue & The Gray" which got bundled with the 2 Civil War Generals games at one point but seems to be its own thing
http://www.mobygames.com/game/edward-grabowskis-the-blue-the-gray
Not sure how I missed Lighthouse - Duh!
With the Tonmo games, we're in the strange position of having a legal document - here:
http://docs.bmcgroup.com/Atari/nysb_1-13-bk-10176_313.pdf
(pages 74 and 75 are the relevant ones)
Listing exactly what they bought from the Atari estate - so far all the Tommo Atari releases have been from this list...
Glad you like the list and thanks again!

Oh BTW, I added 'Killer Is Dead' under Deep Silver recently too - damn good to see that one come to PC, if not yet to GOG!
You're welcome! :-) Oooh, I never heard of 'Edward Grabowski's The Blue & The Gray' before yet, adding that to my list of games I want to collect a physical release of for my collection, next to hopefully a digital one on here! Thanks for pointing that one out!
Ah, too bad, looks like 'Return of the Phantom' is not among the IPs that Tommo got from Atari. :-/ Thanks for the list though! Idd a rare thing to have a public list of this, wish we'd have a similar one of other software publishers as well.

May have found another two Sierra games (as long as they qualify for this list of course):

<span class="bold">The Rise &amp; Rule of Ancient Empires</span>
The Mobygames description here mentions that it was based on Sid Meier's Civilization, but I hardly doubt Sierra took an official license on that game (nor that Microprose would have allowed that back in the day). Think the trivia section on the Mobygames page is much more clarifying: this was Impressions' attempt to make a game that was like Civilization, but easier 'accessible' than that one was. Also seems to mention that this was a separate Impressions brand, and not part eg of their city building series. Published by Sierra in 1996.

<span class="bold">Cybergladiators</span>:
Sierra's and Dynamyx' attempt to make their own Mortal Kombat game, published in 1996, but not very succesful from what I remember of it. ;-) But looks like it was an original IP and not part of another series, so apart from quality, it seems to qualify to be on the list too. :-)

Thank you again for creating this topic, and keeping it up to date!
Perimeter's available on GOG, or have I misread something?
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popperik: Perimeter's available on GOG, or have I misread something?
The expansion - Emperor's Testament - isn't, nor is the sequel.

I guess Bohemia Interactive will come off the list, since they are pulling all their games from here.
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IAmSinistar: I guess Bohemia Interactive will come off the list, since they are pulling all their games from here.
Yes, it will.
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IAmSinistar: I guess Bohemia Interactive will come off the list, since they are pulling all their games from here.
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Grargar: Yes, it will.
Makes sense. We're planning to update the Missing Soundtracks thread around that time as well.
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Corwim: May have found another two Sierra games (as long as they qualify for this list of course):

<span class="bold">The Rise &amp; Rule of Ancient Empires</span>
The Mobygames description here mentions that it was based on Sid Meier's Civilization, but I hardly doubt Sierra took an official license on that game (nor that Microprose would have allowed that back in the day). Think the trivia section on the Mobygames page is much more clarifying: this was Impressions' attempt to make a game that was like Civilization, but easier 'accessible' than that one was. Also seems to mention that this was a separate Impressions brand, and not part eg of their city building series. Published by Sierra in 1996.

<span class="bold">Cybergladiators</span>:
Sierra's and Dynamyx' attempt to make their own Mortal Kombat game, published in 1996, but not very succesful from what I remember of it. ;-) But looks like it was an original IP and not part of another series, so apart from quality, it seems to qualify to be on the list too. :-)

Thank you again for creating this topic, and keeping it up to date!
Yep - they check out, both added, thanks!
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popperik: Perimeter's available on GOG, or have I misread something?
Thanks for the benefit of the doubt 'I Am Sinistar' but damien keeps track of incomplete series over on his list - Perimeter shouldn't have been there and has been deleted - thanks!
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Corwim: snip
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Fever_Discordia: Yep - they check out, both added, thanks!
Super! Thanks for adding them! :-)