Cinemaware was a computer game developer and publisher that released several popular titles in the 1980s based on various movie themes. The company was resurrected in 2000, before being acquired by eGames in 2005. Founded in 1985 by Bob and Phyllis Jacob, Cinemaware's first title was the popular Defender of the Crown, a swashbuckling adventure featuring graphics that were considered extraordinary for the era, and became the hallmark of Cinemaware's games. Cinemaware went on to release a string of hits based on a classic category of movies. Their games generally debuted on the most graphically... powerful home computer of the era, the Amiga, and then ported to others, such as the Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PC and the Nintendo Entertainment System. Defender of the Crown is the most ported Cinemaware game. Cinemaware eventually expanded to sports games, with its "TV Sports" line. The "TV Sports" line covered basketball and football. Some "TV Sports" titles were only released in Europe, such as TV Sports: Boxing and TV Sports: Baseball. Cinemaware went bankrupt in 1991. While porting S.D.I.
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